Delicata Gran Cavalier Merlot strikes Gold and wins Press Prize in Italy

Posted by on Oct 21, 2025 in Awards, Releases, The Winemaker's Journal

Delicata Winery, Malta’s most award-winning winemaker, just bagged not one, but two major wine awards – and it’s all about Merlot. Delicata Winery is proud to announce that it has secured one Gold Medal and the prestigious Press Prize for its Gran Cavalier Merlot Riżerva D.O.K. Malta Superior of the 2023 vintage in the 2025 […]

Delicata Releases First Chardonnay RIŻERVA

Delicata Releases First Chardonnay RIŻERVA

Posted by on Nov 17, 2021 in Releases, The Winemaker's Journal

Mature Chardonnay is a timeless classic. And, with that in mind, Delicata has just released the first Riżerva Chardonnay of Malta, which is undoubtedly primed for a big following among lovers of complex whites. It certainly makes a bold statement, this 2018 Chardonnay with ‘Riżerva’ being clearly visible on the winery’s premium Gran Cavalier label. […]

2020 Delicata Classic Wine Festivals Cancelled

2020 Delicata Classic Wine Festivals Cancelled

Posted by on May 18, 2020 in Releases, The Winemaker's Journal, Winery

We are sorry to announce that the 19th Delicata Classic Wine Festival in Malta, scheduled for 2 to 5 July 2020 at the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta, will have to be cancelled because of the COVID-19 situation. The Gozo edition of Delicata’s wine festival in Nadur, planned for 21, 22 and 23 August 2020, […]

Bordeaux adopts grapes from other countries

Bordeaux adopts grapes from other countries

Posted by on Aug 29, 2019 in Releases, The Winemaker's Journal

The current wine revolution in Bordeaux is not a history lesson. But it reminds anyone in Malta concerned about the future of our grapes and wines, that history, as long as it continues to happen, gives us always another chance to do what’s right. Before we come to the state of wine in Bordeaux, let’s […]

Does Maltese Wine Age?

Does Maltese Wine Age?

Posted by on Jun 14, 2019 in Releases, The Winemaker's Journal

For a bottle-aged Maltese red, it was priceless. Its vintage was 1999, making it almost 20 years old, and although it looked a bit frail, the wine in my glass had remained so unharmed from the ravages of time that I was reluctant to believe in its age until I read the four digits out […]