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What is Lambrusco? Discover it all over again with Venturini Baldini
Lambrusco was never meant to be the sugary, low-quality wine that we see getting warm under the lights of a corner shop. It was always meant to be dry and crisp, made from low-yield grapes. Venturini Baldini have been making this premium style of Lambrusco since the 1970s. High in the hills of Emilia, their grape yields are a quarter of those from vineyards in the flat lands below and they use organic and minimal intervention techniques to produce low sulphite, low antihistamine, authentic Emilian wines.
Wednesday Wine Women: @drink.folc
Elisha co-founded folc in 2020 with her partner Tom, with the ambition to create a high quality English rosé with a modern mindset. She knew that their customers wanted transparency, sustainability and inclusiveness at the heart of the wine they are buying and that's exactly how folc produces their English wine.
Wednesday Wine Women: @masdeladame
Anne Poniatowski and Caroline Missoffe, two sisters, decided in 1995 to leave Paris and come back to the family vineyard, becoming the 4th generation at Mas de la Dame.
Wednesday Wine Women: @kvltwines
With my partner Matt, a digital creative with a thirst for natural wine, we built a brand around no-nonsense education, inclusivity and environmental concerns - as well as our love of all things metal and macabre. We are hoping to grow our offering of workshops and classes soon.
Wednesday Wine Women: @maisonmirabeau
Jeany is responsible for the marketing, new product design and key supplier relations at Maison Mirabeau, as well as being a keen communicator about their life in Provence to the many fans of the brand.
Wednesday Wine Women: @9ouncesplease
A passionate enthusiast of all things wine, Miroki Tong aka @9ouncesplease has tasted her way all around the world, learning from winemakers, experts, and fellow enthusiasts, always eager to talk with someone who shares in her love of the divine drink that is wine.
Wednesday Wine Women: @jesslambwrites
Jess spends four days a week working for a London fine wine broker and uses the rest of her time to study for the WSET Diploma. Still only having been in wine for a relatively short time, Jess is excited about what the future may hold - she’s hoping for lots more opportunities to indulge her twin passions for writing and learning.
Wednesday Wine Women: Miria from @cecchi_winery
After a period as a volunteer in the environmental sector, Miria Bracali followed her instinct and embraced her innate passion for wine. Miria graduated in Chemistry and began her career in wine, starting work at one of the most authoritative companies on the Italian wine scene: Casa Vinicola Cecchi @cecchi_winery. There, she took on roles with increasing responsibility and now she is the Winery Technical Director and Production Manager.
Wednesday Wine Women: Marlize Beyers from @brucejackwines
Marlize is a South African winemaker who lives in Ontario. She splits her time between making wines for @brucejackwines and @thedriftestate in South Africa, consulting in California, Chile and Spain with her wine consulting company, Resolute Wine Works, which she operates with Bruce Jack, and living in Ontario!
Wednesday Wine Women: @notjustvegetarian
Vidya aka @notjustvegetarian is a freelance Wine Advisor/Consultant for restaurants. After many years in management consulting and Banking across India, USA and the UK, Vidya has recently switched careers to focus on her passion of Food and Wine appreciation.
Wednesday Wine Women: @elizabethrosewines
Elizabeth Rose started off as a website, designed to share their passion for English and Welsh wines and to encourage wine lovers to visit the vineyards, meet the families and taste the wine just as they had done. During their journey of discovery, they found difficult to order the wines they wanted at a reasonable price, especially as they weren’t all in one place. They’d identified the problem and they had the solution – to sell the wines themselves!
Wednesday Wine Women: @juanicultura
Yearning to develop her connection with wine, Juanita started working in the food industry, initially as a Pastry Chef. In this role, she focused on creating recipes, whilst discovering new tastes and learning how to balance flavours. Juanita found this to be fulfilling work, but it was elevated to a whole new level when she started learning about how to pair dishes with wine.
Wednesday Wine Women: @oliveandthevine
Jenni is a wine consultant with @oliveandthevine, her first business which was set up at the beginning of the Covid pandemic to help people stay connected and drink great wine, together.
Wednesday Wine Women: @A_Little_sip_of_me_time
Libby aka @a_little_sip_of_me_time is an award-winning Theatre & Film Producer by trade and a long term wine enthusiast by nature. When Covid hit and all her shows were put on “indefinite hold” Libby took to drink (professionally speaking) and studied for her WSETs, completing her Level 3 with distinction.
Women Supporting Women in the Wine World
Sometime at the end of July 2020, black and white photos of women flooded social media platforms with the hashtags #WomenSupportingWomen and #ChallengeAccepted. Many of those twinkling, smiling faces (or moody ones, depending on the desired vibe), flattered by the monochrome tones, were unaware that the black and white ‘women supporting women’ photo challenge was originally launched to spread awareness of the alarmingly growing femicide rate in Turkey, an issue which erupted during the pandemic-induced lockdown of the country.
KWV - South Africa’s Proud Pioneers
The first wines from South Africa were made 360 years ago from the French Muscadelle grape and in the centuries that followed, the country experienced a rollercoaster of success and failure. First came fame all over Europe in the late 1600s, then over production followed, then politician isolation, and – finally – a commitment to high quality winemaking and global embrace. KWV have been with the industry for over 100 years now and were initially formed to defend and protect farmers. In 1928, the developer of the Pinotage grape, Professor Abraham Izak Perold, joined KWV and became responsible for the experimentation of new cultivars and improving quality control.