Today’s post is on a particular bottle of wine, which I had the pleasure to enjoy during a vacation in Rome early last year. The owner of the winery is the italian journalist Bruno Vespa. Wine producers generally give their name to the most important wine in the winery. Bruno Vespa made the opposite choice: he baptized the cheapest wine […]
The Corsendonk Dark Dubbel is a dark Belgian ale and has caramelized malt on the nose whilst being mild on the palate with well-balanced bitterness, toasted bread, liquorice and coffee… I had the pleasure to enjoy this beer during a holiday in Belgium and I believe its definitely a perfect candidate to start our new Beer category within this blog. […]
The Fantinel Picolit is a sweet wine, which I associate to a dessert wine after a good Sunday lunch. Some friends brought a bottle during the new year lunch and it complimented perfectly with the desserts. Personally speaking, I had never heard of the wine nor the brand before, however I must admit that although am not a big fan […]
The Nikka Coffey Grain is neither a “Japanese Bourbon” nor a “Japanese Corn Whiskey”, rather its quite something else entirely (Stephanie Moreno, distiller.com). Although, this whisky has no age statement, the benchmark for this whisky is 8 to 12 years. This whisky is produced mainly from corn using one of Nikka’s continuous Coffey stills in the Miyagiko distillery. About this […]
Being a whisky lover, I am always eager to taste a new brand, potentially falling in love with it on the first sip. This was the case for the Old Pulteney 15 year old scotch whisky, which I received from my dearest friends over this festive period. Old Pulteney is also known as “The Maritime malt” since all the whiskies […]
In the final instalment of our four-part blog series on Donnafugata wines, we present Tancredi, a Cabernet Sauvignon wine from the 2016 vintage. This wine is manually harvested from the Contessa Entellina Estate vintage and aged for 12 months in new and old French oak barriques and then in the bottle for at least 20 months. From the producer (Donnafugata): […]
In the third instalment of our four-part blog series on Donnafugata wines, we present La Fuga, one of the top 7% of all wines in the world (Vivino). This wine is produced on the clayey soil of the Contessa Entellina Estate in the province of Palermo, between 200 and 600 meters above sea level. The grapes are harvested in mid-August […]
In the second instalment of our four-part blog series on Donnafugata wines, we present one of the most appreciated Sicilian red wines from Donnafugata’s winery, Angheli is made with an equal share of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, carefully kept on the clayey soil of the Contessa Entellina Estate, between 200 and 600 meters above sea level. This is a […]
This week we will present four different wines from the Donnafugata winery, all available from S. Rausi Trading. The Donnafugata Lighea is a white wine from the Zibibbo grape, produced using grape drying methodology. From the producer (Donnafugata): DENOMINATIONZibibbo Sicilia DOC PRODUCTION ZONEIsland of Pantelleria (South-Western Sicily) TASTING NOTESLighea 2019 has a bright straw yellow color with greenish reflections. The […]
If you are seeking a perfect gift for a Whisky lover, there is a plethora of choices. The Glenfiddich Single Malt 18 year old whisky is a perfect gift due to it smoothness and refined taste. This is a very good whisky which any whisky lover would definitely appreciate. About this whisky (MasterofMalt) Nose: Loads of fruit. Zesty grapefruit, baked toffee […]