Wine Sediments

It is Semillon all the way today in Wine Sediments’ sixth Great Grape Day. The intention is not to provide comprehensive coverage of all things Semillon, but rather for our happy band of writers to provide interesting snippets on a unified theme.
As with our last Great Grape Day, which covered Sangiovese, you won’t find details […]

Champagne Gosset has released the latest addition to its Celebris range – a Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut.  
To produce Cuvée Celebris Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut, the cellar master Jean-Pierre Mareigner has chosen the Chardonnay from four vintages, 11 crus and used only the ‘finest methods of vinification’.  True to the character of Champagne Gosset, […]

Imbibe is a UK bi-monthly targeting the on-trade wine and drinks market. It is not really the type of magazine we cover over on Paper Palate but I thought there are a couple of interesting wine articles that deserved a wider audience.
Over on The Spirit World I’ve covered the magazines Vodka Tasting but it was […]

That great little book by Brian St Pierre, The Wine Lover Cooks Italian, has several suggestions for matching Sangiovese with food.
His Tips to Successful Matches with Chianti suggests

The Tuscan speciality crostini - thin slices of toasted bread rubbed with olive oil and spread with chicken liver is a perfect match, as is calves’ liver and […]

 
Sangiovese is the backbone to Italy’s most famous red wine - Chianti.  
Thanks to the distinctive, and now notoriously naff, packaging bulbous, straw wrapped, flasks Chianti was one of the most instantly recognisable wines in the world. Generally a light, acidic wine it was just perfect for washing down a pizza or quick pasta dishes.
But […]

Welcome to Wine Sediments’ fifth Great Grape Day.This month we turn to a great Italian grape - Sangiovese. The intention is not to provide comprehensive coverage of all things Sangiovese, but rather for the team to provide interesting snippets on a unified theme. As with our last Great Grape Day, which covered Sauvignon Blanc, you won’t find details […]

Threshers, the UK nationwide Off-Licence chain, met with huge success last December with a money off voucher. Such promotions are not usually known for making national (and international) news and front pages of the press.
But this promotion was different. It used the viral nature of blogs to spread the word of the voucher across the […]

Wine Spectator have released their Top 100 Wines of 2006 for the iPod.
Each year, Wine Spectator surveys the wines they have reviewed over the past twelve months and select the most exciting for the Top 100. This year, using Mogopop, these Top 100 Wines have been compiled into a portable, take-it-anywhere guide for iPod.
“The Top 100 […]

Apparently the Castle of Dracula Marsecco was presented in the goodie bag to the great and the good who attended the 2006 Brit Awards. The bottles other claim to fame - and one perhaps of slightly more interesting - is that it is bottled by the last living descendant of Count Dracula.
In the UK the […]

I don’t really see how Bulgaria, Canada and Greece can be described as ‘unusual’ sources for wines - they have long been a feature on the UK’s shelves; although finding Bulgarian wine is difficult compared to it’s ubiquitousness a few years ago.
But three unusual countries are featured in last months Observer Food Monthly are worth […]