It is said that the Greeks brought wine to France. They began farming in southern France, settling in regions that enjoyed warm sun and fertile soils on the border of the Mediterranean Sea. Everything from grains to grapes flourished.
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The ideal grapevine root extends downward more than outward. It reaches deep into the soil,
pulling up water and nutrients that feed its grapes.
Bacchus lives on in wine: encouraging people to open up to their neighbors, free themselves from self-consciousness, and enjoy, if only for a few hours, the most divine parts of life.
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Imagine if everything you needed in life was grown right outside your house. Olives for fresh oil, basil for pesto and caprese salad, chickens for eggs, and of course, grapes for wine.
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Nestled within the quiet, green hills outside of Florence, the farm of Caprandole is a small family winery working their land to craft honest, handmade wine.
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There’s an ongoing debate among winemakers: are additives a mark of technological progress, to be welcomed into winemaking? Or are they shortcuts that produce inferior wine? Perhaps most importantly, are wine additives safe for us to drink?
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Today, sulfites are almost universal in the winemaking world. Some sulfites occur naturally, while others are added to wine as a powder. Either way, if you turn to the back label of virtually any wine bottle, you’ll see the same two words: “contains sulfites.”
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POP! Goes The Celebration… There are few things in life as celebratory as sparkling wine. From a cork’s pop to the dancing bubbles in the glass, sparkling wine makes us feel joyful. It’s a sign of something worth celebrating.
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Becoming a Master of Wine is one of the highest distinctions in wine. In fact, there are only 383 Masters of Wine in the world today. Isabelle Legeron happens to be the only woman from France to ever earn the honor.
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Sparkling wine started as a grave accident. Nobody knew how to control it. In fact, the monastery that hired Dom Pérignon desperately hoped he could find a way to stop it.
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