What will Maltese wine be like in the future? How will Malta, the smallest independent wine-producing country in the world, fare in tomorrow’s wine market? And, what will I be drinking if I’m still around in 2044, 40 years after Malta became a EU member state? Nobody can tell for sure but surely a long … Read More
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2044 Malta Wine Odyssey (intro)
There are times when I wouldn’t have liked to have been a quality-conscious Maltese winemaker. One of those periods was up to the early 1980s, when I wasn’t allowed to buy the vines or the equipment I needed and was told to charge much less than what I really ought to. It was a time … Read More
Crude Savings
It is still somewhat fashionable in certain small circles, amongst Malta’s would-be sommeliers perhaps, to deride the wines of Malta in favour of foreign wines. Yet, there are red Maltese wines around at as little as €5 per bottle that can offer some decent wine value while Crus Bourgeois of similar calibre sell for trice … Read More