The wine region of Costa d'Amalfi is located in the region of Campanie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Marisa Cuomo or the Domaine Le Vigne Diraito produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Costa d'Amalfi are Aglianico et Sangiovese, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Costa d'Amalfi often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, blackberry or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak.
In the mouth of Costa d'Amalfi is a powerful. We currently count 10 estates and châteaux in the of Costa d'Amalfi, producing 45 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Costa d'Amalfi go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks.
A very old grape variety grown in Italy, some believe it to be of Greek origin. In France, it is practically unknown. It can be found in Australia, the United States (California), Argentina, etc. It should not be confused with Aglianicone, another grape variety grown in Italy, which is, however, very similar to Aglianico.
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 ...
‘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 ...
Despite the lowest number of barrels going under the hammer in 15 years, the 2021 Hospices de Beaune charity auction broke per-barrel price records, reaching an impressive total sales figure of €12.5m (£10.48m/$14.09m), excluding buyer premiums. The total was not too far behind last year’s high tally – close to €13.44 million – where almost double the number of barrels were sold. This year’s sale, with 362 lots, including seven barrels of spirits, reached an average price per lot of €34,980 (£29 ...
