New Red Medina Ġellewża Release
After much hard work in the winery’s domaine of family-run vineyards and thanks to years of experience with the variety, Delicata has crafted another vintage red wine made entirely from Malta’s very own Ġellewża grape. The 2018 vintage will be released later this week behind the Medina label of quality wines of mono-varietals and blends.…
Good Tidings for Malta’s Wine Grape Harvest
The lush green canopies of grape vines are ready to yield their sweet bounty. Harvest time is here. Out in the vineyards, the smell of ripe grapes is all around. Families and friends come together, as they have done for thousands of years, ready to pick this most precious ancient fruit. At the wineries, cellar…
The Delicata Privilege Card
Delicata is taking all the bother, formalities and purchase obligations out of the concept of the wine club as you know it and introducing a suaver kind of wine lovers’ privilege card plan. The plan is aimed at all those who wish to share in Delicata’s love for wine, food and gracious hospitality. “We would…
Around Your Palate – Exploring Tannins
Wine lovers are often heard sonneting about mouth-filling sensations. Some crude and harsh, aggressive even, others soft, as smooth as silk, velvety, furry or fleshy. These are all wine speak adjectives to describe the effect of tannins in red wine. Tannins are the subject of a huge amount of research and head-scratching by winemakers all around…
Clearly Noble Chardonnay
Once upon a time, people drunk just ‘wine’. But it wasn’t long before they took in masses to Chardonnay and generic Chablis (unless they wanted Bordeaux or lighter red Burgundy). Soon enough white wine simply became known by the C-word. Chardonnay’s following spread fast like a wildfire, from aristocratic, double-barrelled Corton-Charlemagne to hip California on…
