Wine Bites Magazine

Luca di Napoli visited Wine Decoded HQ in Feb 2020 to share a little wisdom, the history of Castello dei Rampolla and a delicious suite of vino.
Enjoy the 🎧 podcast & 🎥 Video below!

Gamay or Gamay Noir is the mainstay of Beaujolais. It has a 600 year history with Pinot Noir and Gouais Blanc its parents.

Chardonnay has incredible versatility and can be picked over quite a wide range of sugar levels and flavour ripeness.
The variety takes its name from the village of Chardonnay near Uchizy in the Mâconnais, in southern Burgundy.

Pinot Noir’s mythical home, Burgundy, has produced some of the world’s most inspiring wines.
The exhilarating personality of Pinot Noir has seen the wine world take up the fickle challenge to grow the ‘heartbreak grape’!

Barbera, pronounced bar-BER-uh, was one of the great wine travesties of our time.
The increasing popularity and price of Nebbiolo wines, particularly Barolo and Barbaresco, saw old plantings of Barbera in the great sites ripped out and replanted to Nebbiolo.

Nebbiolo, pronounced NEH-bee-oh-low, is such a unique variety.
Good Nebbiolo has a core of fruit running the length of your tongue, along with layers of those same secondary characters.
Nebbiolo’s grape tannins give it a distinct texture. Look for the quality and depth of tannin.

Dolcetto’s, pronounced dole-CHET-toe, translates to ‘Little Sweet’.
Hit the restaurants in Alba at lunchtime and you’ll see plenty of Dolcetto on the table.
The great estates of Barolo, naturally make great Dolcetto.

A complete answer needs a book. We’ll cut that back to 5 minutes! In this case we’re talking about red wines. White wines are another beast altogether!
The question arose after AP Birks Wendouree released a Pressings Wine for the 2017 vintage. They only release it about once a decade.

Ask anyone in the know & they’ll tell you Mag’s of Champagne Taste BETTER!
… and it’s not just because there is twice as much to go around!

I had the fortune to spend an afternoon with Giovanni Angeli when he shared his insights into the 2013 and 2015 vintages as I tasted through the range.

The 🎧 podcast is available below.

Exploring 8 Cru’s from Across Barolo is a great way to get your head around the region. Add the input of Neb-Head, David Ridge & you’re in for some fun!
Watch 🎥for the full experience with flyover maps of the communes & more! Listen 🎧 if the NBN is annoying you!

Funny when you meet someone and there’s kind of an instant gel.
Jaysen Collins is one of those people.
He’s making some tasty vino. Pushing to do the things we love at Wine Decoded.