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MALVASIA ISTRIANA – Where have you been?

Amazingly good fortune it was to step into an unexpected & quite mind-bending, mini-vertical of Tenuta di Blasig’s Malvasia Istriana. All thanks to Friuli’s legendary enological historian and all-round native grape hero, Claudio Fabbro ;)

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Get your rollerskates on

Castilla y Leòn, and more precisely the hinterland surrounding the town of RUEDA, is home to one of Spain’s most successful native grape phenomena, the white variety known as VERDEJO.

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A Life of Surprises

If a life of surprises is what you seek, then hang a left at the top of the escalator. Good stuff tends to happens when you take a different path.

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Inhale the Breath of Venus

Honest.
It was the scent of a woman. Infact it was VENUS herself.
Cross our hearts and hope to die
It was like she just passed us by.

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