The wine region of Tarnave is located in the region of Transylvania of Romania. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jidvei or the Domaine Jidvei produce mainly wines sparkling, white and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Tarnave are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Riesling, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Tarnave often reveals types of flavors of citrus, microbio or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, grapefruit or apricot.
We currently count 8 estates and châteaux in the of Tarnave, producing 30 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Tarnave go well with generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, sweet desserts or pork.
The ‘Freedom Blend’blend uses a combination of indigenous grape varieties from Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova to symbolise and celebrate freedom in those countries. Purcari is located just 15 miles from the Ukrainian border. It has turned its luxury suites, tasting rooms and conferences rooms into emergency accommodation, housing more than 5,000 people that have fled war-torn Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion. The award-winning winery – which claimed best-in-show, platinum an ...
The unnamed collector is set to receive 440 bottles of single malt in total from ‘Cask No. 3’ – 88 each year over the next five years, giving her a vertical series of 1975 Ardbegs bottled at 46, 47, 48, 49 and 50 years old by 2026. The sum paid equates to more than £36,000 per bottle, and is more than 16 times the record amount paid at auction for a single cask of whisky – set in April this year, when a private buyer from the US paid £915,500 (hammer price) for a 1988 Macallan cask. However, pri ...
Pale salmon in colour, a basket full of freshly-picked summer berries backed by the tell-tale, mouth-watering English acidity – these pink delights are wines made for summer and glorious celebrations. In fact, rosé is likely to become ‘one of the most important styles made in Britain over the next 10 to 20 years,’ as Oz Clark put it in his 2020 book on English wines*. The top examples of English sparkling rosés tend to be made mainly from the red Champagne grapes using the traditional method, wi ...
