Name: Agustin Carrión Olivares Winery: Bodegas Barahonda Town/Country: Yecla Spain Which spot in your vineyard is the most special and why? Campo Arriba, this is the name of an area in the north of Yecla, where the altitude is 700-800 metres above the sea level. The soil is limestone and gravel. In this areaContinue reading “Interview Agustin Carrión Olivares, Barahonda”
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Interview Christoph Wachter; Wachter Wiesler
Name: Christoph Wachter Winery: Wachter-Wiesler Town/Country: Eisenberg/Burgenland, Austria Which spot in your vineyard is the most special and why? It is a parcel named “Steinweg” (rocky path) on the Eisenberg. It gives the most spicy and aromatic grapes and the barrel with the wine made from grapes from the Steinweg is always distinctive. If youContinue reading “Interview Christoph Wachter; Wachter Wiesler”
Interview Francesco Drusian, Drusian Az. Agr.
Name: Francesco Drusian Winery: Drusian Francesco Az.Agr. Town/Country: Valdobbiadene-Treviso- Italy Which spot in your vineyard is the most special and why? The most Special place for me is the Cartizze. It is unique in the whole world and it gives the upmost expression of Valdobbiadene DOCG, called Cartizze. You have to see and taste itContinue reading “Interview Francesco Drusian, Drusian Az. Agr.”
Viticulturist Interview Mike Wing, Two Paddocks
Name: Mike Wing Winery: Two Paddocks Town/Country: Central Otago, New Zealand Which spot in your vineyard is the most special and why? The rocky outcrop at our Last Chance Vineyard. Here there is a 360 degree view of Central Otago and it is always drenched in sun. 2. If you link the dots in yourContinue reading “Viticulturist Interview Mike Wing, Two Paddocks”
Interview James Rowan, Soho Wine Co.
Name: James Rowan Winery: Soho Wine Co Town/Country: Waiheke Island, New Zealand Which spot in your vineyard is the most special and why? There are a few and they’re where you get to see/feel the whole island, and our special little piece of it…oh, there’s down in the new plantings…new ideas…a new future. Also, there’sContinue reading “Interview James Rowan, Soho Wine Co.”
Interview Vito Piffer, Endrizzi
Name: Vito Piffer Winery: Cantine Endrizzi Town/Country: Trento, Italy Which spot in your vineyard is the most special and why? I personally find the “Canevaccia” vineyard very exciting. Here the “bedrock”—geologically known as Breccia di Faedo or Breccia di Masetto—turns into fertile soil and the Central-European microclimate makes a special home for the Riesling RhenanoContinue reading “Interview Vito Piffer, Endrizzi”
Interview Leon Femfert, Fattoria Nittardi
Name: Leon Femfert Winery: Nittardi Town/Country: Castellina in Chianti/ Tuscany / Italy 1. Which spot in your vineyard is the most special and why? This is really a difficult one, but in the end I like most our Vigna Alta, where we grow Sangiovese for our Nittardi Riserva. It is beautifully surrounded by forest onContinue reading “Interview Leon Femfert, Fattoria Nittardi”
Interview Michael Brajkovich, Kumeu River Wines
Name: Michael Brajkovich Winery: Kumeu River Wines Town/Country: Kumeu, New Zealand Which spot in your vineyard is the most special and why? At the top of the Hunting Hill vineyard there is a very good view of Mate’s Vineyard, and out to the West, the Waitakere Ranges. It’s beautiful and it’s a reminder of whatContinue reading “Interview Michael Brajkovich, Kumeu River Wines”
Interview Philippe Bramaz, Atlan & Artisan
Name: Philippe Bramaz Winery: Atlan & Artisan Town/Country: Yecla/Spain Date: May 2014 Which spot in your vineyard is the most special and why? There is a Church of an old hermit on top of the vineyard, which has an underground cellar from 1780. In this cellar, there are amphora, which the owner of Barahonda stillContinue reading “Interview Philippe Bramaz, Atlan & Artisan”
Achaval Ferrer Malbec Altavista 2008
Argentinians have long enjoyed their well made wines in the domestic market, and the full-flavored Malbec from Mendoza entered the world stage only about 15 years ago. The bottles tried in the past have been of the juicy and brambly type or the dense and alcoholic, so I am happy to read the good news from Luis Gutierrez’ Argentina 3.0 (Robert Parker).Continue reading “Achaval Ferrer Malbec Altavista 2008”