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DID YOU KNOW:
Pinot Noir is a thin-skinned black grape with often low tannin and pale colour. It is typically vinified as a single varietal and produces its best wines when grown in moderate or cool regions such as Burgundy & Champagne (France), Carneros & Russian River (California) and in most of New Zealand. Consumed whilst still young, it has lovely fresh aromas and flavours of red soft fruits 🍓🍒 The very best examples have a surprising ability to age, developing gamey, meaty and truffle aromas 🦚🦆🦌🍄

We are working for you to make your days at home more pleasant. Every Tuesday, starting from today, we will be posting a series of quizzes about grape varieties, winemaking and wine service. Do you want to play with us?
Stay tuned and let’s see who is going to reach the higher score out there ⁉️

Happy new week everybody! Team-V feel close to all hospitality people who are facing a huge challenge in these uncertain times.
Keep healthy and safe, we will keep talking about wine and sharing our knowledge.

Happy Mother’s Day from Veraison Team 🌸

Welcome to our Virtual Wine O’ Clock! 🖥🍷🕰
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COVID-19 won’t stop our Wine O’ Clock appointment, we will keep posting our wine picks from ’s Portfolio every Friday at 5PM.
Today is International Riesling Day and we want to celebrate with two of our outstanding producers: from Central Coast (USA) and Rudi Pichler from Wachau (Austria).
Firestone Riesling is light-bodied yet full of flavours showing wonderful lemon, green apple, and jasmine aromas; Rudi Pichler’s Federspiel has real texture and weight behind the purity of the fruit, lime and peach aromas are accompanied by a stony mineral core. Both delicious with Asian food, Caprese salad or Seafood risotto.



🍷🕰 🖥🍷🕰 @ London, United Kingdom

DID YOU KNOW:
Riesling is an aromatic white grape variety grown in Germany (Rheingau and Mosel), France (Alsace), New Zealand and South Australia (Clare Valley and Eden Valley). The variety grows best in a cool to moderate climate and typically shows aromas of lime, green apple and white flowers 🍋🍏🌼 which turn into stone fruit, yellow peach, apricot and red apple 🍑🍎 in warmer regions. Riesling is known to make excellent wines in a wide range of styles from dry to lusciously sweet. It also responds very well to bottle ageing, developing flavours of honey, truffle and petrol in the more older examples 🍯⛽️ as well as gaining complexity whilst retaining freshness.
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To those who asked questions about Riesling in our stories, please see our answers in the comments below.

DID YOU KNOW:
Food and wine should have similar flavor intensity to maintain a sense of balance when pairing together. Imagine a boxing match: a bout will only go ahead with fighters in the same weight division. The strength and nature of flavours should be considered in the same way.
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With some tasty lamb chops dressed with mint sauce, try Rioja Reserva 2011 from ’s Portfolio. A complex and intense wine with spicy notes and ripe fruit, full of plums, raisins and chocolate. 🥊🍷



@ Berkmann Wine Cellars

Great training day yesterday for Grape Stars graduation 🍷🎓 led the last training session on Sparkling Wines and at the of the day each Grape Star got a personalised bottle of Rosé as gift! Well done! 👊🏼 Thank you for the excellent hospitality.



@ The Northcote Pub

Great way of celebrating International Women’s Day yesterday at . So good to see ’s ladies along with many other women of the wine industry gathered together to enjoy wines from our fabulous portfolio of female winemakers. Thank you to for the beautiful evening and the exclusive projection of a classic movie such as Thelma & Louise.



@ Everyman Broadgate

Celebrating the upcoming Women’s Day today at ! For Wine O’ Clock at 5PM we have selected two wines from female winemakers, Vespaiolo 2018 from Veneto and Pinot Noir 2018 from South Africa. 🇮🇹🇿🇦



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DID YOU KNOW:
Alcohol and acid in wine increase the burning effect of chilli heat in food. Wines that are relatively low in alcohol, fruity in character and contain some residual sugar, are generally more palatable with spicy food reducing the burning sensation.
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We recommend ONE TO ONE, Estate Reserve Gewürztraminer 2018 from Casablanca Valley in Chile. This superb expression, from ’s Portfolio, manages to capture all the varietal’s exotic character while remaining fresh and elegant with a touch of sweetness. Try it with an Indian or Thai dish and you won’t be disappointed! 🔥🌮🌶



@ Berkmann Wine Cellars

In the afternoon we headed to for another session on Red Grapes presenting a slightly different wine selection. Staff trained and ready to go 👊🏼



@ The Little Angel Pub