Thanks to its consistency and value , rustenberg chardonnay is the only wine I have ever chosen twice ( 2003 and 2005 vintages ) as wine of the week on my website .
Britain 's winemakers are overcoming the impediment of small harvests-which make technical experimentation commercially risky-by sharing expertise and focusing on top-shelf vintages for the discerning buyer .
The old-schoolers now find themselves wishing for both a run of bad vintages and a downturn in the emerging economies .
如今,一些守旧派既希望品质低劣的葡萄酒能够热销,又希望新兴经济有所下挫。
Similarly , canada 's two principal and very different wine-producing provinces , ontario in the east and british columbia in the west , at the northern limit of vine cultivation in the americas , have been experiencing some very unusual vintages .
After our first course ( stuffed courgette flowers for coppola ) , we were poured two recent vintages of his prime napa valley cabernet , called rubicon by coppola , who for a time also applied the name to the entire estate .
Clients tasted 10 vintages dating back to 1971 of bordeaux 's ch teau palmer and listened to the estate 's commercial director and christie 's wine expert charles curtis explain the history of the winery and how the wine was made .
Fund managers are generally bullish that the predicted record primeur prices for the second year running will reaffirm the value to be found in older vintages .
Knowledge of wines is a lifetime hobby , and the only way to learn is to star ! In drinking and enjoying them , comparing types , vintages , and good marriages of certain wines with certain foods .
Single-malt scotch is made from a single vintage from a single distillery and only made from water and malted barley ( glengoyne , glenfiddich , macallan and bowmore are some well-known names ) ; blended scotch refers to whisky that is a mix of different vintages from different distilleries .