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Showing posts with label Hopwine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hopwine. Show all posts
Friday, April 28, 2023

Grape Spotlight: Neusiedlersee Zweigelt

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The creation of the Zweigelt variety in the 1920s, a crossing between Blaufränkisch and St. Laurent, only really gained recognition after th...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Grape Spotlight: ICP Côtes de Gascogne Tannat with Domaine de Malartic

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The Côtes de Gascogne  is an IGP title covering the Gers administrative department of South-West France. Grapes have been cultivated in the ...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Grape Spotlight: Mosel's Bernkasteler Doktor & Weingut Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch Riesling

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Viticulture started in the Mosel in the 2nd century when Romans planted vines on the steep slopes bordering the Mosel River. These slopes c...
Saturday, March 12, 2022

A Cognac Refresher with Pierre Vallet

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The latest Hopwine fair provided a great opportunity to refresh my knowledge of Cognac in terms of geographic location (80 miles or so nort...
Monday, July 19, 2021

Famille Naud -- Cognac's Gin, Vodka, & Rum Distillery

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In 1989 Jean-Michel Naud established the Distillerie de la Tour and the  Famille Naud  brand based out of a family distillery that had been...
Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Grape Spotlight: Coteaux Champenois Pinot Meunier with Champagne Demière

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Still wines in the prestigious sparkling wine region of Champagne? That is what is covered by the Coteaux Champenois appellation that shares...
Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Barbera d’Asti Through the Wines of Vinchio Vaglio

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This landscape covers five distinct wine-growing areas with outstanding landscapes and the Castle of Cavour, an emblematic name both in the ...
Friday, May 14, 2021

Sud-Ouest France, Fronton, Gaillac, & IGP Comte Tolosan Through the Wines of Vignobles Arbeau

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Sud-Ouest France (south-West, France) is a large territorial zone stretching just southwest of Bordeaux to the Atlantic Ocean and bordering ...
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Monday, April 19, 2021

Grape Spotlight: More Côtes du Jura Savagnin with Pinot Noir

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In a previous post on the Grape Spotlight thread Jura Savagnin & Vin Jaune , I related the Vin Jaune oxidative winemaking practice and...
Thursday, April 8, 2021

Wine Regions: IGP Méditerrannée & Isle Saint Pierre

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IGP (Indication Géographique Protégée) is a French wine category that superseded Vin de Pays in 2009 and lies between Vin de France and Ap...
Friday, March 12, 2021

Grape Spotlight: Coteaux du Giennois Sauvignon Blanc

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The Loire Valley is a major wine region in western France that follows the course of the Loire river as it meanders through France, from the...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Miss Vicky Wine from Château des Moriers, Fleurie, Beaujolais

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After a hiatus, we are continuing our Hopwine series from samples received over the summer and highlighting excellent Gamay wines made at C...
Saturday, August 22, 2020

Grape Spotlight: Jura Savagnin & Vin Jaune

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"During his studies in the 1860s, Pasteur identified that what he referred to as Mycoderma vini - known as the fleur ("flower&quo...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Grape Spotlight: Jacquère & Roussette (Altesse)

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"On the evening of November 24th, 1248 a tremendous earthquake shook the region causing Mont Granier, the tallest mountain of the Char...
Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Grape Spotlight: Colli di Rimini Rebola (Pignoletto, Grechetto di Todi)

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The northern Italian province of Emilia-Romagna emanates history.  In ancient times it was populated by Thessalians, Etruscans, Celts, and...