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Daily Archives: September 22, 2024

Vinography Images: Old School

In a small corner of the Gavalas winery in Santorini, visitors can find the tools of the winemaking trade from around the turn of the century. Wine was often made in the large glass balloons known as demijohns, and grapes were weighed in their wicker baskets on an ancient scale. Old vintages of Gavelas wine can be seen in the …

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Great Cabernets of South America

The Andes seen from Viña Cobos’ Zingaretti Estate in Villa Bastías, Tupungato Malbec and Carmenère may have become South America’s most emblematic red varieties, but in keeping with the rest of the wine world, the most-planted wine grape is actually Cabernet Sauvignon. With 50,677ha of vines in Chile and Argentina alone (2022), according to government data, this Bordeaux variety has …

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