The wine region of Mantinia is located in the region of Arkadia of Peloponnesos of Greece. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Semeli or the Domaine Bosinakis produce mainly wines white, pink and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Mantinia are Moschofilero, Agiorgitiko and Assyrtiko, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Mantinia often reveals types of flavors of citrus, earthy or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, floral or dried fruit.
We currently count 28 estates and châteaux in the of Mantinia, producing 55 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Mantinia go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).
All 818 lots were sold in the auction, which saw Prince Robert of Luxembourg, chairman and CEO of Château Haut-Brion owner Domaine Clarence Dillon, open up his personal cellar to raise funds for the PolG Foundation. Featuring 4,200 bottles and covering Bordeaux wine royalty spanning more than a century of vintages, Sotheby’s said the auction ‘smashed’ its pre-sale high estimate of around $4m. Two 4.5-litre Jeroboams of Haut-Brion, one from the 1926 vintage and the other from 1 ...
The launch of the 2022 Collection takes the total number of Last Drop releases to 27 since the company was founded by drinks industry veterans Tom Jago and James Espey in 2008. Tom’s daughter Rebecca Jago is now the company’s MD. This year’s releases include The Last Drop’s first Japanese whisky: a blended malt that includes whisky from the fabled Hanyu distillery, taken from the beginning and end of its brief lifespan (1980-2000), as well as malts from other unidentified Japanese distilleries. ...
The fine wine market goes into autumn 2022 after a particularly strong period of gains, although there has been greater uncertainty about momentum in recent weeks. At Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade, the Liv-ex 100 index dipped 0.3% in July 2022 but had risen every month for two years prior to that. UK-based merchant Bordeaux Index recently reported prices on the market up by 10% in the first half of 2022, with Burgundy up 26% on average. Strong activity on the LiveTrade online tradin ...
