First tasting of the day conducted by Beltran Domecq at the Consejo Regulador de Los vinos de Jerez. Read more →
Piemonte, Wine and Travel Atlas (by Paul Balke, #winelover)
Piedmont (Piemonte in Italian), one of my favorite wine regions of the planet. Now it has a very nice “Wine and Travel Atlas”. •/• Paul and I during a wine trip in Italy. •/• Paul Balke (author, journalist, wine expert, Barolo specialist, and #winelover) wrote a book, filled with with very nice pictures, excellent maps, texts about the wine, culture,… Read more →
Are you a #winelover? This is why you should go to Vinitaly this year.
VERONA APRIL 10-13 2016 WHY VINITALY IN 2016: • IT’S THE 50TH EDITION-1ST ONE WAS IN 1967. Since then, this is the event that more than any other has marked the evolution of the wine system on a national and international scale, helping to make wine one of the most exciting and dynamic realities of Made in Italy.). • THE largest event dedicated to… Read more →
Juanico. The biggest winery in Uruguay is also one of the best.
Last week I had the opportunity to visit one of the most traditional wineries of Uruguay: Juanico (Familia Deicas). History: Before becoming the property of the Deicas family, the Juanico winery land had many other owners. Notably among these was Don Francisco Juanico, who in 1830 broke with the traditional farming methods of the area and constructed an… Read more →
A great visit in Uruguay: Bodegas Carrau, Colón Winery – Montevideo
This week I had the opportunity to visit one of the oldest wineries in Uruguay: Bodegas Carrau, Colón Winery – Montevideo. It was built in 1887 and was recovered by the Carrau family as the starting point of the project to export fine wines from Uruguay. Its colonial house and the beautiful park and vineyard, make it… Read more →
A new discovery in Uruguay: De Lucca. Wines made for #winelover-s.
Reinaldo de Lucca, #winelover The winery started at end of 19th century. Reinaldo de Lucca’s grand parents arrived from Italy and his grandfather bought the land. The winery was producing wine from old vineyards of Tannat*. His father continued developing the winery. Reinaldo studied agronomy engineering and went to the U.S., then he went to France to study viticulture.… Read more →
A €2,500.00 t-shirt… Amazing hearts and a lot of generosity from the Sicilia DOC producers.
Magnus Reuterdahl, Antonio Rallo (Donnafugata – President Sicilia DOC) – Luiz Alberto A €2,500.00 t-shirt… Amazing hearts and a lot of generosity from the Sicilia DOC producers. Here is the link to the video when we received a very generous donation of €2,500.00 at the Donnafugata winery in Marsala, Sicily this past October. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ Sicilia DOC donation to the “#winelover against… Read more →
Antonio Benanti talks about a bright future for Etna wines.
#winelover, if you, like me, are a #EtnaWineLover… You don’t want to miss this! 🙂 Here is the link: Antonio Benanti and the future of Etna wines… Cheers, >>> Founder of the #winelover community >>> Master of Wine candidate >>> Member of the Circle of Wine Writers >>> Italian Wine Ambassador >>> I combine my passion for wine with social media >>> Follow me on… Read more →
Patrick Farrell MW talks about “#winelover against cancer” on VinVillageRadio.
Patrick Farrell MW talks about “#winelover against cancer” on VinVillageRadio Segment-1: http://filesource.abacast.com/wsradio/vinvillageradio/120115/segment1120115.mp3 He also talked about his device: Bevwizard. Segment-2: http://filesource.abacast.com/wsradio/vinvillageradio/120115/segment2120115.mp3 Don’t miss great interviews at VinVillageRadio with #winelover ROB BARNETT! CEO & Founder of VinVillage.com. Cheers, Luiz Alberto, >>> Founder of the #winelover community >>> Master of Wine candidate >>> Member of the Circle of Wine Writers >>> Italian Wine Ambassador >>> I combine… Read more →
Wine auction for a great cause today.
Two bottles of Clos Saint Alphonse 1986 (magnums) were kindly donated by Chateau Ksara from Lebanon. The wine was made from grapes of very old vines of Carignan, Syrah and a hint of Cabernet Sauvignon and was aged for 18 months in new French oak barrels. You can help a great cause and put your hands on a bottle… Read more →