Grüner Veltliner is not just chic at the moment. It deserves a permanent place in the Hall of Fame of important grape varieties and a leading role among the wines to pair with food!

Due to its high demands in the vineyard and its fussiness in the cellar, the production of truly great St. Laurent wine is never an accident. It is a question of ambition and patience.

Food has a way of elevating your wine experience to a whole new level. When you get that perfect bite, where the flavours in the food make the wine sing in your mouth, you have reached a place in heaven.

“I have never experienced a vintage or harvest like this one. Must-weights are equal to the best years. Acidity resembles the worst years.” Carl Loewen

There’s nothing wrong with enjoying Vintage Port when their vibrant personalities are still forming and primary. After all, it helps to understand what these youngsters are like in order to ascertain a specific shipper’s house style and ability to improve with age.

If you have never heard of Vitovska, you may be forgiven. Vitovska remains an obscure phenomenon even inside Italy. Forty hectares divided in tiny plots between thirty or so producers – what’s the fuss?

Its first two wine funds – topped by the ’82 Latour and ’86 Lafite – turned in annual returns of 15 to 17 percent. Its fund size has since grown eight times over, now worth over $7.1 million. Most of those are Bordeaux wines.