Marlborough is New Zealand’s largest wine region and its most significant in terms of wine production. It is especially known for its Sauvignon Blanc. In this Marlborough wine region guide we look into all the terroir essentials for the wine region – Marlborough’s soils, …
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One of the most famous but least coveted of Piedmont’s red wines, Dolcetto is very much the underdog. And it is also most certainly underestimated. Known for being a softer, fleshier wine than its Piedmont rivals of Nebbiolo and Barbera, Dolcetto is overlooked by …
Our Victoria wine region guide takes a look at the terroir essentials and gives you an in-depth presentation of the wine region, along with the fast facts, on Australia’s third highest-producing state. This region is a real powerhouse of innovation with its great diversity …
Island viticulture isn’t common in the New World and it certainly brings its own fair share of challenges. “It costs us more to bring the barrels the 50km from Auckland than it does to bring them some 20,000km from France!” long-time Waiheke Island winemaker, …
Grapevines love long, dry summers and autumns with plenty of sunshine and warmth. Damp weather means the grapes struggle to ripen and vines may suffer from fungal infections like botrytis. Prolonged or heavy rain can lead to waterlogged soils, which vines really hate. And …
Once upon a time, many people thought the UK was too cold for serious winemaking and English wine was ridiculed. But in the light of the rapidly growing viticulture industry in both England and Wales, it is time to think again. We’ve pulled together …
New South Wales wine region is one of the major wine regions of Australia with diverse sub-regions spread over 800,000 km2 in this large southern state. Its best-known sub-region is Hunter Valley, which happens to be the oldest wine region in Australia, however, there are several …
It isn’t the views but rather the aromas that capture you as you drive through the Dão wine region: pine, eucalyptus, the fresh forest pours through the crevices of even a closed car door window. The aromas are overwhelming. The view, however, is surprisingly …
Bairrada is one of Portugal’s most important and yet least discovered wine regions. Professor José Carvalheira at Estação Vitivinícola da Bairrada has been thoroughly researching Bairrada and is the winemaker at Caves São João, with access to one of the most extensive cellars for aged Bairrada wines …
‘Terroir by Truck’ is the way Leon Coetzee describes his winemaking process with his wife, and fellow winemaker, Margaux Nel for their exciting and independent South African production, The Fledge & Co. You only have to know that Leon drives over 15,000 miles during …