Cellar Tours

Any time of the year is a good time to visit the wine country when it comes to drinking nice wines! But winter can be the most challenging season to visit as vineyards are dormant and bare (not lush and verdant, as in other times of the year), and many of Europe´s wine regions are [...]

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The Prosecco wine region in northeastern Italy is one of our favorite destinations and we are delighted to share with you some of our top picks from the region if you will be travelling to Prosecco:
Appellation(s)- The main appellation is DOC Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene. Other ones in the Treviso-Conegliano-Valdobbiadene geographic triangle include: Prosecco DOC del [...]

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Some highlights of Robert Parker´s preferred Italian wines for 2009.The following wine estates are ones we work with and highly recommend-
Parker Points- Estate Name- Wine and Vintage
98 Angelo Gaja Sorì San Lorenzo 2004
97 Angelo Gaja Sori Tildin 2004
97 Elio Altare Barolo Brunate 2004
97 Tenuta dell’Ornellaia Masseto 2004
96 Angelo Gaja Sperss 2004
96 Avignonesi Vin Santo Occhio [...]

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This past weekend we attended the phenomenal Merano Food and Wine Festival in Northern Italy. Held in this South Tyrolean spa town, elite food and wine producers from around the world descend on Merano for this fair. All we can say is we have a tough job! Here is a [...]

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Spain is home to some of the most fabulous wine regions in Europe (including La Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Penedès, Priorat, Sherry, Toro, Navarra, Somontano, Rias Baixas, Ribera Sacra, Rueda and many other appellations)  and more and more the concept of a wine hotel (either a working winery with accommodation or  a hotel set amid [...]

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