Author: Lindsay Alston
The names Mataró and Mourvèdre may come from the towns of Mataró in Cataluña and Murviedro near Valencia, suggesting an origin on that coast. Though the origin of the grape may be Catalonian or Spanish, the name Mourvèdre is of French descent. The grape was accepted in the 16th century, and extends [...]
Do you like biking and enjoy wines? If you answer yes, this special offer is not to miss. The discounted wine tour comes from Vienna in Austria and will be available till August 31. You’ll be getting a 10% off if booking now.
The tour will last about 8-9 hours and you’ll be riding your [...]
Author: Lindsay Alston
Red Zinfandel, also known as Zinfandel, is a type of red grape that is planted in over 10 percent of California’s vineyards. Usually, it is a robust Red Zinfandel, but in the USA it has also become a blush wine called White Zinfandel. White Zinfandel has over six times the sales of [...]
400 years: That is the age of world’s oldest grape vine located in Maribor, Slovenia.
With an age of over 400 years it is registered in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest vine in the world. Local and French vine genetics experts from Paris confirmed the age by conducting precise measurements, besides it is [...]
Author: David Cowley
When was the last time you went to a nice restaurant and ordered a bottle of expensive wine? When the waiter or waitress brought it over, did he or she show you the label before uncorking it? Did you understand anything on that label, or did you simply scan it [...]
Special offer for these discounted wine tours in Australia will be available till August 31, 2008 and offers you 15% discounts on the regular price. Both tours start from Adelaide and our guides will pick you up at your hotel at 9:30 in the morning for a 8 hours tour into the kingdoms of [...]
50 million: This is the average number of bubbles in a bottle of champagne.
P.S.: More shorts featuring various wine related digits will come frequently as a part of our new Wine Numbers section filed under Vinopedia category.
Time for another travel deal, this time in Budapest. “Pearl of the Danube”, “Heart of Europe” or sometimes even referred as “Capital of Freedom” - Budapest, the capital city of Hungary.
Hungarian food is probably better known to the large public then Hungarian wines, but they do have some fine quality wines. And while there, [...]
