The wine region of South Burnett is located in the region of Queensland of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Clovely or the Domaine One Block produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of South Burnett are Verdelho, Chardonnay and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of South Burnett often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, red fruit or black fruit.
In the mouth of South Burnett is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 7 estates and châteaux in the of South Burnett, producing 11 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of South Burnett go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian.
Leading Scotch whisky maker Diageo has unveiled the eight expressions that make up this year’s Special Releases. This is a sought-after annual collection of cask-strength malt and grain whiskies. The range, selected by master blender Dr Craig Wilson, includes famous names such as Lagavulin and Talisker, fellow single malts Clynelish, Cardhu, Oban, Mortlach and The Singleton of Glen Ord. There is also a rare single grain release from the Cameronbridge distillery. Dr Wilson chose the whiskies from ...
Known to wine enthusiasts for one of the world’s best known annual wine fairs, Vinitaly, Verona is about to host a poli-functional wine museum and visitor centre that promises to rival similar enterprises in Bordeaux and Porto. The Museo del Vino (MuVin) project was officially unveiled at Vinitaly earlier this month, with the endorsement of Italian tourism minister Massimo Garavaglia, Roberta Garibaldi of Italy’s national tourism agency, and Prof Diego Begalli, director of the department of busi ...
Vanilla was ranked as the most pleasant smell in a study involving 235 people and conducted by an international network of researchers, including those from the University of Oxford and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. This was closely followed by ethyl butyrate, ‘which smells like peaches’, said the researchers, who published their findings in the Current Biology journal. Vanilla notes can be found in several wine styles, such as some iterations of Chardonnay or Rioja, largely resulting from ...
