Learning about wine
A look inside Herdade de Esporão in the Alentejo
Organic viticulture, fruit-driven wines, top-notch Sémillon, and superb olive oil. That's Herdade de Esporão in Alentejo, the region between the Algarve and Lisbon, Portugal. The estate covers 2,000 hectares, of which almost 600 hectares are planted with vines. Sustainability and...
Of course, hundreds of lists have already been written about where to eat and drink in Amsterdam. But if you love wine, where can you find the ultimate wine list with brilliant wines at a reasonable price? Which wine bar...
Fun, but exciting, I thought, when I received the invitation to go on a press trip to Georgia. It might not be the first country you think of when you think of wine. Which is strange, really, because Georgia is...
Tenerife?! Isn't that tanning in the sun among British pubs? Drinking tequila on graduation trips? German seniors wintering because the sun is so beneficial for aching joints? Um, yeah, maybe. But I'd like to show you another side of Tenerife:...
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...
“Bordeaux is so familiar to so many of us that we almost stop seeing it.” Thus wrote Jane Anson in Inside Bordeaux – the great book on Bordeaux, published in mid-2020. I get that. For a while, Bordeaux was a trendy...
In this blog post, I'll tell you about my trip to Berlin, where I naturally went in search of the best wine spots. I took the train from Rotterdam Central Station for a journey that was supposed to take 7...
A wine fan in Sanlúcar de Barrameda
A visit to the Sherry Triangle had been on my list for so long. Finally, the time had come – early October 2021 – which, by the way, is the perfect time to visit this region weather-wise. Not a cloud...
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...
The excitement starts on the plane, as we fly over the Alps. What a magnificent view. In early September, I was able to go to Alto Adige, or South Tyrol as they usually call it here. It has a unique...
I regularly get asked by non-Rotterdammers if I know anything fun in this fantastic city. Where should you eat, drink, and stay in Rotterdam? I have a series of tips for you, so many that you could easily spend a...
Sometimes impulsive decisions in life are the best. So we decided last minute to go to Antwerp for a few days. It's just over an hour from Amsterdam if you take the Thalys. So easy! I've compiled all my tips...