Links to the Past: Preparing for EWBC2012
As of today, Wijnkronieken has a new category of posts, in preparation of the European Wine Bloggers Conference 2012 held in Turkey. The name of the category: Links to the past. This category will...
View ArticleAmerican Wine for American Presidents
In a very informative article at the website of The Wine Spectator, Ben O’Donnell tells us of the preferred wines of Presidents Nixon and Reagan. O’Donnell interviews current White House director of...
View ArticleRenaissance of the Wines of Paris – Ile de France
From the Middle Ages to its glory days in the 18th century, the prized wines of the Ile de France, the Paris region, stocked the cellars of French kings and clergymen and covered over 100,000 acres of...
View ArticleHistorical Venetian Wine To Be Released Next Week
There once was a time that wine was more or less the only beverage available. Espcially in the cities and towns of medieval Europe, fresh, clean water was not to be trusted as a drink, milk was for...
View ArticleSweet Wines from Rioja
Last year in October I wrote on the sweet wines of Northwestern Spain, . In the 17th Century those tostados were exported to a.o. England and were very sought after. They were made from grapes dried...
View ArticleA Sweet and Sour Experience: Tasting Uhudler!
Probably every wine country has its secrets: wines that are produced only in hidden corners of the vineyard area, drunk only by the locals. I have come across wines like this , and in Austria in 2010,...
View ArticleHold Full of Wine Arrives by Sail in Copenhagen
The sailing freighter Tres Hombres arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark yesterday with a cargo hold full of wine. 18.500 bottles and 3 wine barrels were unloaded at the dock Knippelsbrogade. The Danish wine...
View ArticleAuction of imperial vintage Wiener Gemischter Satz
Four years ago the historic vineyard ‘Liesenpfennig’ on the grounds of Schloss Schönbrunn was resurrected by the growers’ group WienWein. The autumn of 2012 yielded the first – imperial – harvest. And...
View ArticleThe Return of Mamertino, Julius Caesar’s Favorite Wine
The news is three years old, but still worth paying attention too, especially since I am working on a talk on famous persons and their favorite wines. Pity we still have to wait another two years for...
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