Delicata wins big at Decanter World Wine Awards 2021

Delicata wins big at Decanter World Wine Awards 2021

Posted by on Jul 20, 2021 in Gourmet, The Winemaker's Journal

The Delicata winery is bringing home the country’s very first silver as well as a bronze medal from the 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) in London. The Gran Cavalier Merlot 2018 DOK Malta Superior was awarded a prestigious silver medal with a score of 92 points by the expert judges, Masters of Wine and…

Delicata Classic Wine Festival returns in 2022

Delicata Classic Wine Festival returns in 2022

Posted by on Jun 24, 2021 in Gourmet, The Winemaker's Journal

Mark your calendars because the Delicata Classic Wine Festival aims to return in August 2022. After two enforced fallow years for what is known as Malta’s grandest wine happening, the Delicata Classic Wine Festival is scheduled to return with a bang in 2022.  The provisional dates to pencil in your diary are 13 and 14…

Top Wine and Dine Collaboration on Saqqajja Hill

Top Wine and Dine Collaboration on Saqqajja Hill

Posted by on Jun 10, 2021 in Gourmet, The Winemaker's Journal

Five of the finest chefs on the Maltese Islands, in association with Malta’s most-awarded winery, Emmanuel Delicata Winemaker, are teaming up for an intimate alfresco wine and dine experience. On the evening of the 30th of June, the day after L-Imnarija, five adjacent restaurants on it-Telgħa tas-Saqqajja (Saqqajja Hill) in Rabat will be serving one…

Delicata Family Invests in Winery for World-Class Quality

Delicata Family Invests in Winery for World-Class Quality

Posted by on Apr 29, 2021 in Events, The Winemaker's Journal, Winery

Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the Delicata winery is forging ahead with its latest investment project, namely a new bottling hall complete with top-notch equipment for the washing, filling and packaging of the company’s wine bottles. “World-class quality is our winery’s bedrock and the governing principle that spurs any investment we make. Besides, as…

Delicata proclaims Malta’s Girgentina and Gellewza Day!

Delicata proclaims Malta’s Girgentina and Gellewza Day!

Posted by on Mar 10, 2021 in The Winemaker's Journal, Viticulture, Winery

The Delicata winery, the country’s foremost advocate of its two native and endemic grape varieties, is proclaiming the 20th of March henceforth as Malta’s National Girgentina and Ġellewża Day.  After all, with this ultra-local grape tandem, impossible to find anywhere else in the world, Malta has a unique story to tell. If widespread varieties like…