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Att ett kooperativ kan göra bra vin är detta ett lysande exempel på, 300 odlare som gemensamt jobbar mot att odla dom bästa druvor som man kan på sina gemensamma 900 hektar. Claudio Manera är vinmakare och även VD för företaget Araldica och investerar massor i vingårdarna för att kunna producera prisvärda viner med tydligt ursprung. Druvorna 100% Nebbiolo till just detta vin (man gör en hel del olika) kommer till från vingårdarna runt La Morra och Grinzane i hjärtat av Barolo där druvorna skördas för hand och lagras i 24 månader på stora fat och därefter ytterligare 12 månader på flaska. Detta kooperativ har gjort stor framgång internationellt för sina välgjorda och prisvärda viner.   Barolo Flori 2007 Nr SB    70401 179 kr   Är ett rött vin med orange mognadston med härliga toner av mogna röda bär, bigarråer, tobak och kryddor. Smaken är torr med stor kryddig och kraftfull smak med tydlig mognad med balanserad fat ton och medelhög syra. Lång och balanser

The Gramona history started more than 125 years ago and now it is the fifth generation who works for this famous house of wines. The grapes for the Gramona wines all come from own land of 150 hectares mainly in the La Plana, Mas Escorpi, El Serralet and La Solana sites with the main grapes to be Xarello, chardonnay, Pinot noir and Macabeo. The experimental vineyards of other known grape variety makes exiting wines with a modern twist. The Cava Argent is made of chardonnay grapes and aged for 34 months shows delicate expression of the grape with long lasting taste. III Lustros made of Xarello and Macabeo and aged for at least five years in the cellar with real cork is a true elegance and harmony in the bottle with great complexity and lingering taste. The best wine is the Celler Batlle that have been aged for seven years on cork and contains the best grapes of Xarello and Macabeo, this wine is fantastic and shows nice creamy texture with loads of white peach, apricots

Culinary Olympics 2012 Results NATIONAL TEAM Rank Nation ABC Cold Platters Medal R Hot Kitchen Medal Total points 1 Sweden 95,08 Gold 94,32 Gold 94,70 2 Norway 89,3 Silver 93,14 Gold 91,22 3 Germany 87,45 Silver 91,2 Gold 89,33 4 Canada 85,49 Silver 92,8 Gold 89,15 5 Switzerland 88,01 Silver 87,37 Silver 87,69 6 USA 89,44 Silver 85,84 Silver 87,64 7 Finland 86,73 Silver 87,4 Silver 87,07 8 The Netherlands 81,97 Silver 84,57 Silver 83,27 9 Australia 82,57 Silver 83,85 Silver 83,21 10 Japan 85,97 Silver 79,39 Bronze 82,68 11 Hong Kong 82,44 Silver 81,25 Silver 81,85 12 Denmark 76,58 Bronze 86,38 Silver 81,48 13 South Korea 85,4 Silver 76,99 Bronze 81,20 14 Malaysia 82,69 Silver 79,1 Bronze 80,90 15 South Africa 76,05 Bronze 85,47 Silver 80,76 16 England 77,55 Bronze 83,65 Silver 80,60 17 Wales 78,88 Bronze 82,2 Silver 80,54 18 Czech Republic 79,64 Bronze 80,94 Silver 80,29 19 Italy 81,86 Silver 78,17 Bronze 80,02 20 Scotland 77,73 Bronze 81,2 Silver 79,47 2

To visit Spain and especially Sant Sadurni d`Anoia is always nice and very rewarding. One of the great producers are Cava Recaredo and the great winemaker Ton Mata Moliner who is passionate about the product that he makes. Recaredo is all Biodynamic and makes only cavas without dosage, all bone dry that shows great complexity and depth from the terroir. Brut nature and brut de brut are all amazing wines that is some of the best produced cavas and you can buy them online at   http://www.invinitum.com/product.html/cava-recaredo-brut-d-brut-2003-gran-reserva-brut-nature?category_id=9 An great pleasure was also to meet his father who have so much history to tell and who is responsible for most of the plantings they use right now and also taste some barrel samples of Xarello that will be used for some experiments. Ton is the third generation of this house that was started by his grandfather in 1924 and who was a well known football player in the team Espaniol but eve