Q: What do you get when you cross three importers, a wine maker, an export manger, an event organizer and a Frenchman? A: A Champagne vs Cava vs Sparkling from Portugal taste-off Day 2 of the Wine Pleasures Workshop Buyer Meet Iberian Celler culminated in a meeting...
When the weather outside turns cold and the heating goes up, thoughts of wine usually summon up a robust, fruity vintage, perfect for a warming stew or rich roast dinner. Don’t just fall back on a common Chilean Merlot however; it’s worth doing a little...
A 5 strong team was involved in 50 Great Cavas 2012, but Jethro Swift, an eleven year old chapas* collector, did all the hard work on his own while working on his personal project, “30 Great Chapas 2012”. July 29 and 30 the wine experts were sipping and...
The 2012 edition of 50 Great Cavas e-book will be soon available to all the cava lovers (of course, being also an interesting and useful read for those who are just about to discover this amazing sparkling wine). The project, successfully introduced last summer,...
TV analysts for Euro 2012 (Gary Lineker et al included) said the match between Greece and Russia was an “upset.” Clearly, they have never heard of the wine correlation theory. The theory is pretty straight forward, really. Teams from wine producing countries win games...
Euro 2012 Wine Correlation Theory – what’s that ? Wine Pleasures has developed a theory which will virtually guarantee that you can pick a winner at the Euro 2012 Tournament. So if you fancy a punt at the bookies heed the theory! Successful teams at European and World...