THENATIVEGRAPES Blog

In the realm of GRAPES & WINE, do we ever really know ?

LIGURIA – Where its at

Vermentino or Pigato, what say you, trusty friends ? Well….in Sardinia you say Vermentino. In Provence you say Rolle. In Piemonte it’s Favorita. While in Liguria you actually say….BOTH…Vermentino & Pigato. Bemused?

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The New Frontier

Hugging the border between Austria and Hungary is where you’ll find BURGENLAND, something of a New Frontier for Austria’s winemakers. Not new in the sense of wine-making, but rather in the way that everything strikingly starts turning from WHITE to RED.

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HARVESTING PIGNOLO STARS – Slowly

Our history making ‘JAMM’ session with the ‘Masters of Pignolo’ is evolving nicely.
With the 2016 harvest concluded, all the preliminary indicators suggest we’re looking at one of ‘THE’ great Pignolo vintages…. either on or off the record!

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