Burgundy is one of the most emblematic wine regions in the world. Get your head around the terroir essentials in our Burgundy wine region guide and Fast Facts. Our guide to Burgundy includes: the essentials of terroir (the soil types, climate, average temperatures, rainfall, longitude and …
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What does Chasselas taste like? It’s a harder question than it may at first appear. Chasselas is Switzerland’s most important white wine variety and makes up over a quarter of the country’s vineyards. However, this grape variety is notorious for having a lack of …
The crumbling stone walls, first laid some 2400 years ago, stand at complete odds with the budget airline jumbo jets flying overhead. Hvar may be a party destination to some, but there’s a completely different side to this Croatian island – one which has …
Pretty much everyone has heard of Sancerre, the fresh Sauvignon Blanc wine from the Loire. But there is more to the Central Loire than just Sancerre, so we’ve pulled together a Central Loire guide so that you can get to grips with this wine region …
Long gone is Cognac’s heyday of having over 280,000 hectares, but this 80,000 hectare wine region is renowned worldwide for its Brandy production. Here are the fast facts and quintessential terroir information on Cognac, including the climate, geography, Cognac process and production methods (including details …
You may be familiar with Muscadet, the emblematic wine of Pays Nantais in the Loire, but did you know that this is an area currently undergoing change? We’ve pulled together this fast facts guide to Pays Nantais to give you the lowdown on this …
I don’t know what’s not to love about Istria. The people welcome you as if you have returned home after a long voyage; the rolling green hillsides are crowned with Medieval castles, and this is a land of truffles and wine. Honestly, within about …
Alsace – the land of Riesling and Gewurztraminer. But what more can we say about this famous wine region in the top corner of France? Here’s our Fast Facts and Alsace guide, its wines and the wine region taking in all the terroir essentials …