Welcome to the Grape to Glass blog, or MARK’s BLOG a collection of thoughts, musings and experiences relating to my interest in wine, home winemaking, viticulture, and to be honest ANYTHING ELSE that takes my fancy.
Recent ARTICLES AND ‘BITS & BATS’
Grape to Glass, what’s its about and what you can find.
Grape to Glass is a blog evolved from a the result of a long standing passion for wine first developed in the late seventies and eighties.
Bedoba (ბედობა), Saperavi 2021, review, tasting notes and the qwrivi.
With an average age of 30 years, the Saperavi vines behind Bedoba are planted in the renowned wine region of Kakheti, near the eastern border with Azerbaijan in the Kvareli and Kindzmarauli appellations.
Developing an interest in wine – what’s so fascinating about wine?
I suspect that developing an interest in wine is personal. Each will have their own journey. It may have started with a nice meal accompanied by a particularly good wine, or……….
Heatherlea Wine Labels.
I have always found wine labels fascinating. Whether it’s the complexity of German labels or modern contemporary designs many wine labels are miniature works of art…
The Heatherlea blind wine tasting game – fun for curious wine lovers.
Clean and bright pale look. Rich and smoky on the nose, with subtle limes, white florals and honeysuckle atop a palate of fresh………….could recognise these descriptors in a wine?
Heatherlea Garden Winery and vineyard at 56.4 north.
Where is Heatherlea Garden Winery, or more to the point is what is it?
País and Susumaniello – running donkeys and Conquistadors.
País and Susumaniello, two lesser known grape varieties. But what is the connection to consquistadors and donkeys?
Commonwealth Wine Tasting.
Notes from a wine tasting challenge evening themed on the Commonwealth. Six wines, three red and three white, including wines from India, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and England.
Themed wine tastings from the 2022 World cup to the Commonwealth via the the old and new world.
Wine tastings notes from themed wine tastings including 2022 World cup, the Commonwealth, Xmas cheese and wine others.
30 insightful, pithy and entertaining wine quotes from ancient times to now.
30 insightful, pithy and entertaining wine quotes from ancient times to now.
“WINE IS SUNLIGHT, HELD TOGETHER BY WATER” Galileo Galilei
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