The Vice-Mayor of the Porto City Council and Councillor for Tourism, Innovation and Leisure, Vladimiro Feliz presided over the 'Best Of Wine Tourism' 2012 awards ceremony that took place in the Dona Maria Room at the Porto City Hall on April 18.
With The Great Italian Fine Wine Encounter approaching on Saturday 19th May, Decanter's Nina Johal talks exclusively to Italian wine expert Ian D'Agata, who will be hosting a masterclass on Barolo 2005: the finest wines from the finest vineyards. Find out what Ian is looking forward to at the encounter plus his top picks for everyday drinking...
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Looking at the gentle hills of the DOCG Valdobbiadene district, not far from Venice, it is remarkable how the sinuous lines of vineyards mark the boundary between earth and sky. This is a true terroir, sheltered by the Dolomites to the north and protected by the mild climate of the Adriatic sea to the south. When the sun shines at harvest time the vineyards shimmer like gold, with brilliant purity, and the region yields up its precious cargo of grapes. The great winemaking traditions of the area do the rest.
There is great anticipation for the release of the first bottles of the 2007 vintage Castello Banfi Brunello di Montalcino and the estate’s top cru, Poggio alle Mura. By law released five years after the vintage, this particular wine from this particular vintage has a lot riding on it: after all, this is the first vintage to be produced using the estate’s new micro-winery, dubbed “Horizon.”
As London plays host to two natural wine fairs in May, some devotees of natural wines are calling for more information about additives & processes to appear on labels. Do you agree?
Yes, I'm worried that there may be all sorts of chemicals in there (362 vote, 48%)
No, it's just a bunch of hippies spouting health and safety rubbish (250 vote, 33%)
I'd like to know what 'contains sulphites' means (77 vote, 10%)
I'm confused - I thought wine already was a natural product? (62 vote, 8%)
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