The wine region of Valcamonica is located in the region of Lombardie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Rocche dei Vignali or the Domaine Rocche dei Vignali produce mainly wines red, white and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Valcamonica are Merlot, Marzemino and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. In the mouth of Valcamonica is a powerful.
We currently count 10 estates and châteaux in the of Valcamonica, producing 24 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Valcamonica go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb.
Frost returned to French vineyards early this month as France recorded its coldest April night since 1947. Temperatures plunged to minus nine degrees Celsius in some parts of the Champagne region on the night between 3 and 4 April, with minus seven reported in areas around Bordeaux and minus six in Chablis. Some winemakers lit candles and fires between vineyard rows to help protect young buds. Yet while scenes were reminiscent of the devastating frosts that struck French vineyards in April 2021, ...
Some Cornas estates, like Domaine Clape, feel as ancient and unchanging as the granite hills themselves. Others, like Domaine Alain Voge, go through periods of flux. When this is due to vineyards being ripped out, bought or sold, then the whole profile of an estate can be altered. That’s not the case at Voge. Instead, it’s due to the coming and going of people and the unavoidable change that entails. I visited Lionel Fraisse, the current managing director at Domaine Alain Voge, to taste a select ...
Wine merchant and entrepreneur Duncan Vaughan-Arbuckle has passed away aged 83. Vaughan-Arbuckle was the founder and director of Vinopolis, the award-winning wine-themed visitor attraction which was located on London’s Bankside from 1999 to 2015. According to his daughter Desdemona Freeman his interest in wine began when he started trading food and wine in the mid-1970s. ‘He came from the business side of things but wine was clearly his favourite subject,’ she told Decanter. What he found partic ...
