This is the story of how I met Petit Verdot variety in the vineyard and how I chased it until my wine glass. Have you ever met the grape of the wine that you drank? It is a really good feeling and it definitely changes the way how you look into your glass of wine. In September, […]
Happy International Sherry Week 2018 to everyone! I am delighted that the Sherry week for me became a yearly celebration. Last year’s contest was a blast for me, as for of this year, I’ve enjoyed so much the brainstorming around a glass of Sherry wine to find out the best pairing possible with the local ingredients. In […]
Nothing can make me happier: Arrival of spring after a long and cold winter! Most of the habitants of the North hemisphere already started to enjoy spring; awakening of the nature affects us immediately in a positive way! Obviously, as human beings, we are not the only ones who get active with the arrival of […]
My name is Neslihan Ivit, everybody calls me “Neslie”. I am a professional winemaker with a scientific background and a wine and food communicator. My expertise in the wine industry starts from the vineyard and extends to the glass. I was born and raised in Izmir, and studied in Europe. I hold a BSc diploma […]
Moving to Nova Scotia in December, after staying 10 days in Los Angeles with 18 – 20 oC (64 – 68 oF), was not the warmest thing I’ve made so far in my life. But I did. I was welcomed with a nice snow storm and I had my first shoveling experience, just 2 days after […]
Aglianico is a special variety for me. It’s a grape variety that I’ve first met in the vineyard, before drinking any wine from it. When I saw it in the vineyard for the first time, it didn’t even have the grapes on it, just some young leaves and inflorescence. I was very curious about the […]
He had realized that there was something wrong. Actually, he was quite worried, because he had been losing some of the plants in his vineyard, without any particular reason that he could name. As the situation was getting worst, he decided to write his observations to the chairman of the Agricultural Committee of Aix. With […]
I had the chance to make an interview with Francisco Diez Zamudio in Margaux, which is one of the most famous and important regions in Bordeaux appellations. With this interview, we’ll feel the effect of Margaux on Francisco. Francisco Diez Zamudio is an agricultural engineer coming from Chile. He is newly graduated from Master of Science in Enology […]
I was born on a rainy day many years ago, in a hospital room by the bay of Izmir. According to the information that I’ve got from very reliable sources (in other words from my mom), I was very small with nice nails and very long, dark and pretty hair. Since then, I have been […]
Working in the Napa valley for a harvest is the dream of most of the young winemakers and viticulturists, as me. Every season, the wineries in the valley open harvest positions for the international people to make an exchange of knowledge and experience. In this sense, Napa valley has a lot to offer to the […]
I was in a supermarket in Chile, with a very large wine section. I spent a lot of time to examine the bottles and read the labels in order to know more the Chilean wines. Somehow, in the section where there were the higher priced bottles, a small detail took my attention: There was the […]
Nobody can stop the growth of sparkling wines! They are tasty, they are fresh, they are elegant; they go well before meal, with the meal and even after the meal… And they have already got rid of the “celebration drink” tag and started to be consumed daily. Well done bubblies! So, me focused on sparkling […]
We are tasting, a Chilean wine, which I’ve bought from the wine shop called Lavinia, in Madrid. This is Valdivieso Chardonnay, from 2013 and produced in Valle del Curico, which is situated in center of Chile, south of Santiago. The price of the bottle is 8 €. This wine is produced in stainless steel tanks […]
Today, I am celebrating the first anniversary of my arrival to Nova Scotia. Last year on December 7th,Nova Scotia welcomed us in our new address and since then, as well as being a part of the wine sector, I have been discovering the landscape, the culture, the cuisine and everything that comes with it. In this […]
