Over 380 grape growers, one exceptional harvest.

Over 380 grape growers, one exceptional harvest.

The very last grapes to be pressed this year by Delicata rolled into the winery by the crate-full last week, exactly seven weeks after the 2013 harvest started on 2nd August. It has been one exceptional harvest as one can see from the photo reportage picturing this year’s harvest by Malta’s most awarded winery day-by-day. […]

The Perfect Shade of Pink

The Perfect Shade of Pink

Last week the very first hand-picked Malta-grown Syrah grapes from the 2013 vintage rolled into the Delicata winery. Syrah or Shiraz is one of Malta’s most widely grown international black-skinned grape varieties. However, they were not destined for the making of red wine as one would expect but for the vinification of pink wine. In […]

Raising Racy Sauvignon Blanc

Raising Racy Sauvignon Blanc

Posted by on Jul 26, 2013 in The Winemaker's Journal, Viticulture | 2 Comments

Delicata recently completed plantations of just over 25000 new vines. The grape varieties planted were Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier and Moscato – three white grape varieties that the Delicata winery requires more of thanks to the success of the wines made from them, particularly the Gran Cavalier Sauvignon Blanc and Grand Vin de Hauteville Viognier and […]

Gozo Pruning

Gozo Pruning

In a continued effort to raise the quality of its wines, Emmanuel Delicata Winemaker has just completed a repeat performance of the pioneering exercise in ‘customised pruning’ that it carried out last year. The pruning was carried out by a professional team of four French pruning experts, responsible for pruning some of the most prestigious […]