No wine snobs here, just enthusiastic drinkers of all wines
There was I thinking alcoholic grape juice was a Vegan as you can get. Turns out they use animal derived products as fining agents which basically remove any left over particles and leave a clearer looking wine. Now M&S and Spar, two UK supermarkets have announced that their own brand wines will in future all … Continue reading M&S Wines To Go 100% Vegan
So I gave my body a break for a few weeks and stayed clear from alcohol. Enough of that already! With flu season approaching it’s time to get back in the wine. Check out the article below by maxim.com on wine's antibacterial qualities that protect against sore throats. Click on image to open article by … Continue reading Wine Protects Against Sore Throats
And here is worldsbestwines.com views on the other new grape I tried last month, Lagrein, also from the Trentino region in Italy.
Last month I tasted my first wine made with the Teroldego grape variety. As always I like to know more about what I'm drinking so here is an article by the worldsbestwines.eu on these lesser known wines from Italy. Click on image to open article by worldsbestwines.eu
The third wine of the Italian Mountain Wines tasting at DOC Enoteca Italiana. Another one from the Cantina La Vis range, this time red wine made from a blend of Teroldego, Lagrein and Merlot. Two of which are new grape varieties for me. Each grape is fermented into wine and aged separately for a minimum … Continue reading Ritratto Rosso 2013
When it comes to oak barrels size does matter. The smaller and younger the barrel the more flavour it imparts to the wine. The older and larger barrels allow the wine to age without gaining any oak flavour effects. Both have there place in wine making. According to our host at an Italian wine tasting … Continue reading Size Does Matter
The third wine of the Italian Mountain Wines tasting at DOC Enoteca Italiana and our first red wine of the evening. This is made from 100% Pinot Noir (Pinot Nero in Italian) and has spent 12 to 18 months in oak barrels plus a further minimum 6 months in the bottle. It has the very … Continue reading Vigna Saosent Pinot Nero 2015
This week we have been writing up wines from the Trentino region. Based in northern Italy on the border with Southern Tyrol in Austria, the Northern half of this region is mountainous and used to belong to Austria. The grapes grown and the wines made are similar to those found in Tyrol. Whereas in the … Continue reading Trentino Wine Regions in Italy
The second wine of the Italian Mountain Wines tasting at DOC Enoteca Italiana. Another white wine from the IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) Vignete De le Dolomiti in the Trentino region of Italy. Made from a Manzoni Chardonnay hybrid, this wine is left on it's lees for a minimum of 24 months, part of this time … Continue reading Maso Franch Bianco 2015
Yesterday I posted the first wine from a tasting of Mountainous Italian Wines. It was a Alto Adige DOC wine. Now if like me you are a relative newbie to Italian wines you might be thinking where the hell is Alto Adige? Because the problem with Italy is that it has so many wine regions … Continue reading How To Tackle Italy’s Numerous Wine Denominations
