Two bottles of Clos Saint Alphonse 1986 (magnums) were kindly donated by Chateau Ksara from Lebanon. The wine was made from grapes of very old vines of Carignan, Syrah and a hint of Cabernet Sauvignon and was aged for 18 months in new French oak barrels. You can help a great cause and put your hands on a bottle… Read more →
Alice Aristi Anastasiou Alice combines her love of wine with her background in Art History. She has a BA (Hons) in Culture, Mind and Modernity and MA in History of Art and Curating and heritage as a Greek-Cypriot Briton. Drawing on the two, her ultimate goal is to enlighten the palate of others in her adopted city, Liverpool, UK,… Read more →
Carl Edmund Sherman Champagne for #winelover s from Fabien Laine on Vimeo. Passionate about the wine as well as the region of Champagne for some time now, Carl can trace his motivation to learn French back to his early days. For Carl, French is the language of love and for his love of the fruit from the vine, moving… Read more →
I was in Alsace and saw this comment from Patrick Johner on a picture that Panos Kakaviatos had posted. I had the next day almost free… so I headed to the other side of the Rhine (that means Vogtsburg in Baden, Germany) and the two videos below pretty much summarize what happened during my visit. Sorting machine Tasting… Read more →
Hugo Mesquita Hugo has been passionate about wine since childhood. Over the last 20 years he moved on to working closely with wines, better said, “on top” of wines, while working for Amorim, the world leader for natural closures for drinks with 1,5 centuries of existence. Hugo studied simultaneous interpretation, which opened his appetite for learning more idioms,… Read more →
Alison Marriott Alison believes that wine should be a part of enjoying both the everyday and special occasions. Whether over candlelit dinners, on back porches, with friends in remote corners of the world, or during life’s biggest celebrations, Alison embraces the Bon Vivant lifestyle with gusto. Hospitality and entertaining are deeply ingrained values stemming from Alison’s long line of… Read more →
Meet our new Ambassador: #winelover & #foodlover, Christer Schröder. He began his culinary career over 30 years ago when he trained as a chef at the most prestigious school in Stockholm, Sweden. Although he got the offer to pursue his studies in Lausanne, Switzerland, which he declined, he has been faithful Sweden since. After years standing at the stove,… Read more →
Peter Klerkx Peter is a “Dutch” inspiring person (speaks English/German) extrovert, a managing director/ owner of his 3 companies Paliwigo (Passions Lifestyle Wine Golf) , World of Golfconsultancy, De Groeningenieurs, 24/7 he takes care of his quality time for his “clients”, children/ family and friends. Where wine, golf, photography are large issues. Always supporting others for 100% and the… Read more →
Mi Yeun Hong Korean #winelover (former secret #winelover) 🙂 who lives in Italy. Wine journalist, consultant to wine importers, educator, international wine juror. She has the sommelier certificate from AIS, taster certificate from ONAV. She is also an entrepreneur in the luxury fashion field. Personal twitter @miyeunhong – Instagram @miyeunhong Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/hongmiyeun Read more →