August 14, 2017

European Life Magazine

Antinori blends Old and New World Wines

The story of Italy’s Antinori family history is one filled with tenacity, trials, patience, bumps, triumphs, and has withstood the test of time. In fact, more than two centuries or 26 generations ago in the year 1385. In perspective, they started their wine business in Italy 170 years after England signed Magrta, during the century of the Black Plague, the Hundred Years War, the beginning of the Ottoman Empire, the Renaissance and before Christopher Columbus set sail. Full article

 

April 20, 2016

European Life Magazine

 

A quest for perfection in California’s Wine Country

When he inherited the Champagne House in 1833, the cognoscente Louis Roederer implemented his visionary approach to cultivating his vines, aiming to master each stage of the wine’s creation. While other Houses purchased their grapes from outside sources, Louis Roederer put his efforts in his own vineyards and methodically acquired the finest land for expansion of his guiding principle that all great wine depends on the quality of the soil, a passion for tradition and an astute vision of the future. Read more