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Moscato di Scanzo, the smallest Italian DOCG

Posted on April 26, 2020April 26, 2020by Valeria Tenison
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Do you know what the smallest DOCG in Italy is? It is called Moscato di Scanzo or just Scanzo. The area comprises 31 hectares in the northern Italian region of Lombardy. When we think of Moscato, Asti or Pantelleria usually come up, but Moscato di Scanzo is a different story. It is a red-skin grape, […]

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Madeira, a treasure island

Posted on March 7, 2020March 25, 2020by Valeria Tenison

In 1419 a fierce storm threw two brave Portuguese sailors João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira ashore of Porto Santo, one of the islands of the Madeira archipelago. A year later, a bigger island was discovered. Impressed with an abundance of forests and greenery, the sailors called it Madeira, a “tree” in Portuguese. The […]

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Cahors, the French Black Wine

Posted on July 21, 2019July 22, 2019by Valeria Tenison

Cahors, a town and a wine appellation in the South-West of France, is not too famous worldwide but extremely renowned in the ex-Soviet countries under the name of Kagor. Numerous bottles of fortified sweet wine are produced every year in Crimea where Massandra is the historical producer, Moldavia, and Azerbaijan. An Azerbaijani friend confirmed they […]

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I am drinking the stars!

Posted on July 13, 2019July 13, 2019by Valeria Tenison

This pretentious sentence, according to the legend, belongs to Dom Perignon, the most famous monk in the history of wine. Though we know that monks, in general, contributed a lot to the recognition of the best parcels and improvement of the winemaking techniques, most of them remained anonymous except for the glorious brother of Abbey […]

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Rhône Valley Trip

Posted on June 20, 2019June 20, 2019by Valeria Tenison

Our girls-only trip to Rhone valley started in Bordeaux right after we successfully finished our exam session in the Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin. As we set off in the afternoon, we decided to stop in Carcassonne for a night. If you haven’t seen Carcassonne castle yet, you definitely should as […]

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Eurotrip, 15 years later

Posted on June 2, 2019June 2, 2019by Valeria Tenison

An exciting trip of 4 countries in 4 days Central Europe is on the rise, and traveling there became much more comfortable and exciting. Combining great cultural heritage, beautiful scenery, delicious food, and still much out-of-the-radar-hence-affordable wines, it is a perfect destination for a foodie and a wine lover. This time the goal was to […]

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