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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 [...]
Castello di Cacchiano Tuscany in Italy Above: Winery Images courtesy of wine lover Jeremie Valdez. Above: Mr. Michael Quick, export manager, posing for us us at FHA 2008 in Singapore. Above: the wines of Castello di Cacchiano, lined up in front of our lens. This ancient 12th century estate is located in the south of Chianti Classico, in [...]
Agricoltori del Geografico Tuscany in Italy Above: The entrance and vineyard of Geografico. The Italian word, Montegiachi is named after an ancient agricultural estate, owned for more than six centuries by the noble family Cinughi de Pazzi from Siena. Today, Carlo Salvadori, assisted by Marco Toti, Lorenzo Landi, and Lorenzo Lelli, oversees the estate. Covering some 571 hectares with [...]
Castello Vicchiomaggio Tuscany in Italy Above: The estate, vineyards, fermentation, cellar and barrel room of Castello Vicchiomaggio. Castello Vicchiomaggio dates back to the 5th century, when it was called Vicchio dei Longobardi. Since 1964, the Matta family, whose owners John Matta and wife Paolo continued to oversee their charge since 1982, continues to manage its family run [...]
Fattoria Casa Sola Tuscany, in Italy Above: The estate images; from building to vineyards to cellar room. Images are supplied and courtesy of winery. Above: Mr. Matteo Gambaro, whom we met at FHA 2008, as he spent his time and generous pours with the Editor @ 酒 Jiuwine.com. This is a 120 hectares estate located near the town [...]
Corte San Benedetto Italy, Veneto Above: Angelo Lavarini of Corte San Benedetto at his best posing with a bottle of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico and Amarone Recioto Classico della Valpolicella. Benedetto is a 12 hectares estate founded in the 1950s. Most of the estate vines are between 15 to 25 years of age, and on dry-walled terraces [...]
Il Conventino Tuscany, Italy Above: Dott. Alberto Brini, of II Conventino Tuscan estate posing with a bottle of Rosso di Montepulciano and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva. Il Conventino is an organic wine estate overseeing some 20 hectares. It was founded in 1988 with a total production of some 8,000 plus cases in production. Today the estate is [...]