Delicata crushes more rare grapes

Delicata crushes more rare grapes

Posted by on Sep 25, 2020 in The Winemaker's Journal, Viticulture, Winery

They do it in Bordeaux, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rioja, Tuscany, Douro and many of the world’s renowned wine regions in search of consistency, complexity and longevity. What are winemakers in these classic red wine areas and appellations doing to improve their wares? Blending of course! The Delicata’s portfolio of award-winning labels, too, includes red wines that owe…

All the helping hands

All the helping hands

Posted by on Jun 24, 2020 in The Winemaker's Journal, Viticulture

Every day, Martin Borg goes for a walk through his Rabat vineyard and inspects his vines, with pruners on his belt, and his dog, a good-natured boxer, for company. If he sees a problem crop up, Martin can nip it in the bud, literally, or if he wants to he can call his viticulture expert…

Out with the old wood, in with the new wine

Out with the old wood, in with the new wine

Posted by on Dec 28, 2018 in The Winemaker's Journal, Viticulture

“Out with the old”, so it goes! Snip by snip, grape growers start trimming back last year’s wilted wood of dormant vines, stripped of their leaves by the wind and donning only bare cane shoots in their skimpy canopies. Like winemaking, this wood-clipping act is an interplay of reasoning, experience and knowledge that will determine…

Good Tidings for Malta’s Wine Grape Harvest

Good Tidings for Malta’s Wine Grape Harvest

The lush green canopies of grape vines are ready to yield their sweet bounty. Harvest time is here. Out in the vineyards, the smell of ripe grapes is all around. Families and friends come together, as they have done for thousands of years, ready to pick this most precious ancient fruit. At the wineries, cellar…

Delicata’s Harvest Quality Cause for Optimism

Delicata’s Harvest Quality Cause for Optimism

A feeling of optimism prevails in the cellars of the Delicata winery now that the entire crop of the 2017 grape harvest is picked and safely in tank. Whilst the cumulative impact of two successive years of harsh weather conditions have kept the heft of the crop per hectare of most varieties on the low…