Why wine enthusiasts choose Riesling
Riesling wine has a colourful German heritage and a bit of a bad reputation since the 1980s. Today, however, Riesling wine has emerged as the most collectible wine among top connoisseurs and sommeliers alike. Riesling comes in more “flavours” than any other wine. Some...
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Behind every bottle, there is a winemaker
Vineyards often have a story, but the story of Casal Santa Maria is a special one. This vinyard exists because an ill man of 95, from the Baltic Livonia, wanted to experience a new adventure. Now he is 105 and is still walking around on this particular property. Baron...
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Bottle Shock
Sommelier and wine shop owner Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman), a British expatriate living in Paris, is concerned with how to save his business in his daily conversation with Maurice (Dennis Farina), a wine lover from Milwaukee who is Spurrier's regular (sometimes...
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Passie voor wijn gevoed met emotie
Mijn passie voor wijn is jaren geleden ontstaan in Frankrijk alwaar het door een Franse wijnboer is gevoed met emotie. Het was oktober en rond 17.00 kwamen wij (4 vrienden in een campertje)aan bij een afgelegen camping in het Rhônegebied. De camping was gesloten en...
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Food & Wine pairing: chef Dick Soek
Chef Dick Soek (55) has a passion for local ingredients. In his restaurant Piloersemaborg, a seventeenth-century farm in the village Den Ham in the north of The Netherlands, he stocks the kitchen with produce from nearby farmers, hunters and fisherman. The pig...
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Living life to the fullest
Jazz and wine are the main passions of Dutch jazzsinger Joyce Stevens. The founder of the jazzband ‘Mijne Heeren’ now combines the two in an ingenious musical project: ‘Jazz and Wine’. Together with Tico Pierhagen (piano) en Pieter Althuis (contrabase) she brings her...
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Three ultimate Spanish summer wines. Olé!
This beautiful summer will soon be over… Or will autumn wait a little while? Anyway, with a wonderful weekend ahead and wine coolers on the table, Share A Bottle presents its ultimate choice of Spanish summer wines. Be prepared for a sunny weekend! Txakolí...
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Sideways
Sideways (2004) is an American comedy-drama film about two men, Miles (Paul Giamatti) and Jack (Thomas Haden Church), both in their forties. To celebrate Jack’s upcoming wedding, they decide to go on a wine trip through Santa Barbara County, California. The...
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Breaking the pairing rules
People often think proper food-wine pairing is based on strict rules. That’s a great misconception. In fact, breaking the pairing rules can lead to extremely interesting combinations. We will let you in on a few magical secrets: Riesling is often considered a bad...
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Wine nonsense unravelled
Urban legends and half-truths. There’s a lot of nonsense going around about wine. Share A Bottle closely examined five health statements. Are they true or false? 1# White wine, rosé and champagne contain more calories than red. A myth, the amount of calories doesn’t...
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