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Discover Piedmont: A Heaven for Nebbiolo Enthusiasts

Discover Piedmont: A Heaven for Nebbiolo Enthusiasts

Piedmont is celebrated for its exceptional wines and the dominant Nebbiolo grape. Michèle Shah encourages wine travellers to visit the region If you are a connoisseur of red wine and a true food aficionado, you’re …

Campania’s Wine Legacy: A Deep Dive into Regional Varietals

Campania’s Wine Legacy: A Deep Dive into Regional Varietals

Alessandra Piubello visits Campania, a region in southern Italy with a unique indigenous grapes and wines The famous film, “The Great Beauty” by Oscar-winning, Campania-born director Paolo Sorrentino, opens with a Louis-Ferdinand Céline quotation: “Travel …

Avignon 2024: Shaping Sustainable Vineyards

Avignon 2024: Shaping Sustainable Vineyards

Discussions around terroir and vineyards usually conjure up images of verdant rows of vines surrounded by olive groves, sleepy streams and a beautiful landscape dotted with trees and flowers. In practice, this is far from …

In Napa Valley Change is the Constant

In Napa Valley Change is the Constant

In a world filled with ancient and historic wine regions, Napa Valley, the heartland of premium California winemaking, may be considered something of a Johnny-come-lately. The first mention of vines in Napa appeared only in …

Porto Douro Heaven’s Gate

Porto Douro Heaven’s Gate

Raymond Blake is in love with the Douro Valley for its vinous treasures and more There is no place like the Douro Valley, no place at all. I have written that sentence, in various versions, …

Winemaker of four French estates shares Wine Philosophy

Winemaker of four French estates shares Wine Philosophy

Caroline Frey, winemaker of four estates in Bordeaux, the Rhône, Burgundy and Valais, speaks to Nimmi Malhotra about her wine philosophy Frey cares about birds. And bees, and bugs, and butterflies. For a winemaker, birds …

The Source: Sula’s premium collection

The Source: Sula’s premium collection

Rajeev Samant, CEO and founder of Sula Vineyards, says, “I worked very closely with our winemakers and team to come up with the idea of The Source. It is all about small-batch premium wines of …

Unveiling the Premier Crus of Chablis

Unveiling the Premier Crus of Chablis

Chablis, the white wine of Burgundy is highly appreciated, but what is not so well known is the great diversity present amongst the Premier Crus. The wines of 1er cru Chablis reveal not just the …

Willamette Valley, Oregon, The holy grail for  Pinot lovers

Willamette Valley, Oregon, The holy grail for Pinot lovers

Oregon’s Willamette Valley attracts noted Burgundy domains and Indian vintners, Rajat Parr and Dr Madaiah Revana, reports Mira Advani Honeycutt For passionate Pinot-philes, Willamette Valley is the holy grail. Located in the northwestern state of …