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Italian Producer Spotlight: Ferrari

Thursday. 12 April. 2012. 11:15 am

A historic producer of sparkling wines.

Cantina Ferrari is Italy’s most famous producer of sparkling wine made in the classical method. The winery is located in the Northern Italian region of Trentino. It was Giulio Ferrari’s idea and vision to make an Italian sparkling wine that could compete with French Champagne. He studied enology at the prestigious School of Viticulture in Montepellier, France and was the first to plant Chardonnay in Trentino.

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The Cahors Comeback

Wednesday. 24 August. 2011. 10:00 am

Up-and-coming Chateaus to watch out for from Cahors.

Cahors is one of the oldest wine regions in Europe and so it’s perhaps not surprising that there is a lot of history steeped into the rural hillsides and river valleys in this area of Southern France. However, what’s taking people aback is the new generation of wine-makers who are changing the rules and taking the old “wine of kings” out of the cobwebs and into some of the trendiest wine bars across the globe.

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