The Wine Blokes

Wine news and news from the Wine Blokes themselves.

The Vinaria Milestii Mici Winery & Cellar in Moldova stretches for 250 kilometres (160 mi), of which only 120 kilometres (75 mi) are currently in use. The Mileştii Mici cellar complex is the largest in the world.
Overall, the complex holds nearly 2 million bottles. More than 70% of the stored wines are red, 20% are white and about 10% […]

I love surfing the net for wine blogs and news sites. There are many I return to regularly. Recently I’ve been spending plenty of time at VinoDiversity, an Australian based wine site focussing entirely on alternative grape varieties in Australia.
 It’s jam packed full of information on alternative varieties planted and made in Australia, plus a […]

I read with amazement, and some humour the other day, of the rioting behaviour of vignerons in Montpellier late last month. It’s not the first time it’s happened. Indeed, disgruntled vignerons have descended to the streets with rocks and sticks quite a few times over the last century or so.
However, it’s certainly not humourous for […]

By The Casual Observer
Stories are beginning to filter through to the wine blokes on the state of South Australia’s iconic Langehorne Creek. Now, those of you living on the big island of mainland Australia will know that the Murray River is in all sorts of strife, and if we zoom on a bit further to the […]

Recently we have seen a number of high profile wine movies such as Sideways and Mondovino. The most recent of these is Bottle Shock.
Bottle Shock is based on the true story and the makers of the film provide this synopsis:
There are certain unforgettable moments in history when America has triumphed against long odds and proved […]

I somehow found a link to a new product on the market that claims to age wine in 30 minutes, rather than years. According to the developers, it will evolve an astringent, bitter, acidic wine into a soft, easy drinking style in less than 30 minutes. Of course I’m skeptical.
The developers say it works like […]

As a tribute to the life of the legendary Californian Wine identity Robert Mondavi, Gary V over at WineLibraryTV has produced a tribute episode as part of his regular Wine Library TV series. Well done Gary and the Wine Library TV crew.
You can view the Episode here.

Robert Mondavi of Napa Valley, the founder of the modern US fine wine industry and a global symbol of American wine and food, passed away the morning of May 16, 2008. He was 94. The Mondavi family stated that the legendary vintner died peacefully at his home in Napa Valley. In tribute to this colossus […]

When we first undertook the task of developing a wine blog from “inside the wine industry” earlier this year, our aim was to create a blog with high quality content for consumers, wine industry professionals and anyone just interested in wine in general.
Things have developed rather quickly though. While there are plenty of online wine […]

I was having a discussion today with a well known former winemaker of a very well known Australian Wine Company, and we both agreed to disagree on the advantages and disadvantages of screw cap closures versus traditional cork. The wine media and consequently the wine consumer in general have overwhelmingly accepted screw cap as the […]