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Now in our shop. Autumn wine, juicy and young, budget friendly, made in Lombardy from Sangiovese, Merlot & Marzemino grapes.

We are all very familiar with Sangiovese & Merlot, but what about Marzemino?
Have you ever hear of this grape variety? Or tried a wine made from it?

Marzemino is found throughout northern Italy most notably in the Lombardy, Veneto, Trentino and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In Lombardy is usually used in blends, often with Barbera, Merlot, Sangiovese.

The vine requires a long growing season & ripens late. Marzemino can produce light wines with lovely acidity. Wine produced from this grape is dark coloured and has a light plummy taste.

Fun fact: Marzemino wine was mentioned in Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni. The main character Don Giovanni calls out for a glass of Marzemino just before his deliverance into hell.

🍷“ Versa il vino! Eccellente Marzemino!” - Pour the wine! The excellent Marzemino!

Bruto! 🥂

* Italian
* Sparking
* Made with traditional method
* 100% Chardonnay
* Perfect aperitif

Now in our shop!

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French champagne industry group fumes over new Russian champagne law France's champagne industry group blasted on Monday a new Russian law forcing foreign champagne producers to add a "sparkling wine" reference to the back of their bottles.

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Wine People vs. Beer People | Wine Folly In the interest of not taking either of these libations too seriously, let's take a look at 7 differences between wine people vs beer people.

Are you all ready for the Kings day 👑 when everything in the Netherlands becomes orange?

For some Kings day is lots of beer for us it’s always been bubbles, since our first celebration (then it was Queens day)

Celebrate Birthday of the Dutch king with Dutch bubbles!

We promise it will be a perfect match!

You can choose from 4 different types for any taste:

Bruuut - fresh, fruity and very aromatic
Prins - solid sparking wine with aromas of stone fruit ( peach & apricot) and a bit of spiceness.
Dame - will surprise you with aromas of blossom, peach, mango, a touch of vanilla and a gently mousse.
Dot- delicate sparking wine with scents of elderflower, gooseberry, apple & a hint of tropical fruit.

All from and maybe next year they will surprise us with a new sparkling wine De Koning (King) 😀?

Will there be any French wines vintage 2021? 🤨

Fighting Frost With Fire! French Winemakers Use Hundreds of Candles To Fight Freezing Spring Temps! This might look like a serious candlelight vigil but for these French winemakers, the candles are fighting back against frost. Veuer’s Mercer Morrison has th...

Coming Monday is 8th of March - international women’s day.

Question for the ladies!
What do you do on 8th of March?

1. I get together with my girlfriends & go for a nice meal with bubbles.
2. I expect presents & flowers from my man.
3. I honor all great women in my life, science, culture, art on this day & happy to be a woman 😃
4. Its just another ordinary day for me.
Let us know in comments below.

Whatever you do on 8th of March, a glass of sparkling wine won’t hurt! 🥂

For sparking wines lovers 🥂 : did you know that there a few methods of production for sparkling wines?

🍾 Traditional method ( méthode traditionnelle or champenois method) - method where the wine has a second fermentation in the bottle. All champagnes, cremants & cavas of this world are produced with this method.
🍾 Transfer method - looks like a traditional method but without costly and complex process of riddling & disgorgement.
🍾 Tank method - this method is ideal for making sparkling wines from the grapes with strong flavours such as Riesling or Muscat. And also for making fruity styled sparking, like Italian Prosecco. It is cheaper, faster & less labour intensive than a traditional method
🍾 Asti method - it used for the production of sweet sparking wines in the Asti region of Piemonte. It produces sweet fruity wines but there is only one alcoholic fermentation involved.
🍾 Carbonation - in this method CO2 is injected into a still wine, which is then bottled under pressure. It’s the cheapest of all the methods. ( source WSET3 book)

Sparking wines from the Dutch producer in Limburg are all made according to the traditional method. Long long process brings us sparkling wines of amazing quality & flavour!

Have you already tried Dutch bubbles?
We still have a stock in our shop of their four different but equally delicious wines. Definitely worth to try.

The weekend is just around the corner and it will be super warm! +18! Can you imagine it?

Greet spring with one of our sparkling wines. What could be better than sitting on the terrace under the warm rays of the sun on your face, listening to the chirping of birds, sipping chilled wine! Close your eyes and feel the thousands of bubbles explode in your mouth with aromas of flowers and fruits with a creamy finish.

Time to enjoy! It sounds good, right?
How are you going to spend first warm weekend?

Do you know that it’s Pancake Day today? It’s the traditional feast day before the start of lent. Lent is the 40 days of fasting before Easter.

Pancake day was the last opportunity to use eggs & fats before starting with the Lenten fast & pancakes are perfect for this celebration. Each ingredient in a pancake has its own symbol: eggs- creation, flour-the staff of life, salt - wholesomeness, milk - purity.

Although not many people are fasting for 40 days now, this day is a good occasion to bake delicious thin pancakes and enjoy them. For an extra pleasure add red caviar & a glass of bubbles!

We have a few nice ones which will go perfectly with an airy thin pancake, covered with caviar or smoked salmon!
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Many people ask me why the wines in our shop are quite pricy?
What is the difference between our wines & a wine from a supermarket?
I’ve decided to explain some factors and reasons that affect the price of wine.

First of all establishing a vineyard is a very expensive step. The cost of land, especially in a location where the highest quality wines are produced. Preparing the soil, buying & planting vines. It takes years to see the result of these investments.

* labour- is the largest production cost. You can save on labour when combine manual grape picking with a machinery. But in some vineyards with extremely steep slopes machinery is not possible, production costs are higher
* Production quantity
* Winemaking techniques
* Equipment & maintenance of the winery
* Aging materials ( oak barrels)
* Storage facilities
* Packaging ( bottles, corks, labels)
* Transport, distribution & sales
* Taxes
* Marketing costs

Taking into consideration all these factors the prices for all wines in our shop are completely justified. And be sure if you pay a certain price for a bottle in our shop, you pay for something that actually impacts the flavour of the wine.