The wine region of Dittelsheim is located in the region of Rheinhessen of Germany. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Weingut Gerold Spies or the Domaine Weingut Gerold Spies produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Dittelsheim are Riesling, Merlot and Müller-Thurgau, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. In the mouth of Dittelsheim is a .
We currently count 2 estates and châteaux in the of Dittelsheim, producing 8 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Dittelsheim go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or vegetarian.
‘New’ is the second most popular word in any sales catalogue. (The first is ‘Free’.) We scribblers can’t resist it: it guarantees copy of one sort or another. Even in the slowly evolving world of wine, where the main ethos of the product is historical continuity, ‘new’ sells. To someone like me with a strong sense of history, not to mention conservative tastes, it can be a bit unsettling. It’s not really change that bothers me. There is always room for improvement. What can irritate me is change ...
I’m fortunate enough to taste a fair amount of fine wine each year and I have come to the conclusion that each of us is forced to build our own stylistic preferences, regardless of the appellation or classification of a wine. Instead of simply choosing a bottle of Bordeaux over Barolo, for example, most of us probably aim to drink each on the right occasion and, in doing so, carve out our individual preferences for these wines. My personal bias – which I must confess, to be fair and transp ...
The creation of an Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho dos Açores (IVVA), with headquarters in the island of Pico, follows the remarkable qualitative growth that the Archipelago of the Azores’ wine industry has been experiencing over the past decade. ‘People are excited about growing fruit and making wine here. There are about 300 growers producing their own fruit and a lot of small “garage” producers are starting. Some of them have worked and trained with us and are now making very interesting wines, ...
