What is a Port wine?
Port wine is a sweet, fortified wine made in the Douro Valley of northern Portugal and traditionally aged in the lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia and shipped from Porto city. Like all fortified wines,…
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Wines of South Africa
Photo: Stellenbosch Wine Routes, Stellenbosch vineyards (www.wosa.co.za) South Africa’s wine production benefits from its warm Mediterranean climate, complemented by various cooling influences. Several mountain ranges and cooling breezes, particularly the Benguela Current from the Antarctic, moderate high daytime temperatures and facilitate slower ripening….
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Blind tasting: from guessing to identification
Blind tasting and subjectivity in perceptions have always been my favourite topics. That “always” refers to my twenty years of full-time work in the wine business, which includes continuous 360° training in wines, spirits, traditional…
