The Wine Station Blog

Ahhhhhh, Piemonte (Piedmont to us). Is there a region more mystical and magical? There is a strange microclimate, a dense fog that sits around the hilly region, with rolling vineyards and spectacular vistas, it feels at times like you're in a dream. It is also beautifully untouched by modernity. It is the spiritual home of Nebbiolo, the King of Italian grapes, and while there...

The Best of 2024.

"When people started bathing in the stuff we should have put a stop to it. We didn't though. That's on us". Christoph Coquard, Winemaker Maison Coquard The above quote is taken from a conversation I had with winemaker Christophe Coquard where he laments the bizarre practice of bathing in Beaujolais. Nouveau began as a novelty before turning into a gravy train... off which the...

Tenerife is the largest and most central of the seven Canary Islands, 2,000 km (1,240 m) from Madrid but 100 to 400 km from the coast of Africa.  The tropical climate with a mean year-round temperature of 22 ºC (71.6 ºF) and long sunny days attracts six million tourists a year, mainly from the UK and Germany. Some producers claim that Tenerife is the...

...this wicker basket by the way is called a fiasco in Italian - an apt description of the juice contained therein...