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Italy is the country with the greatest diversity in its vineyards according to the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). With 690,000 hectares, sangiovese is the dominant grape, with…
Italy is the country with the greatest diversity in its vineyards according to the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). With 690,000 hectares, sangiovese is the dominant grape, with…
Desperation, rage, tears, impotence... The Spanish vineyards are suffering the consequences of last week's heavy frosts. The beginning of the 2017 vineyard cycle presented many risks as we saw in…
The graciano grape is a variety native to Rioja and Navarra, with little implantation in other Spanish wine-growing areas. Its historical presence in Rioja translates into a 'secondary' role as…
One of the great challenges of world viticulture is the fight against the so-called wood diseases, which have been described as the 'cancer of the vineyard'. In France, the number…
Winter is coming to an end and the plant, the vine, is starting to come 'alive' again. In some vineyards you can already see the first 'weeping', which is actually…
Tim Atkin, master of wine and the first international prescriptor who dared to make a classification of Rioja wineries, published last January his second monographic report, Rioja Special Report 2017,…
The so-called 'law of the pendulum' has numerous applications, from politics to human history. Basically it is saying that motion is cyclic and that when something approaches one extreme it…
Last month we dedicated an entry in this space to Familia Martínez Bujanda wines as a gift option for Christmas, with an extraordinary versatility of offer for different profiles... and…
The term "crianza" is used to designate the aging of wines in oak and bottle. This is specified by Spanish legislation, which establishes a minimum length of time in wood…