Learning about wine
English Sparkling Wine and Favorites
In early 2023, we recorded a podcast about English Sparkling Wine and were deeply impressed by these bubbles from across the Channel. England's vineyards, particularly those for sparkling wine, are located in the southeast, in Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire—at the...
From conversations leading up to this trip, it became clear that few people know the Priorat. You can really only mention this region to wine enthusiasts. For everyone else, it's best to just say "a little bit south of Barcelona"...
Driving through Alsace, you're driving in France, but you feel like you're in Germany. Place names are almost always German, and the many half-timbered houses create a distinctly un-French atmosphere. When I was in Alsace with my tasting group from...
At the beginning of summer, I attended the Alsace Rocks tasting at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam. The idea behind the tasting was to introduce you to the effect of different soil types on the wine's flavor. While interesting in...
Isole e Olena is located in the Chianti Classico region, more or less the westernmost winery in that appellation. You could consider Isole e Olena a boutique winery: while Chianti is also home to a lot of mass production, not...
Borgogno is a centuries-old winery in Piedmont. In Barolo, to be precise. It might even be the oldest winery in Piedmont, but I wouldn't be too sure. From some 40 hectares of vineyards, they produce around 250,000 bottles a year,...
Wow! What a country! At the invitation of the Savalan winery, I was given the opportunity to explore Azerbaijan. I added a week and traveled across the entire country in a 4x4 (only the "United Nations" stickers were missing). It...
Madeira is a Portuguese island in the Atlantic Ocean, about 700 kilometers off the coast of Morocco. But Madeira also makes a fantastic port-like fortified wine of world renown. Walsjérôt was closed in January due to COVID-19 restrictions. It was...
Every trip is a wine journey for me. And so was the trip to Barcelona with the entire Walsjérôt team. Of course, you don't have to go to the city itself to see the vineyards, but there's plenty to discover...
A wine lover in the Basque Country
The txakoli production area is located on the Basque coast, roughly between Bilbao and San Sebastián. At Walsjérôt, we have the txakoli of Zudugarai on tap. I was in Bilbao for a few days, so I wanted to take a look. Txa-what?...