The wine region of Claro Valley is located in the region of Maule Valley of Central Valley of Chile. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Waitrose or the Domaine Carta Vieja produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Claro Valley are Cabernet-Sauvignon et Carmenère, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Claro Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dark fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit.
In the mouth of Claro Valley is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 4 estates and châteaux in the of Claro Valley, producing 4 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Claro Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb.
Australian wine exports dropped by 19% to A$2.08bn in the year to 30 June, said trade body Wine Australia this week. While exports to some countries rose, notably the US, the group’s report for the 2021-22 financial year offered fresh insight into a slide in shipments to China. Mainland China imposed varying import tariffs ranging from 116% to more than 200% on Australian bottled wines from late 2020 onwards. Exports to China, including Hong Kong and Macau, dropped by 74% in the 12 months to 30 ...
Moneypenny, James Bond, Q. Not a bad trio for your wine to share the screen with in its latest cameo. I’ll try not to give too many spoilers if you haven’t yet seen No Time To Die, but I don’t think it gives too much away to say that Bond can’t resist swiping two generous glasses of Château Angélus (2005, although you don’t see the vintage on screen) for himself and Moneypenny from a bottle that Q had carefully opened for his date later that night. This is the third Bond film in which Angélus ha ...
Bodegas Vizar is located in the municipality of Villabáñez, to the east of Valladolid is Spain’s Castile and León region, bordering the Ribera del Duero DO. Vizar’s application to obtain the Dehesa Peñalba vino de pago DO was first put forward to, and approved by the Agrarian and Technological Institute of Castilla y León (ITACyL), in 2019. The proposal was then submitted to the European Commission, which granted the final green light earlier this month. ‘We started the process in 2015 and ...
