This week’s newsletter continues on from our last one as we run through some of the best red wine on offer at the moment. This weeks approach from "The Wine Guy" takes a classic variety from Piedmont and produced in Australia by one of the best. Marq Wines gives us their take on an Amarone inspired red. Southern French red blend, Shiraz from the Clare, McLaren Vale takes on the Spanish, and we end with classic red from the ‘heal’ of Italy. As always Grapes & Lager is about discovery and offering our readers something a little different. These picks are designed for...
Wouldn’t it be nice to find a bottle that stood out from the rest. Something you could take to a dinner party that could become a talking point before it is even opened.
Well you can. And it should come as no surprise that it is an Italian who has pushed the boundaries with an iconic combination of clever shapes and colour.
Cantine Ceci, a family owned winery from Emilia-Romagna, one of Italy’s most prolific wine regions, uses not one, but a series of clever and beautifully designed bottles to showcase its wine. And once you’ve finished marveling at the bottles, and actually open one of these eye-catching bottles, you will experience wine of an exceedingly high quality and outstanding personality. A perfect match between bottle and wine.
Single vineyard wine is an intriguing subset of wine. On the surface it seems like an odd expression - after all, wines ultimately all come from vineyards and why is there a need to insert the term “single” in front of it?
