Delicata Ends Seven Weeks of Grape Pressing
Seven weeks ago to the day, we started the pressing of our 2015 harvested grapes with our hand-picked D.O.K. Malta Chardonnay, and 49 days later as the penultimate ‘big red’ D.O.K. Malta Cabernet Sauvignon grapes rolled into our winery, this year’s pressing has finally come to a close; but not before our last two grapes […]
Good ‘Old’ Sauvignon Blanc
Whereas older vintages of Chardonnay based wines won’t even raise an eyebrow amongst wine enthusiasts, mature, aged, Sauvignon Blanc’s have always been a contentious issue. Even famous Sauvignon’s like top of the range Sancerre and Pouilly Fume are not to everybody’s taste when aged , but there is little doubt that when they’re young […]
2015 Vermentino Pressed
Earlier this week here at the Delicata winery we pressed approximately 54,000 kilos of Vermentino, one of the last international white grapes to be picked in Malta from the 2015 harvest. This outstanding white grape variety is used in our award winning Classic Collection Landini Vermentino and in our Medina D.O.K. Malta range where we […]
Lampuki and Wine Suggestions
The fish of many names, known as mahi-mahi, dorado, lampuga, rakingo, calitos, maverikos or dolphin fish, is fondly known in Malta as lampuka; and with the lampuki season well under way, we are entering that time of the month when the fish start to get bigger and traditional dishes like lampuki pie and aljotta will […]
We are all ‘In the Pink’ Here at Delicata
Last week the very first Malta grown red grapes hand harvested from the 2015 vintage rolled into the Delicata winery; not for red wine making, but for rose. Normally the Maltese Merlot and Tempranillo grapes would be harvested in a few weeks’ time, if our winemaker Matthew Delicata wanted to make a robust, concentrated, full […]
