The Wines of the Loire Valley, France
It’s funny when I first started to develop an interest in wine, French wines never really caught my eye, what I did try was expensive and never seemed that great.
Little did I know that once you get past the big French wine makers there’s a whole other world of independent winemakers to explore…
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German wines - it's not just about the sommelier.
When we think of German wines, Blue Nun probably springs to mind, cheap, sweet wine, popular in the 1980’s.
But that’s no surprise, because like many wine producing countries Germany tends to keep the best, export the rest and hides the fact that it actually has a fantastic wine industry.
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Spanish Wine’s not just about bold and brassy Rioja’s…
Tempranillo has always been the star grape of northern Spain, indeed for all of Spain.
It’s the main grape found in Rioja, and as a result it’s often referred to as Spain’s noble grape, which is why it inevitably springs to mind when we think of Spanish wine.
But there’s much more to Spanish wine…
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