Metaxa 5 Star Sierra GrandeIn 1888 Spyros Metaxa, by blending only the finest matured wine distillates with the selected sun soaked grapes of Attica, created this distinctive spirit giving it a unique smooth and mellow taste, neat, or on the rocks. The exact formula has remained a closely guarded secret ever since. It is a blend of brandy and wine made from sun dried Savatiano, Sultana and Black Corinth grape varieties. It is then blended with an aged Muscat wine from the Greek
It was chosen by Hamish Anderson in the wine pairing seminar to go with a chicken-liver parfait
Up to four selections are made in the vineyard when we hand harvest the grapes
home to southern Languedoc's famous oyster and mussel beds
hard cheeses
grapefruit jam and blood orange
to grow on the surface of the maturing wine all your round thus protecting it from the detrimental effects of oxygen
This Sauvignon Blanc is pale straw with lemon hues
The wine had the heat and wildness of the Roussillon area
The wines are made at two wineries in the province of Taranto on the western flank of Salento
La Manzanilla is a dry wine and the lightest and most delicate member of the Sherry region and can only be made in the coastal town of Sanlacar de Barrameda set at the mouth of the River Guadalquivir
nor indeed a specific block within the vineyard
Rondinella and Molinara grapes cultivated in selected vineyards in Valpolicella