Last night I stopped downstairs into my local Whole Foods and they were having a Champagne Tasting. Yes please! I'm definitely a bubbly fan although my favorite sparking beverage is Prosecco (Italian Sparkling Wine, fruity & bright, usually a great price point around $12). I'd never been into champagne, probably too many cheapo bottles on [...]
Within Pompeii's archaeological site, lie several vineyards reproduced from those that existed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD destroying the city. Thanks to the lava and mud, plaster casts were made of the grape vines and roots growing there at the time. The Applied Research Laboratory's staff of the Soprintendenza Archeologica of Pompeii conducted [...]
Another reason to love the Amalfi Coast ... great wines. Located in the Campania region of Italy, this region is also an official DOCG, 1 of 12 in Italy. DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garatita) and DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata) are the wine region standards created by the Italian government in the 1960s [...]
Marks & Spencer (M&S) London has been selling them like crazy since their June launch and this week M&S Hong Kong started selling them... Le Froglet wine in individual plastic wine glasses! The Tulip, developed by James Nash of Wine Innovations Ltd., was presented on BBC's popular tv show "Dragon's Den," where entrepreneurs pitch their [...]
That sounds fantastic! And is currently a reality at 8 supermarkets in France thanks to Astrid Terzian, who developed the 'La Cuve' machine and concept through her company Reserves Precieuses. Its similar to an old Parisian tradition where customers would bring in a flagon (metal or ceramic pitcher) to wine shops. With La Cuve, customers [...]