A date with the Super Tuscans
Super Tuscan is not actually an official classification of wine, it’s a term that came about in the late 1970s when winemakers were frustrated with the slow, unyielding wine laws in Italy. Everyone knows you can only use Italian grapes like Sangiovese in Tuscan red wine right? Wrong! In Tuscany they started to introduce non-indigenous [...]
Wine shopping for Rimini
So, what do we like to do when we’re not in the restaurant? Trying new wines has to be top of the list, we’re passionate about bringing the best and most exciting wines into our cellar. Berkmann Portfolio Tasting That’s why we don’t need asking twice when our suppliers invite us to events, [...]
Piemonte – a world to discover
Piemonte is in the far Northwest of Italy, bordering France and Switzerland and is a magical place for experiencing some of Italy’s finest food and drink. This region has everything that nature can offer to produce some amazing wines; full-bodied reds like Barolo and Barbaresco made from one of Italy’s most famous grape variety, Nebbiolo. [...]
All things sparkling
At Rimini we don’t need a special occasion to break out the bubbles! Sparkling wine is one of the most technical wines you can get, two fermentations (one to get the wine and one to get the bubbles) and so many different methods – traditional, champenoise, classico…so you see we like to appreciate the amount [...]