The wine region of Morges is located in the region of La Côte of Vaud of Switzerland. Wineries and vineyards like the Cave de la Côte - Cave Cidis or the Domaine de la Ville produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Morges are Chasselas, Gamay noir and Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Morges often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, grapefruit or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of flint, cheese or apricot.
In the mouth of Morges is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 35 estates and châteaux in the of Morges, producing 108 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Morges go well with generally quite well with dishes of poultry, lean fish or mild and soft cheese.
Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast. Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...
The 5cl miniature bottles of Springbank 1919 50 Year Old and Malt Mill 10 Year Old were sold this month for £7,360 ($8,871/ €8,659) and £6,670 ($8,039/ €7,848) respectively by online auction house Whisky.Auction – record sums for both distilleries. Another miniature of Springbank 1919 sold at auction in August 2021 for £6,440, while a miniature of Malt Mill fetched £3,400 when it was sold by Scotch Whisky Auctions in February 2018. The record sum for any whisky miniature at auction is believed t ...
Franzese was known as the ‘yuppie don’ in the 1980s after rising to the rank of caporegime in the Colombo crime family. Fortune Magazine placed him at No. 18 on its 50 Biggest Mafia Bosses list, and he gained a reputation as one of the mob’s biggest earners since Al Capone. He was portrayed by Joseph Bono in Goodfellas. Franzese became a born-again Christian during a lengthy prison sentence for racketeering, and he managed to walk away from the mafia without going into protective custody. He is ...
