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Farmhouse TV & Film production after the first Wine Masters Season France is now releasing the second season about Italy. The different episode going from North to South of the Italian boot, discovery, and documentary the wine history of this country.  The team of Klaas de Jong the producer, after a marvelous documentary about France wines, this time with 5 episodes go deeply into the heart of the different characters of the fines 5 wines region of Italy. Family tradition, attachment to the grapes varieties and terroir of the region and, the marketing structure of the business.  Like the first season, all the episode are moderated by experts of wine with worldwide accolade and recognition.  Two of them are holding the famous and prestigious title MW (Master of Wine)  - Richard Hemming  https://www.richardhemmingmw.com/ - Sarah Hellen  http://sarahheller.com/ The third person is Burton Anderson from the USA, he is the former editor o...

Steiermark Styria a region with 4633 hectares under vines.  The terrain here is hilly, mountainous, and many of the vineyards are planted on steep slopes to take advantage of sunlight and the winds. The climate is definite continental, winters are still quite cold, and annual rainfall is high however is warmer than most of Austria's wine-producing regions, and is almost Mediterranean in nature. The growing season is long, and grapes have time to develop flavor complexity while retaining their acidity.  The wines of Steiermark are particularly distinctive. Volcanic soils in Sudoststeiermark provide an excellent foundation for the aromatic Traminer varieties, while the high altitude and limestone soils in Sudsteiermark produce wines made from Sauvignon Blanc. The fresh, racy Schilcher rosé from Weststeiermark enjoys cult status; the grape varieties for the Schilcher is called Blauer Wildbacher is an extremely late-ripening, dark-skinned wine.  The most widely ...

Aurelien Lurquin  Aurelien Lurquin is located in the village in Romery along the Marne River in the department of the Valle de la Marne.  His winemaking background coming from his grand-father a vineyard worker from the Lanson Negociant for several decades.  He starts making Coteaux Champenois still wine at the beginning.  Lurquin holding is in total of 2.5 hectares of vines, certified organic from 2012. This is a very small production around Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay only two Cuvee are made so far each vintage.   Aurelien study oenological and did some experience in Chile (Maule region) and Burgundy (Domaine Pavelot), in 2007 came back home to the Champagne region and start to work in his project to make Champagne from his grandfather holding. To keep alive and sustainable the business still selling some grapes to Leclerc - Briant. All the vineyards are nine parcels in total and are working with a horse, all biodynamic products and green...

2015 Intellego Kolbroek Swartland South Africa  Inspiration for this name comes from a breed of local pigs in South Africa called “Kolbroek” in Afrikaans mother tongue. This is a Syrah done in semi-carbonic maceration for 10days in open tank, after primary fermentation the wine aging in 500l Puncheons barrels for 9months, the grapes are picked during the month of January to avoid the heatwaves of South Africa. 'Kolbroek' consists of grapes sourced from 2 parcels one on shale soil and the other on gravel soils. The Malmesbury shale soil one block, the second on gravel soil. The block planted on shale faces North and is harvested earlier to retain the fresher tannins and amazing flavors influenced by that soil. The parcel on gravel retains great acidity and shows late development of secondary flavors especially after a few months in barrel. Intellego Wines started off in 2009 by Jurgen Gouws'... Intellego translates “to understand” in Latin as Jurgen is just begi...

15th April 2019 in Singapore was hold the Paris born wine fair VIVENT LES VINS LIBRES.  Who they are and what are they doing? Les Vivent Les Vins Libres is a collective of natural winemakers, whose goal is to share its common passion for natural wine and winemaking philosophy with passionate people. For many years now, they have been gathering every June in Paris around a grand wine tasting event, where reputable winemakers and new young upcoming winemakers showcase their wines & passion. In 2014, they decided to bring this event abroad and decided that each year they would organize this event in a different city to meet people from all over the world and share a common passion - natural wine, wine with a soul! Amsterdam, Bruxelles, New York, Montreal, Hong Kong & Singapore. Singapore is an outstanding city with an interesting equator climate condition hot and humid, a country where winemaking definitely is not possible, however, is a great destination for h...