Delicata Family Invests in Winery for World-Class Quality
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the Delicata winery is forging ahead with its latest investment project, namely a new bottling hall complete with top-notch equipment for the washing, filling and packaging of the company’s wine bottles. “World-class quality is our winery’s bedrock and the governing principle that spurs any investment we make. Besides, as […]
Riżerva released by Delicata
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 […]
Double gold for Delicata wines in Bergamo
Emmanuel Delicata Winemaker is the only Maltese winery to win at the 2019 Emozioni dal Mondo Merlot e Cabernet Insieme wine competition in Bergamo, Italy. Delicata bagged two gold medals and the press prize. The first gold medal went to the outstanding 2017 vintage of Gran Cavalier Merlot, D.O.K. Malta, Superior. This garnet red wine […]
Celebrating Merlot Day
Secretly I’m longing for someone to finally proclaim a national day in honour of Malta’s Ġellewża and Girgentina varieties. Until then, I gladly revel in International Merlot Day, which is celebrated by oenophiles around the world on 7 November. If you follow this wine column, you know I keep Merlot close to my heart and […]
Delicata’s world-class Syrah from Malta wins again
Delicata’s Gran Cavalier Syrah D.O.K. Malta, Superior consistently wins awards and has yet again landed a bronze medal. This time, the 2017 vintage was praised at the International Wine Challenge (IWC) in London, which is accepted as one of the world’s most meticulously judged wine competitions. Sarah Abbott MW, Tim Atkin MW, Peter McCombie MW, […]
