Archive for July, 2017

NEW ACT PROTECTS NEW ZEALAND’S GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS FOR WINE

NEW ACT PROTECTS NEW ZEALAND’S GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS FOR WINE

The SOMM JOURNAL   Web Exclusives New Act Protects New Zealand’s Geographical Indications for Wine by Catherine Fallis, MS As vibrant, warm, happy and lively the place, people and wines are, it is only after 25 years of global success that the New Zealand wine industry is locking down place name protection on a global […]

CHAMPAGNE SABERING ON HEADS & TAILS TV

CHAMPAGNE SABERING ON HEADS & TAILS TV

Check out this fun clip of our very own grape goddess, Master Sommelier Catherine Fallis, sabering Champagne on the Penthouse terrace of the Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill in San Francisco:  

ARAGON’S CROWN JEWEL – CARINENA

ARAGON’S CROWN JEWEL – CARINENA

Cariñena has the distinction of being a town, an appellation and a grape: a tight trio nestled in the Ebro Valley of Aragón midway between Barcelona and Madrid. It became a D.O.P.  (Denominación de Origen Protegida) in 1932 making it one of the oldest officially recognized regions in Spain. Cariñena is the only region in […]

NOTABLE WINES:  A NEW WINE BRAND SIMPLIFYING THE WINE AISLE

NOTABLE WINES: A NEW WINE BRAND SIMPLIFYING THE WINE AISLE

PRIMEWOMEN.COM by Catherine Fallis MS, Publisher, Planet Grape Wine Review   Notable Wines: A New Wine Brand Simplifying the Wine Aisle