Dear reader,
What do Germany, France, Georgia, Croatia, Greece, Portugal and California have in common? They are all in this packed summer issue of WINELIFE.
Germany gets the most attention, because our eastern neighbours produce fantastic wine and not everyone knows that yet. Evelijn van Heuven chooses the best bottles from a large quantity of submitted Rieslings, made from the country's premier white grape. Magda van der Rijst, together with Chanan Wisse, Magister Vini and German wine expert, tastes the red toppers from lesser-known blue varieties.
For those still going on late summer holidays, take inspiration from our travel reports. Skip the classic wine countries and opt for Croatia or Georgia. In modern wine bars, drink amber wine from ancient qvevri Or fill up your own jerry can. Above all, eat out often and luxuriously to taste local wine with local dishes. You can do that everywhere, of course. This is how we were on the volcanic island of Santorini. You will soon know all about the best combinations of Greek food with Assyrtiko.
You really don't need wine knowledge for all this. But if you still want to delve into the wonderful world of wine, now is the time to dive into the books. Our expert gives you lots of tips on where best to do this.
We also give special winemakers a stage. Switzerland's Alice Tavares da Silva made refreshing wines at Portugal's Quinta de Chocapalha. And French success couple Calmel & Joseph make wines in Languedoc from grapes from others' carefully chosen vineyards.
You see, with WINELIFE in the house, you don't have to go out at all to get groundbreaking wine inspiration.
Petri Houweling
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