Paul Inksetter
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© Paul Inksetter 2016
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”
Bordeaux, the world’s premier wine region, is split in two by the Gironde estuary, that estuary itself formed by the confluence of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers.
There are thousands of grape varieties that get made into wine, but a well-known few dominate the market: for white wines, Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon blanc, and Pinot Grigio are the ones most
Bordeaux, the wine capital of the world, is the source of a great range and variety of wines in all colours, styles and prices. (See Bayview September 2018).
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