by Helen Albada | Jul 20, 2016 | Crazy Stories
As crazy as it may sound, if you go fishing in the Atlantic this summer, you could catch wine. Off the coast of Brittany and in the area of Basque Country wines are resting ninety meters deep on the ocean floor. Champagnes, Bordeaux, Burgundy and Val de Loire locked...
by Helen Albada | Jul 13, 2016 | Crazy Stories
Have you watched the recent Tour de France stage where hailstones as big as golf balls came down on Dutch stage winner Tom Dumoulin? He did not seem to be bothered much, but these heavy lumps can really transform a car into a dented can. A vine-grower expecting a...
by Eleanor Crick | Jun 27, 2016 | Inside Wine
Chablis. One of the most famous names in the wine world, located at the north of the Burgundy region. A prime exhibit of the idea that good wine speaks deeply of its place of origin.The wines of Chablis are made from one single varietal: Chardonnay. Over there people...
by Eleanor Crick | Jun 1, 2016 | Inside Wine
Karel de Graaf has been in the wine business for more than 35 years. Besides being passionate about wine, he is co-founder and former editor of the prestigious wine magazine Perswijn, wine writer and wine lecturer at several courses; among others WSET at...