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Four thousand years of making wine — and over a thousand grape varieties — makes for a very comprehensive range of wines to select from when it comes to Italy.
We have recently received Santa Margherita sparkling rosé that has been created by blend...
DATE: Jul 21, 2017
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When Sasha Lichine bought his property in Provence, hired one of our world’s finest winemakers and decided to make complex, very pale, delicious, dry rosé, it changed the complexion of wine sales quite profoundly. Whispering Angel was not even suppos...
DATE: Jul 07, 2017
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Cabernet sauvignon rules the roost and I thought that it could be interesting for you to try a few from the USA if you are celebrating the fourth of July — or even if you are not.
The Don & Sons (Sebastiani family) winery call their Napa Valley Caber...
DATE: Jun 30, 2017
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Chances are that two countries might dominate the local news this weekend and, although our virtually non-existent diurnal temperature variation and shallow soils make our island a poor place to grow wine grapes, we can take pride in our ancestors sh...
DATE: Jun 23, 2017
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Summertime is, you may believe, a time for chilled white and rosé wines, but what do you do if you would prefer a red?
Firstly, you avoid cabernet sauvignon, merlot and malbec and focus more on lighter reds such as pinot noir, gamay and even sangio...
DATE: Jun 16, 2017
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If I say the words Premier Cru you might know that they designate a wine of superior quality, or the vineyard from which it originates. As I wander around our home I may see a bottle of chablis or meursault or puligny montrachet that are all Premier ...
DATE: Jun 09, 2017
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May I paraphrase singer/songwriter Meatloaf’s well-known refrain and say “five out of six ain’t bad”, as this describes our ability to offer you wines to celebrate with your favourite America’s Cup team.
Of course, I would like to include the determ...
DATE: May 26, 2017
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The name of the winery is Donnafugata and it comes from a book that tells the story of Queen Maria Carolina who found refuge in the part of Sicily where the company’s vineyards are located today.
“Donna in fuga” means woman in flight.
The image o...
DATE: May 19, 2017
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Towards the end of last year I was approached by the folks at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art.
As 2017 would be their 30th birthday, and as they have wonderful representations of boats under full sail, they asked about the possibility of a cus...
DATE: May 12, 2017
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We have featured International Malbec Day, April 17, in previous articles and you can pretty well take your choice as many of the over one thousand wine grape varieties seem to have their day.
The day before the official start of the America’s Cup h...
DATE: Apr 28, 2017
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