Amarone Opera Prima and its 2017 tasting
The 2017 vintage is a warm year that will require a very poor hand to make an under-ripe Amarone della Valpolicella. With plenty of richness in the wines, will there still be finesse in the mix?
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Nizza – Going forward, but what’s next?
Nizza must become the butterfly, spreading its wings to markets abroad. Failing which, even the most glorious state will fade into obscurity.
ICCCW – Crossing cuisine and wines boundaries
International Congress of Chinese Cuisine and Wine (ICCCW), it sounds like a mouthful of syllabi. But the name is very appropriate for this subject, so
Prosecco – Classification, to what ends?
Tell people you are going to visit Champagne and that will undoubtedly conjure a state of admiration. But not the case when I am heading
Corvina – L'anima della Valpolicella
Last month, Cellarmaster Wines engaged me to present the wines of Gerardo Cesari at a Gusto Italiano dinner. It was a sold-out dinner with a
Hot 100 South Australia struck consumers chord
In a wine world where age worthiness is king, where exactly should deliciously delightful wine stand? That is a question that often goes quietly into
Italian white wines for Singapore
“Italians don’t make interesting white wines”, a casual remark I heard after few pints of beer. If the probable beer-triggered gout didn’t kill me that
The De Marchi returns to Lessona
Given an opportunity, would you move back to where your ancestors’ came from? Unlikely for me. But now and then, there are some people who are
Is the sun rising on Japanese Wines?
Japanese Sake, plum (ume) liquors, whiskies, beers and strange tasting tomato juices. So, how about Japanese grape wines? Over past few years, I seen many attempts
Groot Constantia – The monuments of South Africa wine industry
One country that I hardly touched on is South Africa. This is a country with 330 years of wine production history, torn apart by fifty