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Another Gold Medal for Jammertal Wine Estate at the French Feminalise Wine Competition

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We are pleased to announce that our Cassiopeia Franc 2015 red won a gold medal at the Feminalise World Wine Competition ( FWWC ) in Paris.       FWWC  a special concept: wines are judged exclusively by female wine experts and by female jury members with the extensive tasting experience. The founder, Didier Martin, with a 30-year history of organizing wine competitions, recognized the economic importance of female consumers in relation to wine as a global business. This inspired the idea for the first Feminalise competition organized in 2007. Each year, with extensive media support, the extraordinary FĂ©minalise wine competition is held in Paris with the participation of more than 600 tasters arriving from different parts of the world. The number of registered items each year is around four-five hundred. As a result of this initiative, starting from the late 2010s, women’s jury competitions - the Vino y Mujer (Wine and Women) in Madrid and the Women’s Wine & Spirits Awards in Lon

Have Your Own High - End Wine

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Have you ever felt like creating a BIG red wine based on your own ideas? Ever wanted to surprise or impress your family, your friends and business partners with a wine which you played an active part in making? All this without having to build or buy a wine estate?    We’ve got good news for you! You can have your wine of your own design without having to deal with the complex and sometimes burdensome operational jobs of running a winery. You may compose a wine according to your own preferences. Light or heavy, fruity or spicy, particular aromas emphasized, the decision is up to you. The result will be the design of your own wine. The hard – core professionals of the Jammertal Wine Estate will complete the professional work. You may choose the type of your bottle and the presentation of the label. Our colleagues will help through this process. You may store your ready - made wine in your own wine vault at Jammertal Visitor Center. The minimum quantity is a 225 litres barrel

No Wine For Everybody: Pinot Noir

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Pinot Noir is a very old variety closely related to Vitis Sylvestris . However its origin cannot be definitely traced back. Its name derives from the French words for “pine” and “black”. The word pine may allude to the variety’s tightly packed, cone-shaped bunches of grapes. This variety is planted around the world nowadays. It originates from France where high – end red wines are made from it in Burgundy. The variety is an important constituent of noble sparkling whites of the Champagne region. pinot noir Growing Pinot Noir is full of challenges: *          its buds break early so the vine is prone to the risk of spring frost *          its thin skin and tight bunches make it less resistant to fungal disease. The wines produced from Pinot Noir grapes vary from most reds in several aspects. Spiciness and multi- layered finesse dominate instead of explosive fruitiness. If generalising it could be said that Pinot Noir would not be the first choice for wine newbies yet it coul