Wine has been grown in China for around 4,600 years. There are currently almost 900,000 hectares of vines. However, the largest part of around 800,000 hectares is used to produce raisins – only around 100,000 hectares are used for viticulture. On this area, around 15 million hectoliters of wine are produced in 11 wine-growing regions,
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Haag’s elegant late harvest from the Juffer Sonnenuhr
The Romans had already planted grape vines in the Brauneberger Juffer location – and made wine from them, as the remains of the Roman wine press at the foot of the steep slope show. The 10.5 hectare Juffer Sonnenuhr vineyard, whose name refers to the sundial located in the vineyard, is considered the heart of Brauneberger Juffer.
Legendary 1970 – Fonseca’s Vintage Port
At the end of the tasting, Hans served the 1970 Vintage Port from Fonseca, a wine that Robert Parker has already confirmed that because of its lush, seductive character, it could be described as the Pomerol of vintage ports.
Niepoort’s characterful LBV 2018
Niepoort is a well-known name, not only in the Douro region, where the company has been producing port wine since 1842. Dirk Niepoort has made it even better known through the dry Douro wines he has produced since the early 1990s, as well as through his diverse wine projects with winemakers from other countries. Two of his most famous projects are his
Tuscan late harvest – Il Muffato
The most common and best-known sweet wine in Tuscany is undoubtedly Vin Santo in all its varieties. According to the production regulations for wines from the IGT Toscana (Indicazione Geografica Tipica), other sweet wines may also be produced. Either a Passito, i.e. a sweet wine made from dried grapes,
Kracher’s Non-Vintage Noble Reserve TBA
The best-known Austrian noble sweet wines probably come from Rust and Seewinkel, located east of Lake Neusiedl. The climate prevailing on Lake Neusiedl particularly favors the development of Botrytis, which makes it possible to harvest grapes for Beeren- and Trockenbeerenauslese in almost all years. On the east side, the botrytis development is by a variety of
Dancing Riesling Kabinett J.J. 2022
Some of the most sought-after wines are those from Julian Haart. Growing up in an extremely traditional winemaking family, he has been running his own winery
Barbeito’s Elegant Boal Reserva
Established in 1946, the family-run Vinhos Barbeito are known to many for their old excellent Madeiras. In addition to these wines, which are mostly in the lower to middle three-digit price range, you will also find very inexpensive wines of very good quality in the winery’s portfolio.
Pius Auslese 2022 – Huxelrebe on a soaring flight
There was mascarpone ice cream with oven-roasted strawberries for dessert, plus a Pius Auslese 2022 from the Klaus Peter Keller winery. A very well-known winery, above all for its elegant dry Riesling wines, but also for its sweet wines, which are among the best.
Madeira’s Malvasia – Cândida or São Jorge?
Malvasia, also called Malmsey, is probably the best known and most appreciated wine from Madeira. In earlier times it was almost exclusively made from Malvasia Cândida. However, the grape variety is very susceptible to Oidium and also somewhat capricious when it comes to its location. Probably because of this, there was already too little Malvasia wines in earlier years