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Northern Rhone Côte-Rôtie (露迪山麓) Click to View: Map of Cote-Rotie This is the most northerly and one of the oldest appellations in France’s Rhone region. Its name means “roasted slope” and it covers some 197 hectares of sunbaked vineyards, most of which are located on the steep hillside above the village of Ampuis near the town of [...]
France – Rhône (法国羅訥) Click to View: Map of The Rhone Valley. The Rhone wine region begins just south of the city of Lyon and follows the banks of the Rhone river toward Avignon, then turns slightly to the east covering the western part of Provence. The Rhone is separated into two parts, the Northern Rhône and the [...]
France – Burgundy (法國勃艮第) Click to View: Map of Burgundy Burgundy, is one of the world’s most famous wine-growing areas, and located in eastern France, southeast of Paris.Bourgogne, as it’s called in France, consists of five basic regions: Chablis in the north, the Cote d’Or, the Cote Chalonnaise, the Maconnais, and Beaujolais, which is farthest [...]
Parker Coonawarra Estate Limestone Coast, in Coonawarra South Australia John Parker founded Parker Coonawarra Estate in 1985. It is located at the southern end of Coonawarra. The estate vineyard is planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot. As far as we are informed, this winery bottles mainly Cabernet Sauvignon based wines with some 5,000 cases produced annually. Today, [...]
2000 Château Léoville Las Cases France, Bordeaux, St. Julien Quantity Available: 2 Asking Price: S$600.00 each (Nett) Condition: Very good, near perfect. Wine is cellared in a wine cellar in Singapore. Château Léoville Las Cases is one of the largest and oldest classified growths in the Médoc. It is the largest of the 3 Léoville properties and now without [...]
The most influential factor in determining the taste of a wine is the grape variety. Another important characteristic determining the flavour and character of a wine is the grape variety it is produced from. There are thousands of grape varieties contributing to a vast array of different wine styles with each variety having its own [...]
The most influential factor in determining the taste of a wine is the grape variety. Another important characteristic determining the flavour and character of a wine is the grape variety it is produced from. There are thousands of grape varieties contributing to a vast array of different wine styles with each variety having its own [...]