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美妙的布克林 编译：Daniel Lim 丹林 与 Lawrence Tham 谭宇翔 以上: 德国法尔兹地区 (Pfalz) 的葡萄园. 图像和照片经由德国 Lina Rukma女士许可. 德国的布克林-沃尔夫 (Bürklin Wolf) 雷司令 (Riesling) 白葡萄. 德国的葡萄酒, 尤其是雷司令 (Riesling) 白葡萄酒近来越来越受到亚洲葡萄酒爱好者与收藏家的欢迎. 随着2005年与2007年的天公作美, 德国葡萄酒产商们得以生产出大量品质极佳的葡萄酒. 这些葡萄酒酒精度低, 非常适合搭配包括中餐等各种各类的食物. 德国葡萄酒在价格方面有高有低. 但总的来说, 绝大多数的德国葡萄酒都是物超所值的. 最近很荣幸与德国法尔兹地区的葡萄酒酒商 布克林-沃尔夫 (Bürklin Wolf) 会面. 法尔兹地区 (Pfalz) 这名字取自拉丁文的 Palatium. 本为宫殿的意思. 法尔兹地区是德国第二大的葡萄酒产区, 仅次于 莱因黑森地区 (Rheinhessen). 法尔兹地区栽种了许多葡萄酒种类, 其中包括了45种白葡萄与22种红葡萄: 雷司令 (Riesling) 与 米勒-吐尔高 (Müller-Thurgau ) 是白葡萄中产量最多的而, 多菲德 (Dornfelder), 葡萄牙人 (Portugieser), 和 斯贝博贡德 (Spätburgunder) 则是红葡萄的主要品种. [...]
Beautifully Burklins By Daniel Lim The vineyards of Pflaz as seen above. Usage of images is courtesy of Ms. Lina Rukma (Germany). A line up of Riesling wines from Bürklin Wolf. The wines of Germany, particularly its white wines – Rieslings is fast becoming a hot favorite amongst Chinese wine lovers and connoisseurs in Asia. From 2005 and [...]
Domaine de la Janasse Images of Janasse courtesy of Michael Davis (Charlottesville, VA, United States). Domaine de la Janasse is one of the Superstar estates of Chateauneuf-du-Pape combining the best of both traditional and modern techniques to craft a collection of riveting wines from “simple” value-priced to benchmark Châteauneufs. The estate was founded in 1976 by Aimé [...]
Châteauneuf-du-Pape (Blend) Wine Style: Often big, rich, full-bodied with spicy and raspberries flavors with capability for 5 to 20 bottle aging. Flavors: Origin: Rhone Valley in France Found: California, Australia, and France The vast majority of wines from the Southern Rhône are blends. There are 5 main black varieties, although others are used and the [...]
Grenache/Garnacha Wine Style: This is a sweet grape which is rich in alcohol, fruity, spicy, medium-bodied wine and often blended with other grapes. Flavors: Origin: France Found: Rhone in France, Spain, and Australia This is a strong grape which withstands extreme heat and warm climate well. It has a thin skin, little pigment and ripens slowly with a high level [...]
Rosé Wine Style: It’s also sometimes called blush. Any light pink wine, dry to sweet, made by removing the skins of red grapes early in the fermentation process or by mixing red and white. Flavors: Origin: Nil Found: Southern France, Spain, Italy, California Technically, a rose is an “unfinished red wine,” but the term seems so- secondary. Rose is a different sort [...]
Pierre Perrin (Chateau de Beaucastel) To many French Rhone lovers, Château de Beaucastel enjoys an almost legendary reputation as one of the great estates in Châteauneuf du Pape. It is owned by the Perrin family.Our overall impression was Beaucastel wines are made definitely with good quality, they have personality and a sense of place, something [...]