Wine is a living substance, complex and full of mystery.
It is one of the rare food substances that can be entirely produced by a single person (the vinegrower and winemaker), from its beginnings in the vineyard to its bottling.
It is a drink whose diverse colours, smells and flavours have no equivalent in terms of their range.
Finally it is, remarkably, one of those rare substances whose aromas and flavours can evoke the place an individual wine comes from.
Champagne has been produced for hundreds of years, and enjoyed by French Kings and rulers since before medieval times. Even today, Champagne remains associated with power, luxury, and wealth. It is the beverage of choice for all kinds of celebrations including births, graduations, engagements, weddings and anniversaries.
Penfolds is one of Australia’s oldest and most prestigious wineries and has an international reputation for producing wines of the highest quality. The historic Magill Estate Vineyard, originally known as the Grange Vineyard, was established in 1844 by Dr Christopher Rawson and Mary Penfold. This vineyard was first planted with grenache from cuttings taken from the South of France and has been the source of inspiration and fruit supply for Penfolds Grange in the later years, widely regarded as Australia’s greatest wine.
For the first time the honor to be called The Best Whisky of the World 2015 has gone to Japan.
There was not much a surprise as Japanese whisky has been a rising star on the market for some time now.
Although Japanese whiskies has been produced since the early 1920s, only recently that the Japanese brands have become widely recognized.
Hailed from the prestigious Côte des Blancs region of France, the Veuve Fourny champagnes are some of the finest in the world and are known for their pure crystalline clarity and exquisite taste. Handcrafted only from the highest quality Chardonnay grapes, these champagnes bear the mark of the finesse, elegance, purity and liveliness of the vineyards from where they are born. All of these champagnes are vinified separately and their tastes are brought to perfection with the help of experienced professionals. The wide range of champagnes coming from the Fourny vineyards are also aged well, which gives them their distinct quality.
If you are a passionate lover of wines and simply adore the experience of opening a bottle and pouring yourself a glass of some fine white or red, then you must have the best wine accessories that allow you to open a cork safely and indulge yourself in wine drinking any time you want. The Coravin Wine Access System allows you to have access to the wine in a bottle and pour wine anytime you want without the need to pull the cork out. They have been credited for bringing into the market one of the most effective wine accessing device.
Grappa – the name invokes the sun kissed shores of Italy! This heady alcoholic drink made with pomace has been protected by the EU since 1989 and only the ones completely sourced and brewed in Italy can use the name, Grappa.
Founded in 1824 in the heart of Speyside, The Macallan was one of the first distilleries in Scotland to be legally licensed. Since then it has built a reputation as one of the world’s leading single malt whiskies.
From its founding, through the subsequent owners of The Macallan distillery in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and into the present century, The Macallan has been recognized for its outstanding quality above all else. Today this remains the foundation for the worldwide fame of The Macallan. Read More
Pasotti Umbrellas featuring splendid designs, fabrics, decorations and handles. Masterpieces that bring this ‘Made in Italy’ label to the entire world while the large competitors offer poor quality articles at the lowest prices every day. In spite of the overall crisis in an industry with very few competitors, in the countryside of Mantova in Castellucchio, there is still someone who continues to produce DOC umbrellas and distribute them in every corner of the world, using a brand name that just passed the half century mark: Pasotti. Read More