Jean Arnaud Portfolio Tasting 2023. Recently we attended the portfolio tasting of Dutch wine importer Jean Arnaud, along with a masterclass by one of the wineries they import, a personal favorite of ours: Belondrade.  This event was covered for Dutch Wine Apprentice by: Inma Muñoz, Hermen Jansen and Niels Aarts. In this article we are sharing […]

Eto – Decant, Serve and Preserve Wine. Every once in a while you open up a bottle that ends up on your countertop, losing its best features rapidly end ending up in your kitchen sink. We guess us wine lovers like our wine fresh, but also in its optimal form, with some air to open […]

Balocchi di Colore – Bibi Graetz. Recently we had the privilege to attend the world-wide launch of a new collection of wines by Italian winemaking icon Bibi Graetz. Known from his Tuscan stars, Testamatta and Colore, Bibi has started a new project: Balocchi di Colore. For this occasion, we got to taste Balocchi di Colore […]

Taste the Terroir – Dow’s port. Recently we got invited by Delta Wine (DGS Wijn) and Dow’s port to ‘Taste the Terroir’. This event was hosted at Restaurant de Kas which gave us the chance to combine the Portuguese Douro terroir from the port wines from Dow’s, with the Dutch terroir through the food presented by de Kas.  After […]

Plaimont Vignerons – Icons of Gascogne. Recently we got the opportunity to explore one of France’s bigger wine regions, the South-West or “Le Sud-Ouest” as the French call it. More specifically we explored Gascogne, by invitation of one of the biggest producers, the Plaimont cooperation. Plaimont is a wine producer that has been of huge […]

International Women’s Day 2023 – WoSA Female Winemakers. “Imagine a gender-equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated.” (ref. IWD.) With a long history from 1909 of the IWD, celebrating woman’s achievements has always been a fantastic way […]