Delicata Delivers

Delicata Delivers

Posted by on Mar 26, 2020 in Releases, The Winemaker's Journal

While Delicata’s physical doors are temporarily closed to guests, the winery has launched its online wine shop and now delivers directly to your home. Via the website www.delicata.com, the winery helps enthusiasts of award-wining Maltese wines ordering their favourite wines by the case for home delivery by the courteous Delicata crew. The novel Delicata eshop […]

Wine with a strong identity

Wine with a strong identity

Posted by on Feb 14, 2020 in Releases, The Winemaker's Journal

If you are keen on discovering unique ‘island wines’, Victoria Heights by Delicata is definitely a name to look out for and, as it happens, it sits embossed on a brand new label. I’ve always thought of the range as an expression of Delicata’s quest for genuine wine and the new livery surely fully reflects […]

Cracking bottles and eggs

Cracking bottles and eggs

Posted by on Jan 29, 2020 in Gourmet, The Winemaker's Journal, Winery

White wine is to a winemaker what the egg, one of the most finicky but essential staples of cooking, is to a chef: a telling gauge of ability and skill. Making white wine is easy but hard to master. Requiring a delicate touch, an exact sense of timing and an almost intuitive feel, many winemakers […]

Chardonnay for Christmas

Chardonnay for Christmas

Posted by on Dec 16, 2019 in Gourmet, The Winemaker's Journal, Winery

What if you could choose only one wine to go with your traditional Christmas meal: which one would you pick? I’d say let’s hear it for rich, ripe and rounded whites and, as I remind myself each year, Chardonnay is really all you need. Often ignored at Christmas time, Chardonnay can be such an enchanting […]

Riżerva released by Delicata

Riżerva released by Delicata

Posted by on Dec 6, 2019 in Events, The Winemaker's Journal, Winery

Delicata released their first ‘Riżerva’ edition of the Gran Cavalier Syrah DOK Malta Superior, 2017. Producing a Riżerva is time consuming. This premium red wine is a vibrant bottle of structure and excitement that’s the result of 13 months barrel maturation and almost another entire year ageing in bottle prior to release. For this particular […]