Italy is the world’s second largest producer of wine after France.
Each year, one in fifty Italians is involved with the grape harvest.
Thanks to a small band of primarily Tuscan vintners, Italy launched itself with aggressive determination onto the world stage as a producer of some of the best wines ever produced anywhere: Amarone, Barolo, Brunello di Montalcino, and Passito di Pantelleria. Italian wine information and experiences now sit amongst the most coveted wine regions of the world.
Highland Park make certain every bottle reaches you in perfect condition, a harmonised whisky like no others.
Other distillers may often see the practice of harmonising the whisky as a needless expenditure, Highland Park consider, it an essential part of their rich heritage. Without it, Highland Park just wouldn’t be the same. Each individual batch of Highland Park is drawn together from a variety of cask types, contributing an array of distinct, one of a kind flavour, in addition of the harmonisation of up to six months together marrying perfectly. The impact this marriage has on the whisky is nothing short of stunning and ensures homogeneousness, a little convolution and exceptional balance on the taste.
A French sweet wine from the Sauternais region of the Graves section in Bordeaux.
Sauternes is made from Sémillon, Sauvignon blanc, and Muscadelle grapes that have been affected by Botrytis cinerea, also known as noble rot. This causes the grapes to become partially raisined, resulting in concentrated and distinctively flavored wines. With its unique climate, Sauternes is one of the few wine regions where infection with noble rot is a frequent occurrence. Production is a hit-or-miss proposition. Wines from Sauternes, especially the Premier Cru Supérieur estate Château d’Yquem, can be very expensive, due largely to the very high cost of production. Barsac falls within Sauternes, and is entitled to use either name. Similar but less expensive and typically less-distinguished wines are produced in the neighboring regions of Monbazillac, Cérons, Loupiac and Cadillac. In the United States, there is a semi-generic label for sweet white dessert wines known as sauterne without the “s” at the end and uncapitalized.
Second label (in French Second vin) is a term commonly associated with Bordeaux wine.
It refer to a second label wine made from cuvee not selected for use in the Grand vin or first label. In some cases a third wine or even fourth wine is also produced. Depending on the house winemaking style, individual plots of a vineyard may be selected, often those of the youngest vines, and fermented separately with the best performing barrels being chosen for the house’s top wine with the other barrels being bottled under a separate label and sold for a lower price than the Grand vin.
2005 Vintage is a unique style of wine that is also one of the highly collectible Vintage.
In this year 2005, it produces stunning product with intensity, concentration, tannin and structure for serious aging. In 2005 France wine and South Australia wine is the product of a hot, dry, growing season. The conditions were ideal throughout it’s growth! While dry, there was just enough moisture at the right times to nourish the vines.
Opus One is one of America’s most well-known and respected wines, frequently gleaning ratings well above 90 points from wine critics.
(Wine Spectator, Robert Parker, and other wine critics)
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Normally, restaurants shy away from offering premium wines by-the-glass as the cost of waste is too high.
When a bottle of wine is opened, the restaurant has three days on average to sell the rest of the bottle before oxidation occurs and the wine becomes unpalatable.
With The Coravin Wine Access System, the Sommelier never has to pull the cork from the bottle. The Coravin Wine Access System is a proprietary system of Coravin Inc. that allows the wine to be poured from a bottle without ever pulling a cork, thus saving the wine from being exposed to oxygen and preventing the oxidation process from occurring.
The Macallan, the world-renowned name of unrivalled craftsmanship and unparalleled quality since 1824, introduces The Macallan Rare Cask.
Art is relevant to wine and that wine is a work of art. Grapes and wine have long inspired artistic creation.
A number of wine makers have become involved with art featured the works of modern artists reproduced on their labels. Although many wineries commission original art for their label design, only a few have a regular program with a different artist providing a design every year.
Whisky is a distilled spirit made from cereal grains, yeast, and water, then matured in oak casks.
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