Prestige Cuvée Champagnes are the most refined expressions of a House’s savoir-faire (know-how). Not only are they generally made from the best fruits, often from Grand Cru or Premier Cru vineyards, but they are also aged for longer, frequently in oak, and elaborated from the…

There are often a lot of legal mentions on wine back labels: wine descriptions and tasting notes, and a lot of Bla-Bla information too! But two words strike the imagination and create more controversy than any other: “Contains Sulphites” are now seen on almost every…

Find below a list of some of the most praised, popular and famous wines in the world, with their respective region of origin and country, ordered alphabetically. If this page is missing important wine names and needs updating, let me know in the comments at…

Tasting life in a bottle labelled as 2007 Domaine de Fouassier Sancerre Mélodie. When my second daughter Mélodie was born in 2011, my old Sancerre vigneron friend Thibault Roger sent me over to New Zealand a bottle of this local cuvee named like my baby,…

Together with its sparkling counterpart Prosecco, Pinot Grigio is arguably one of the very most popular Italian wine styles, a classic refreshing and zesty white, perfect for easy enjoyment and on warm summery days. The style is in fact the second most popular white wine…

Guest Post By Alti Wine Exchange   Hi! For those who are asking themselves who’s this, I’m Breno, lead copywriter at Alti Wine Exchange. Last time, I was invited by Julien Miquel to give you some curiosities about wine history. Now, I’m happy to be…

Chardonnay is probably the most famous white grape variety in the world. Its versatility in the vineyard and ability to adapt to various growing conditions allows winemakers around the globe to produce quality still white wines as well as sparkling wines of many different origins…

Sydney -based bloggers The Wine Wankers started their WordPress site thewinewankers.com.au no sooner than July 2013, but have become since a firm favorite in the worldwide online wine landscape, and on social media in particular. In February 2015, they made it among the very first positions of our February…

English wine, sparkling that is in particular, is very trendy and has benefitted from growing buzz over the past few years. It is often said to approach the quality of France’s best Champagne wines! In this Era of global warming, England benefits from its famously-cool…

2017 has come and gone, and we are well into 2018 by now. It is therefore clearly time for our traditional yearly list of top wine influencers on social media. While we use to base our ranking on the already-imperfect Klout score, Klout is of…