Journey into the wildflowers, a secret world between the vines where insects dance from petal to stem, a flourishing ecosystem amongst the rows. It’s all part of the Petal & Stem’s project to protect the vines and keep pests away naturally. So as you’re busy enjoying this wine, remember these little friends between the flowers who help to do things both differently, and beautifully.
Humming with notes of passionfruit, blackcurrant and fresh herbs, this Sauvignon Blanc has a sweet fruit characters and crisp acidity, combined to create a palate that is fresh with a zesty mineral finish.
Picollo Ernesto is perched among the rolling hills that surround the town of Gavi. The climate here is much more mediterranean than in the north, benefiting from the constant maritime breezes, unique to the southern Piedmont. With the intent of showcasing Cortese in its purest form, Picollo Gavi’s are fermented and aged exclusively in stainless steel.
Picollo Ernesto is perched among the rolling hills that surround the town of Gavi. The climate here is much more mediterranean than in the north, benefiting from the constant maritime breezes, unique to the southern Piedmont. With the intent of showcasing Cortese in its purest form, Picollo Gavi’s are fermented and aged exclusively in stainless steel.
The Pierre Chainier House, based in Amboise, owns over 250 hectares divided between Tours and Amboise, directly cultivating and distributing all legendary grapes of the Loire Valley. The trading business gives opportunities to create harmonies of wine likely to answer to specific requests.
The new range of Pierre Chainier shows blended cuvees of typical Chardonnay varietals, developing partnerships with wine growers and the various cuvees are selected after several tastings.
The Pierre Chainier House, based in Amboise, owns over 250 hectares divided between Tours and Amboise, directly cultivating and distributing all legendary grapes of the Loire Valley. The trading business gives opportunities to create harmonies of wine likely to answer to specific requests.
The new range of Pierre Chainier shows blended cuvees of typical Pinot Noir varietals, developing partnerships with wine growers and the various cuvees are selected and blended after several tastings.
The Pierre Chainier House, based in Amboise, owns over 250 hectares divided between Tours and Amboise, directly cultivating and distributing all legendary grapes of the Loire Valley. The trading business gives opportunities to create harmonies of wine likely to answer to specific requests.
Anjou appellation covers an area of 128 communes, including a number of sub-regional and communal AOP.
Anjou region has a temperate oceanic climate, but mainly dry, with a narrow variation in temperature, known as the proverbial “douceur angevine” (Angevin delight).
The Pierre Chainier House, based in Amboise, owns over 250 hectares divided between Tours and Amboise, directly cultivating and distributing all legendary grapes of the Loire Valley. The trading business gives opportunities to create harmonies of wine likely to answer to specific requests.
The new range of Pierre Chainier shows blended cuvees of typical Sauvignon Blanc varietals, developing partnerships with wine growers and the various cuvees are selected after several tastings.
The PietraPura range is the result of the shared objectives of making the most of the native vines of the Salento area and of creating wines that express the very best of the terroir. Rocca delle Macìe has combined experience and expertise to create three different types of wine using Primitivo and Negroamaro grapes, which are vinified and bottled in the Puglia Region, under the watchful eye of the Zingarelli family’s chief winemaker, Luca Francioni.
The Primitivo grapes of this wine come from selected vineyards located in southern Puglia, where the traditional Alberello basso vine training method is employed.
It all began in the mid-1970s when André Dubosc – a third-generation wine grower – set out to build up the reputation of the wines from their region of South-West France. He and other passionate young winegrowers fashioned local dry white wines (now a PGI: Côtes de Gascogne), revived the Saint Mont appellation and gave a new breath of life to the Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh, made from late-harvested grapes. In 1979, these women and men, who put their heart, soul and know-how into producing the best the terroir could offer, decided to strengthen their foothold by uniting their wine cellars and estates. And so they set up the Plaimont union of cooperatives (“Pl” for Plaisance, “Ai” for Aignan and “Mont” for Saint Mont).
A wine-growing area for many years given over to producing Armagnac brandy, Côtes de Gascogne enjoyed a winemaking revival in the late 1970s, when André DUBOSC, founder of the PLAIMONT union, rediscovered the “French Colombard of the Gers”. First created about thirty years ago following the rediscovery of the Colombard grape, Colombelle has since become THE emblematic wine of Côtes de Gascogne. Known throughout the world for its inimitable aromatic style, paired with Sauvignon blanc, Colombelle’s vivacity and freshness offers a mirror image of a region of South-West France niched between ocean and mountain range: exuberant, crisp, and characterful.
Producing unique Rieslings that capture the distinctive personality of the great vineyard sites on the Mosel, Saar and Ruwer has been the mission at Weingut Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt for the last 650 years. The Gunter-Reh family arrived at the end of the 1970’s when they purchased the Imperial property of “Reichsgrafen von Kesselstatt” in 1978. Today, covering 46 hectares, their vines occupy an extraordinary range of superior terroirs along the three river valleys of Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, expressing the individuality and personality of these unique terroirs as effectively and tangibly as possible.
The Sommerpalais Riesling is a lively, fruity and fresh summer wine. Its character derives from its origin, the unique vineyards along the Mosel. The Riesling grapes lend the wine a wonderful fruitiness and hints of mineral.
The estate’s manor, Schloss Marienlay, serves as a model for the label, which is designed every year by another child, related to the estate.
For more info, visit Reichsgraf von Kesselstattwebsite.
The Reschke family first settled in the Limestone Coast district in 1906, establishing themselves as prime Hereford graziers. In 1989 Burke Reschke, fourth generation in the family decided to develop the farmland into vineyards, which in turn produced exceptional fruit, as well as a number of Australia’s icon wines.
The vines of this Pinot Noir in the heart of the Limestone Coast grow on soils where the Reschke family have grazed cattle for over 100 years.
Rocca delle Macìe was established in 1973, when Italo Zingarelli, a film-maker, producer and director, decided to realize his lifelong dream by acquiring the “Le Macìe” estate, in order to create a winery in the heart of the Chianti Classico zone and to produce wines that, thanks to their balance between the tannic structure, fruit and pleasantness, can be appreciated by young people and wines that are able to give over the years a great evolution.
Produced with grapes harvested at the optimal ripening moment, coming from the Campomaccione estate in the Province of Grosseto, owned by the Zingarelli Family since 1998, this Vermentino has floral hints of acacia and broom, followed by delicate fruity aromas of apple and pineapple.
Rocca delle Macìe was established in 1973, when Italo Zingarelli, a film-maker, producer and director, decided to realize his lifelong dream by acquiring the “Le Macìe” estate, in order to create a winery in the heart of the Chianti Classico zone and to produce wines that, thanks to their balance between the tannic structure, fruit and pleasantness, can be appreciated by young people and wines that are able to give over the years a great evolution.
The grapes come mainly from the vineyards of Tenuta Campomaccione owned by Rocca delle Macìe and partly from selected farms on the Tuscan coast. The Moonlite is a modern, fresh, pleasant and versatile white dedicated to lovers of good drinking and ideal for every occasion.
João António Cerdeira was the first to break from this tradition in Melgaço and planted a full parcel as a continuous vineyard of Alvarinho. Today the third generation family members continue to embrace this spirit of innovation.
Soalheiro Alvarinho has the nickname ‘Clássico’, as it was the first wine ever to be made by the family, back in 1982. Since then, it remains the house’s most classic style of single varietal Alvarinho, with aromatic freshness, intense flavour, and an unusual evolution in the bottle – it is a wine that goes well with any occasion!
From the very beginning, Susana Balbo has been dominating the art of breaking the rules. She was a pioneer in Torrontés wines, transforming this traditional grape of Argentina into an emblematic one. Her first harvest broke the rules by creating a premium style of Torrontés distinguished by its elegant notes of white flowers, pear and ripe peach.
In a few words: dry, fresh and aromatic.
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