IGP (Indication Géographique Protégée), is a quality category of French wine, posed between Vin de France and Appellation d’Origine Protegée (AOP). IGP replaced Vin de Pays back in 2009. The majority of French IGP wine comes from the wide region of South France, traditionally know as Languedoc-Roussillon, which stretches from Pyrenees Mountains and the Spanish […]
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The aging of red wines is a matter of serious concern for winemakers since a premium wine should have a complex and intense bouquet, a balance in the mouth as regards with fruit and acidity, together with velvety tannins and a long finish. In a freshly made red wine, there are usually plenty of tannins extracted
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It is unlikely to visit Greece without tasting Retsina! It is the best known traditional Greek wine, although often associated with cheap house wine served in taverns, mainly in the 1960s, due to increased demand that led to quality degradation. However, Retsina has come back, slowly gaining ground and reputation, starting from the beginning of the 21st
Sangiovese is a red grape variety, the most popular one in Italy, dominantly planted in central Italy and particularly in Tuscany. Sangiovese flourishes in several regions of Tuscany, one of which is Chianti. The name Chianti, an Italian DOCG classification (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita), characterizes the wine that is produced within the Chianti
Archaeological findings in Crete prove the existence of wine culture back in the Minoan period (3000-1500 BC). In fact, the world’s oldest wine press, dated in 2500 BC, was discovered in Archanes, central Crete. Nowadays, apart from classic red grape variaties (e.g. international Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Sangiovese), there are only few domestic varieties
Nowadays, Carmenère is considered to be the most famous vine variety of Chile worldwide. However, Carmenère has its own unusual history, the history of an “immigrant” and not everyone knows that France was its birthplace. Once upon a time, a vine variety grew up far away from cosmopolitan and pulsating Santiago, in Bordeaux. It first
