Paul Inksetter
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© Paul Inksetter 2016
With all the excitement over the great wines coming from the American west coast – California, Washington, Oregon – it is easy to overlook the third largest American producer on the other side of t
While California lies at the beating heart of winemaking in the United States, in both quantity and quality, there are other centres of excellence worth exploring.
Historically, wine emerged from the old world – Europe and the Middle East; today it flows from all around the world.
Most wine, most of the time, is an enjoyable adjunct of a good meal and social occasion. Occasionally, the wine is special and becomes the focal point of the evening’s conversation.
Of Italy’s many great red wines, Brunello di Montalcino from the heart of Tuscany is one that vies for the title Greatest of them All.
No, I didn’t make it up, that title is taken straight from Barolo marketing hype.
Piedmont – Piemonte in Italian, Piémont in French – means ‘foot of the mountain’.
For centuries, the ancient duchy of Burgundy has been the source of the world’s most sought-after wines.
Switzerland, that landlocked country in central Europe, is famous for its mountains, its cheese and its watches – the entire country runs like a Swiss watch.
“You can pay an outrageous price and be disappointed, and you can pay a modest price and be delighted”
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