Wine Reviews

The Bellavista winery was founded in 1976, when Vittorio Moretti decided to turn a small family farm into a first class wine making concern.  He was helped by the award-winning Italian winemaker, Mattia Vezzola.  Vezzola treats the wines in a controlled, elegant manner, giving them a personality and style which are easily recognizable, even in his...
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Provence is located in southeastern France, bordering Italy, and is the birthplace of the most prestigious rosé wines in the world.  Domaine Ott is certainly the best representative of these.  Chateau de Selle, Le Clos Mireille and later, Chateau Romassan are at the foundations of this wine empire. Acquired in 1912, and located in the highlands...
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Wine growers since 1687, the Tarlants are the finest example of a family champagne house. Champagne Tarlant has its facilities in Oeuilly, on the left bank of the Marne, and has 14 hectares with five different geological subsoils, divided into four 'crus' and 55 parcels. The Tarlants respect the integrity of the grape and the physiological...
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After a successful tenure at the Numanthia Termes bodega in Toro, the Eguren family from Rioja, set up the prestigious Teso la Monja winery in 2009.  Here they seamlessly combine a contemporary vision of fine winemaking with a philosophy founded on experience, tradition and expertise.  The winery is located in a wine region influenced by the...
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Golan Heights Winery was founded in the town of Katzrin in 1983. The vineyards grow in the Golan Heights, mountainous and rugged territory dominated by the peaks of Mount Hermon. The first vines were planted in 1976.   Today they boast ​​730 hectares of vineyards. What makes these wines special are the basaltic volcanic soil, the altitude (between...
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Leonard and Olivier Humbrecht represent the pinnacle of winemaking in Alsace. Domaine Zind-Humbrecht was founded by the union of two wine producing families in 1959. The Humbrechts have upheld their winemaking tradition from father to son since 1620.  In the 18th century, they rented vineyards near Gueberschwihr, which they have since acquired....
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It was in this bodega that the new Priorat movement began. René Barbier is considered the father of “Modern Priorat”, an era which started in the late 1980’s and crystallised into the “Clos” movement.   He was the first to have real belief in the area’s potential to produce world-class wines. Barbier was a visionary who brought together and...
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The Montezemolo family is one of Piedmont’s oldest noble families.  Although they deserve enormous credit for their wines, their name is also closely associated with the famous "Scuderia Ferrari". The work in both the vineyards and the winery is meticulous, resulting in creations which exemplify the fusion of traditional processes with the modern...
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Founded in 1879, the premises of the Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España (known as CVNE or Cune), is made up of a cluster of buildings, mainly from the 19th Century, arranged around a patio surrounded by facilities for winemaking, ageing and bottling.   The Company is remarkable for various reasons: its size, its family character, the...
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