Contemporary Cabernet Sauvignon
While vino-fashionistas have thrown it off like an old winter coat, to most wine drinkers Cabernet Sauvignon is still that classic black dress that never goes out of style. Labels draped with names of other trendy, rare grape varieties get all the hype now. Yet let’s not forget: Cabernet Sauvignon is the world’s most planted […]
The Superior 2017 Maltese Vintage
A term that’s likely to appear on quite a few Maltese wines of the latest 2017 vintage, which yielded a small but concentrated grape crop, and warrants attention is ‘superior’. Superior is one of several so-called ‘special mentions’ which a Malta-grown wine released for consumption may bear on its label subject to complying with strict […]
Delicata Releases the First 2017 Vintage Medina Wines
The latest 2017 vintage of the Medina range of award-winning, boutique Malta-grown wines by the Delicata winery has been bottled for distribution on the domestic market in Malta and Gozo. Medina is a collection of ten unoaked, fruity wines made from hand-picked grapes. The range consists of four blends and six mono-varietals. The blends comprise […]
Malta and the Pink Wine Revolution
The tiny Maltese archipelago boasts two commercially viable native grape varieties. Thankfully one of them is dark-skinned so that, besides wonderfully fresh white wines, wineries can also craft interesting reds and inimitable rosés, a category that’s gaining in popularity. The grape I’m referring to is, of course, Ġellewża, Malta’s very own red cultivar, which apropos […]
Wine and Praline Extravaganza
It might be a strange-sounding combination at first. But, whereas a bar of chocolate would play havoc with a wine drinker’s palate, flavoured truffles and pralines can make for a very nice accompaniment to the divine nectar. The handcrafted chocolates from the Malta Chocolate Factory in Bugibba, for example, are excellent fare. Their little bonbons […]
