Most people believe Verdicchio to be a simple grape variety, capable of producing good wines for everyday consumption, best enjoyed in their youth. While this is generally correct, there are (happily and invariably always) exceptions to the rule! Verdicchio has been grown in central Italy for hundreds of years, and its roots in the Marche (prono...
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Thank you to those who responded with their guesses last Friday. Just for fun, we released an image of a vineyard asking where its location might be. We had some very good guesses as well as a few that were a lot more extreme! It was in fact a shot of the beautiful Hundred Hills estate in the Stonor Valley in south-east Oxfordshire, which w...
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Christmas is around the corner and, in this unusual year, many of us will not be able to get together for an office party. If you are looking for an alternative way to reward your team, how about one of our festive mixed cases below? Whether you are looking for corporate gifts to send out to your staff and companies you work with, or looking for...
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‘Friuli Venezia Giulia’s Schioppettino is one of the world’s most interesting and potentially great red grape varieties’, Ian d’Agata, vinous.com A client and good friend once asked whether I ever became bored of tasting wines and writing up offers. My answer was simple, no, because there is always something else to...
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Back in 2018, I wrote about my interest in a grape variety called Nerello Mascalese, which is principally grown in Sicily on the slopes of Mount Etna. I suggested at the time that you would most likely hear more about it in the coming years as several high profile wine producers across Italy, including Angelo Gaja, had recognised the quality, an...
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I doubt you have ever heard of a Spanish grape variety called Bobal (pronounced bow-bal), but I think you might start to hear more about it in time. While it is widely grown in Spain, it is in the Western Mediterranean,
maybe 50 to 70 km inland from Valencia, that it finds its true home. There are three...
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