Orin Swift Wines – Napa Valley. On the 21st of November we attended a winemaker dinner at Michelin Restaurant “Lars” in Amsterdam. Several iconic wines from the Californian Winery Orin Swift were tasted in combination with delicious food. Furthermore, these special wines were presented by Master of Wine Edouard Baijot, representing E&J Gallo. He proved […]

Recently we had the immense privilege to meet Marimar Torres from Marimar Estate at her recent wine lunch that was organized by Walraven Sax and Pitch PR at Michelin Restaurant De Kas in Amsterdam. A woman from one of the most famous Spanish wine families, who moved to California 47 years ago, is a force in the wine world and has made a […]

Pays d’Oc food and wine pairing. In this review we are discussing an interesting food and wine pairing we created to learn more about France’s Pays d’Oc region. For this occasion, we used a Chardonnay produced by Winery Mas du Novi. Languedoc-Roussillon Recently we received a beautiful box filled with three wines from Pays d’Oc. […]

Zuccardi wines and Tim Atkin MW. Last week we were invited by Pallas Wines for an Argentinean Masterclass including a tasting by Zuccardi at “Relais & Chateaux het Weeshuis” in Gouda.  For this occasion, Sebastian Zuccardi came over to Gouda, joined by Master of Wine Tim Atkin, who is an expert on South American and […]

VIVANT – The Portable Wine Cooler. A problem that most wine lovers face is keeping their wines at the right temperature during a nice dinner or when sipping their glass outside on a terrace. Of course, there are wine coolers that can help you with this, well actually there are a lot of different wine […]

Dutch Wine Apprentice Team Expansion. Today we are happy to announce the fifth and sixth addition of our writing team, we welcome Judi and Kirsten that are now official part of the Dutch Wine Apprentice family. Both Dutchies have a love for wine for quite some years now and also built an interesting resume in this […]