Wine 1960

The Antinori family has been involved in the production of wine for over six centuries, ever since, in 1385, Giovanni di Piero Antinori entered as a member, the “Arte Fiorentina”, the Winemakers’ Guild of the city of Florence. During this entire long period, thorough twenty six generations, the family has always directly managed this work with courageous and, at times,...

It was in Peralada that Don Miguel, being at different times Mayor of Barcelona and Spanish ambassador of Spain in Paris, discovered and fell in love with the world of wine. Discovering the old wine cellar underneath the cloisters, where wine had been made since the fourteenth century, he decided to start to make wine. The heterogeneity of the land on which the vines grow...

Chateau Melin is located in the town of Libourne, seven kilometers east of Saint-Emilion. In 1948 René Debacque acquired the domaine of 10,50 hectares planted with 75% of Merlot and 15% Cabernet Franc. The terroir is composed of a sandy and a gravely soil, typical of the Saint-Emilion and Libourne area. The vinification is still traditional and the maceration lasts about one...

The classical dry red wine comes from the appellation Saint-Emilion in Bordeaux. Saint-Émilion is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) for wine in the Bordeaux wine region of France, where it is situated in the Libourne subregion on the right bank of the Dordogne. The wines of Saint-Émilion are typically blended from different grape varieties, the three main ones being...

Since time immemorial Nebbiolo has been the most highly-prized vine and the wine-growing emblem of La Morra and the Langa, and when it is matched with a great wine-making terroir it is capable of expressing itself at sublime levels in wines of remarkable personality, intense bouquet, great smooth tannins, and outstanding possibilities of evolution and resistance over time....

Amarone della Valpolicella is an intensely flavored dry red wine made from the Veneto and Lombardia regions of north Italy. Amarone wines are made from carefully selected bunches of the best grapes. These grapes are then dried between three and four months, before fermentation. Traditionally the grapes were dried on wooden racks at ambient temperatures. the wines are matured...

The classical dry red wine comes from the appellation Pomerol in Bordeaux. The wines of Pomerol have a high composition of Merlot in their blends are considered the most gentle and least tannic and acidic of Bordeaux wines. Cabernet Franc, known in this area as Bouchet is the second leading grape and helps to contribute to the dark, deep coloring that is typical of Pomerol...

The name of the property originates from its geographic location, the “Bages” plateau between Pauillac and Saint Julien, and the first owners of the estate: the Libéral family who were wine brokers, who sold the harvests to the Netherlands and Belgium. Château Haut-Bages Libéral is a 5th Classified Growth in 1855. The vineyard spreads over 30 hectares and half of its area is...

The classical dry red wine comes from the appellation Pomerol in Bordeaux. The wines of Pomerol have a high composition of Merlot in their blends are considered the most gentle and least tannic and acidic of Bordeaux wines. Cabernet Franc, known in this area as Bouchet is the second leading grape and helps to contribute to the dark, deep coloring that is typical of Pomerol...

The classical dry red wine comes from the appellation Saint-Julien in Bordeaux. Château Branaire-Ducru is situated on the opposite side of the road from Château Beychevelle in the south of the St-Julien appellation. Branaire-Ducru's 60 hectares of vineyards are planted with Cabernet Sauvignon (70%), Merlot (22%), Cabernet Franc (5%), Petit Verdot (3%). With the 1960 Chateau...