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August 4, 2020

Once you've visited a few Champagne houses, you think you're starting to understand the process. Forget it. In early March, I visited Bollinger and had to start all over again. I was given a tour of the Champagne house's cellars...

June 10, 2020

Que syrah, syrah - everything about syrah

What do you think of when you think of Syrah? Côte Rôtie, Hermitage, or perhaps Barossa Valley, or perhaps South Africa. A northern Rhône certainly makes my heart beat faster, but there were several surprises. 🎧 We also made a...

De bubbel volgens de oermethode: methode ancestrale

April 4, 2020

The bubble according to the primal method: method ancestrale

No Champagne today, but another special sparkling wine in the spotlight. During my search for the unknown, I stumbled upon the French town of Gaillac, near Toulouse. Here, the bubbles aren't produced in the same way as in Champagne. A...

March 27, 2020

Time for German wines

Germany is a top white wine region. Everyone knows Riesling, of course. It's fun to see how Riesling is slowly winning over wine enthusiasts. The exact same thing happened to me. At first, you're not interested in it, because "those...

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Whole bunch fermentation: de vergisting van hele trossen

March 25, 2020

Whole bunch fermentation: the fermentation of whole bunches

Sometimes I really can't figure out how to translate an English term into Dutch. Whole bunch fermentation sounds good, whole cluster fermentation a little less so, right? It's certainly a popular technique among winemakers and wine enthusiasts. "Decanter even had...

Quintarelli: de beste Amarone van allemaal?

December 1, 2019

Quintarelli: The best Amarone of them all?

It's Wednesday evening and I'm going to taste ten wines from Giuseppe Quintarelli at Wijnhandel Peeters in Rotterdam. It's such a nice way to break up the week. Luckily, my WSET4 classmate Danielle is also with me, otherwise I would...

De weg naar Weinakademiker - deel 8 (hoeveel kost het?)

September 19, 2019

The Road to Weinakademiker - Part 8 (How much does it cost?)

Think big. I want to become a Weinakademiker. On September 3, 2018, I started the WSET Diploma Course, which ultimately—if you add a thesis afterward—results in the title of Weinakademiker. In part 8, I look back on the past year....

September 15, 2019

The gift of Soave

Soave is an idyllic village in the heart of the Veneto region. The old castle walls still stand, serving as a handy guide ("through the castle and then left") during my press trip to Soave at the end of May....