Delving into Marco Merli’s Background and Early LifeLong before Marco had the thought of becoming a winemaker, he was a fully-fledged designer living and working in a world quite opposite to the natural wine world - fashion.It’s obvious Marco enjoyed his career in fashion...you don’t just commit ten plus years…
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In their search for high quality wine, the conscious consumers may sometimes have to navigate terms such as organic and biodynamic or natural and low intervention. While we all know what they mean in general terms, to some of us their full meaning may still be fuzzy. So, what is…
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The Viognier Grape VarietyViognier as a grape variety is originally from Eastern France in the Rhone Valley, which traditionally needs plenty of warmth from the sunshine to ripen into its full-bodied potential and to give it that pronounced aroma we all associate so vividly with Viognier.Up until forty years ago…
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The village of Oslavia (Gorizia), in Friuli Venezia-Giulia (Italy), lies so close to the Slovenian border that you can see it from your house. In these hills (part of the wider Collio wine-making area) nature and winemaker operate in synergy to produce wines of great character and quality.Revered local wine-maker…
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Light-weight nimbleness or full-bodied presence? Which one is better? The answer is: none! Or rather: both! Each has in fact its merits. No body shaming around here, only body positivity! With this in mind, let’s take a closer look at what gives ‘weight’ or ‘body’ to a wine.The ‘body’ of…
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