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Andalusian shoreline, solstice moons: photo gallery

21/03/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

The Costa del Sol in Andalusia, Spain, is preparing for summer.

Filed Under: Garden & nature Tagged With: bougainvillea, chiringuita, sap moon, solstice, Spain, worm moon

Biodynamic wines and the lunar eclipse

21/01/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

The impact of the lunar eclipse on my glass of wine was zero because I was wisely sipping hot lemon and ginger tea at 4:30 this morning, a chilly wind rustling the nearby palm trees loudly. I had slept for 4 hours, then woke up to see if the moon show was worth my time. […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Garden & nature, Travels Tagged With: Albariño, Andalusia, biodynamic wines, Costa del Sol, fruit and food days wine taste, full moon, Galician wine, La Cala de Mijas, lunar eclipse, Rias Baixas, Ribero del Duero, Rose Box, rust moon, Spain

Swiss and other wine news: top Chasselas, Verona, rosé fraud

12/07/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

World’s best Chasselas is from La Côte in Vaud – winery’s second time Cave de la Côte, a Swiss cooperative winery on the western edge of Lake Geneva, has won the top honour at the Mondial du Chasselas competition, which was held in early June: its La Montoise Esprit Terroir, Mont-sur-Rolle 2017 was named the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Cave de la Côte, Chateau de Châtagneréaz, fake rosé, France, Great Wine Capitals, Lausanne, Mondial du Chasselas, Spain, Verona

European wine imports: “European importance diminishing”

06/03/2018 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

It’s just one more industry report, but a fairly influential one, and the International Wine & Spirits Report (IWSR, subscription) March issue says that Europe’s importance to wine exporters is waning. The main reason is the continuing fall, now several years old, of wine consumption in Europe, even though it appears the decline is bottoming […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Arvinis, European wine imports, exporters to Europe, France, Italy, Moldavia, Spain

Among the vines: travels in Sardinia

07/03/2017 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Part 1 of 3: wine as a window to the soul of Sardinia A recipe for Sardinian serendipity: rest your body on a cozy stone wall as the sun dips low, sip a 2003 wine made from 140-year-old vines old set snugly in a high and rugged landscape where you had to pull up your collar that windy October […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: bandits, brigands, Cannonau grape, Catalan, Fiore Sardo, Garnacha, goats, Grenache, highlands, kidnappings, Mamoiada, pane carasau, Pecorino, Sardinia, Sedilesu, Spain, Su Gologone

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