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Now in our shop. Autumn wine, juicy and young, budget friendly, made in Lombardy from Sangiovese, Merlot & Marzemino grapes.

We are all very familiar with Sangiovese & Merlot, but what about Marzemino?
Have you ever hear of this grape variety? Or tried a wine made from it?

Marzemino is found throughout northern Italy most notably in the Lombardy, Veneto, Trentino and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In Lombardy is usually used in blends, often with Barbera, Merlot, Sangiovese.

The vine requires a long growing season & ripens late. Marzemino can produce light wines with lovely acidity. Wine produced from this grape is dark coloured and has a light plummy taste.

Fun fact: Marzemino wine was mentioned in Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni. The main character Don Giovanni calls out for a glass of Marzemino just before his deliverance into hell.

🍷“ Versa il vino! Eccellente Marzemino!” - Pour the wine! The excellent Marzemino!

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-champagne-industry-group-fumes-over-new-russian-champagne-law-2021-07-05/

French champagne industry group fumes over new Russian champagne law France's champagne industry group blasted on Monday a new Russian law forcing foreign champagne producers to add a "sparkling wine" reference to the back of their bottles.

Will there be any French wines vintage 2021? 🤨

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Coming Monday is 8th of March - international women’s day.

Question for the ladies!
What do you do on 8th of March?

1. I get together with my girlfriends & go for a nice meal with bubbles.
2. I expect presents & flowers from my man.
3. I honor all great women in my life, science, culture, art on this day & happy to be a woman 😃
4. Its just another ordinary day for me.
Let us know in comments below.

Whatever you do on 8th of March, a glass of sparkling wine won’t hurt! 🥂

Many people ask me why the wines in our shop are quite pricy?
What is the difference between our wines & a wine from a supermarket?
I’ve decided to explain some factors and reasons that affect the price of wine.

First of all establishing a vineyard is a very expensive step. The cost of land, especially in a location where the highest quality wines are produced. Preparing the soil, buying & planting vines. It takes years to see the result of these investments.

* labour- is the largest production cost. You can save on labour when combine manual grape picking with a machinery. But in some vineyards with extremely steep slopes machinery is not possible, production costs are higher
* Production quantity
* Winemaking techniques
* Equipment & maintenance of the winery
* Aging materials ( oak barrels)
* Storage facilities
* Packaging ( bottles, corks, labels)
* Transport, distribution & sales
* Taxes
* Marketing costs

Taking into consideration all these factors the prices for all wines in our shop are completely justified. And be sure if you pay a certain price for a bottle in our shop, you pay for something that actually impacts the flavour of the wine.