Misty scene @Vila Nova de Gaia Below: the Douro Valley Having two Portuguese friends visiting Scotland for the first time we thought that despite the beauties of the Scottish Highlands and the West Coast, they might come to feel a little homesick, especially with the shock of coming from 35˚-40˚C Faro to 20˚C max Scotland. …
Catégorie : liquid history
Bordeaux, ce n’est pas que le vin…
De passage en Gironde, j’ai eu envie d’en savoir plus sur le plus bordelais des apéritifs: le Lillet. La chose était d’autant plus facile que la maison du Lillet, à Podensac, renferme un très beau musée. J’ai ainsi pu me rafraîchir la mémoire (et le gosier, un peu plus tard) au sujet des vertus du …
No, organic-biodynamic-natural is not at all like “in the old days”
Our guests today are our Swedish colleagues and friends Britt & Per Karlsson (BKWine), who go back in time to try and understand today's trends in wine. We often hear people say that organic/biodynamic or “natural” wine growers work the way farmers did in the past. And that's true in some ways. Synthetic pesticides - …
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Orange wine for an orange ‘president’
The Orange president in London's Parliament Square...... (above and below) Simon Woolf – Amber Revolution Last Friday (13th July 2018) London saw the largest ever demonstration against a foreign leader when an estimated 250,000 people marched against the visit of Donald Trump to the UK. There were other demonstrations that day and over the weekend …
Valpolicella and its many different wines (1/2)
Valpolicella is one of Italy's best known wine appellations, but the intricate details and complexity of the styles of wine from this large region in the province of Veneto, just north of the city of Verona, are perhaps not so well known. A recent trip there refreshed my memory and I will try to explain …
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V comme Vin et V comme Voltaire
1758. Louis XV règne sur la France. La Guerre de Sept ans fait rage. Pendant ce temps-là, Voltaire s’installe à Ferney, où il s’est fait construire un château. Et une belle cave. C’est que l’écrivain des Lumières aimait le vin, comme toutes les belles choses de la vie… Vous reprendrez bien un doigt de culture? …
Des Crus de Pouilly et de Fuissé
Il est intéressant de lire, sous la plume avisée de l'incontournable Victor Rendu, ce que l’on disait vers le milieu du 19ème siècle des vins de Pouilly-Fuissé et de ses voisins immédiats. D’abord, on séparait nettement Pouilly de Fuissey (sic). Le premier, nous dit l’auteur d’Ampélographie Française (1851) est «un vin sec, doué de finesse …
