Oliver Walkey
Giró del Gorner – Interview With Marta Giró i Via
One of the biggest regions in the world of sparkling wine, Cava stands as its own style of bubbly, from the historic country of Spain, with so many brilliant producers utilising tradition and innovating for the future, there’s a lot to explore, so Glass of Bubbly is on a mission to highlight this wonderful region…
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Bolivian Wine
The first Grapevines were planted in Bolivia in the 1560s by Spanish missionaries, which were brought over on Spanish ships. The tropical environment in particular regions really tested some of the Grape varieties, but they found that the high-altitude plains in the Andean mountain served as a very fitting location for viticulture. The first bottle…
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Uruguay Wine
It was harder to find a date for Uruguay’s Wine origin, but it has been in operation for at least 250 years, it wouldn’t be until 1870, with the help of Italian and Basque immigrants with the planting of the Tannat grape that the modern Uruguayan Wine industry started to really grow. Producing over 18 million…
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Chilean Wine
The first Vines planted in Chile were transported over on Spanish ships, we sort of know the grape variety as well and it could have been ‘País’ or ‘Vitis Vinifera’, they planted them in the middle of the 16th century in 1554 during the Spanish Conquest. There is even a legend of conquistador and former…
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Discovering Pays d’Oc Wines
If you need to find a reason to travel down to the South of France, other than it’s fantastic weather, yacht filled blue waters, fantastic architecture and Michelin star food, then let me share with you, one of the biggest reasons of all. If I had to give a quick summary of Pays d’Oc in…
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Argentinian Wine
The Spanish transported Vines from Spain over to Argentina during the early Age of Discovery, the first time a European stepped foot into Argentina was in 1502. The city of Santiago del Estero serves as a birthplace for Argentinan Wine, housing the first commercial Vineyard in 1557, planted by Jesuit Missionaries The country has in…
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Portuguese Wine
In Portugal, vines were planted in the Sado and Tagus valleys in at least 2000 BC, it was in the 10th century BC when the Phoenicians introduced new grape varieties and some new Winemaking techniques to the country. The main wine regions of Portugal are the following: Vinho Verde Trás-os-Montes Dão Bairrada Beira Interior Lisboa…
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American Wine
During the Age of Exploration, Spanish ships would carry with them bottles of Wine, leading to the first bottle of Wine on U.S. soil. It’s slightly unclear on a definitive answer for when Wine was first made in the U.S. but it seems to point towards the 1500s. Although we do know that the first…
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The 3 Most Popular Bottles of Champagne Lanson
One of the most loved Champagne brands on the market and the official Champagne of Wimbledon since 1977. In this feature we’ll be explore the 3 most popular labels from Lanson, sharing our tasting experiences, from playing a Piano in the St Pancras Tower in London to an end of Summer glass in the Garden,…
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