Grape

The arrival of autumn and the first month of September is the best time for grapes. This beloved fruit, besides its sweet taste, is rich in nutrients with many beneficial properties for our health.

What do grapes offer us and why should we include them in our diet?

In recent years, wine tourism has boomed globally with regions such as Tuscany, Alsace and Napa attracting an ever-growing international audience of wine lovers looking to discover their unique terroirs and wineries. So a new venture, Santorini Wine Villa, aims to promote the Santorini vineyard to an international audience. But what is Santorini Wine Villa?

Time for the grape harvest. One can ask if isn't it too early, but the vineyard calendar seems to be constantly changing and challenging for wine producers. The grape harvest I'm talking about is what we call "sofralık" in Turkish, literally meaning "for the table," for the grapes that are not meant to end in bottles, but to be eaten out of hand as fresh fruit.

One of Slovenia's premier wine-growing regions, the Vipava Valley has a vine grafting tradition going back almost 120 years. Today, their grafted vines are sold world-wide, the lion's share to France, the world's leading wine-producing country.

A Spanish court on Monday jailed a couple for stealing 45 bottles of wine worth over 1.6 million euros from a hotel restaurant in what police called a "meticulously planned" theft.

A bottle of Chateau D'Yquem 1806 worth 350,000 euros was among the wines stolen from the Atrio hotel in Caceres in southwest Spain in October 2021 in the heist which made global headlines.

Organized underwater parks for aging wine bottleswill now exist in Greece, as the Ministry of Development and Investments is promoting the relevant regulatory framework by formulating the rules for their operation.

Ljubljana – Slovenia will produce 10-15% less wine than last year, mostly due to the Dolenjska wine region being strongly affected by the spring frost. However, wine growers around the country report it has been an above-average year in terms of quality.

Wine had a great importance (in ancient times)

The wine industry in North Macedonia, from vineyards to grape farmers, risks collapse this year amid drastically lower demand and prices for this landmark product, the country's biggest association of wine producers, "Wines from Macedonia", warned.

A warm winter means that, for apparently the first time in the history of German winemaking, the country's fabled vineyards will produce no ice wine - a pricey, golden nectar made from grapes that have been left to freeze on the vine.