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As well as being a celebrated children’s author, photographer and linguist, Roald Dahl also had a penchant for chocolate and fine wine. He even went so far as to make a giant sphere of silver wrappers in his garden, such was his taste for chocolate. After his death in 1990, some of his wine collection […]

The Wine Blokes are committed to providing quality information and content on the wine industry, and as such, we have worked hard to build a functional, easy to use online wine store, where you can search and buy wine from some of the UK’s finest wine merchants. The great benefit of the The Wine Blokes […]

 The Adelaide Hills is our home and also one of the great producers of fine wine in Australia.  The list of producers and quality of the wines has improved greatly over the last ten years, and the region is now world renouned as a premium producer or Sparkling Wines, Chardonnay,  Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz and Riesling […]

Georgian wine

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Georgia is the oldest wine producing region of Europe, if not the world. Because of this, it is often referred to as “The birth place of wine” or “The cradle of wine making”. The fertile valleys of the South Caucasus, which Georgia straddles, are believed by many archaeologists to […]

Detailed map of the Rhône wine region, with separate maps of Southern Rhône and Northern Rhône
The Rhône wine region in Southern France is situated in the Rhône river valley and produces numerous wines under various AOC designations. The region is generally divided into two sub-regions with distinct vinicultural traditions, the Northern Rhône and the Southern […]

By WineBloke Jon F.

 
 
Many wine drinkers know and understand that Champagne and Sparkling wine is made in a variety of ways. However there are rules and regulations determining the appropriateness of legally calling a wine champagne.
Champagne is a wine-producing region in France that makes sparkling wine. And it is only this sparkling wine, […]

By WineBloke Paul H.
Moscato Tasting – 5th Feb. 2008
2007 Two Hands Brilliant Disguise Moscato, Barossa Valley
 
Colour:         Very pale straw
Nose:           Sweet floral characters, quite lifted
Palate:          Upfront sweetness giving mouthfeel and roundness, delicate stone fruit characters, lychee and some floral lift, nice acid finish gives wine balance and leaves palate clean […]

Vineyards in Agrelo, Mendoza.
Argentine wine, as with some aspects of Argentine cuisine, has its roots in Spain. During the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Juan Cedrón (or Cidrón) brought the first vine cuttings to Santiago del Estero in 1557, and the cultivation of the grape and wine production stretched first to neighbouring regions, and then […]

Catalonia
Catalan wine is wine made in the Spanish wine region of Catalonia. The term may also be used to refer to some French wines made in the Catalan influenced region of Roussillon. The city of Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia and the focal point of the Catalan wine industry, serving as its primary consumer […]

Most of the vineyards in Moldova are located on south facing slopes
Moldova has a well established wine industry. It has a vineyard area of 147,000 hectares (360,000 acres), of which 102,500 ha (253,000 acres) are used for commercial production. Most of the country’s wine production is for export. Many families have their own recipes and strands of grapes that […]