James Suckling: 91 points for Donnafugata Anthilia 2016!
JamesSuckling.com reflects his three decades of experience as a journalist and a wine critic. From tasting notes and videos to blogs and events, this website focuses on the great wines of the world including Italy, Bordeaux, Champagne, Australia, New Zealand, California, Chile, and Argentina. James believes that today’s wine drinker deserves more than just written reviews and criticism.
Luca Maroni: Edizione Cinque Autoctoni Best Italian Red 2018
The wine that has deeply marked our history: Edizione Cinque Autoctoni BEST RED WINE OF ITALY once again according to the guide "Annuario dei Migliori Vini Italiani" 2018 by Luca Maroni.
James Suckling: 90 points for Altos R Reserva 2012
<p>“We can’t talk about Spain without talking about Rioja. The country’s most famous wine region producers bottles that age and transform to unique, balanced nectar. It’s about historical balance and intensity. Rioja also delivered some of the best whites of our tasting, particularly those that see subtle wood maturation.”<br /></p><p>JamesSuckling.com reflects his three decades of experience as a journalist and a wine critic. From tasting notes and videos to blogs and events, this website focuses on the great wines of the world including Italy, Bordeaux, Champagne, Australia, New Zealand, California, Chile, and Argentina. James believes that today’s wine drinker deserves more than just written reviews and criticism. </p>
Discover Graham Beck at the WOSA SKATTEJAG on the 4th of September 2017
<p>On the 4th of September you can discover our Graham Beck wine at the great WOSA tasting hosted at Zoku, Weesperstraat 105, 1018 VN, Amsterdam. To make your trip even more worthwhile besides the Graham Beck range you can try over 150 wines, from icons to unexpected pleasures. WOSA mapped out three different routes where each of them makes the diversity of South Africa shine.</p><p>17 producers will make the journey to guide you on your quest, also sommelier Niek Beute wil host a table with the winners of the Perswijn South Africa competition. Next to our routes you can map out your own tour with <a href="http://app.bottlebooks.me/events/593f72ecf6aab62506012bd9" target="_blank">our online catalog</a>.</p><p>At 15:00 Winematters wil offer a selection of the auction wine of the 2017 Cape Winemakers Guild Auction. Registration of this event is exclusively via Udo Göebel of Winematters: udo@winematters.nl</p><p>Register <a href="http://www.wosa.nl/event/ontdek-zuid-afrikaanse-schatten/" target="_blank">here</a> for the skattejag (treasure hunt) in wine!<br /></p>
Berliner 2017 Wein Trophy Gold for Champagne Baron Fuente Dolorès Rosé
At a Berliner Wein Trophy, many different wines or spirits, which have been submitted by vintners and importers, are tasted by an independent international jury of experts in private and awarded points. On the fourth day, the coveted medals will be awarded: Berlin Silver, Berlin Gold, and Berlin Premium Gold.
The rediscovery of Pecorino
Confusion is usually the first thing that people experience when confronted with the Pecorino grape for the first time. "Isn't Pecorino the name of a cheese?" many ask, and, of course, they're right. Pecorino Romano is the name of a famous sheep's milk cheese made in the Latium and Sardinia regions of Italy, while the Pecorino we're concerned with here is a grape grown on the other side of the Italian peninsula in the Marche and Abruzzo regions. One might be inclined to wonder if the grape and the cheese had something in common given their identical names and the answer is, kind of. Both are derived from the same word, pecora, which means "sheep" in Italian. Pecorino Romano (and Pecorino Toscana and Pecorino Sardo) is so named because it is a sheep's milk cheese. The Pecorino grape is so named not because of any kind of direct link to sheep, but because it is said that sheep particularly enjoyed eating the grapes while they were being driven through vineyards from pasture to pasture.