They are celebrating Port Day in Porto on 10th September.

I’ve been invited to deliver a presentation on Iconic wines at the Bragatto conference and am enjoying researching the topic.

For a number of years I have judged the finalists in Australia’s Wine List of the Year competition.

If two heads are better than one, than two top wine brands must be something special. That is a sentiment expressed by the three men who have brought together two top Marlborough wine labels.

Brettanomyces bruxellensis is the bane of winemakers throughout the world. Known simply as Brett, its impact can lead to unpleasant aromas and wine spoilage, if left undetected.

After three decades of winemaking, Clive Paton says that he might have expected to see a few similarities in weather patterns from one year to the next, but he admits he hasn’t.

“A big rich, opulent Chardonnay,” took top honours at the 2015 Gisborne Regional Wine Awards in May.
This year’s Romeo Bragato Wine Awards will be different to those in the past, with the awards split into two sections. 
It is an often used phrase – great wine begins in the vineyard – and those behind the Bayer Young Viticulturist of the Year competition strongly believe it.
It is 21 years since the very first Romeo Bragato Conference was held. Back in 1995 it was organized by the New Zealand Grape Grower’s Council, aimed at providing growers with up-to-date information on what was happening out there in the vineyard.
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