The Infinite Ideas blog
We write on a variety of subjects and often post exclusive ideas by our bestselling authors. We publish a diverse list and our blog reflects this so if you don’t find a post that interests you today check back later in the week and you’ll probably find something that takes your fancy. Happy reading.
Extract: The wines of South Africa by Jim Clarke
21 January 2022 by Rebecca in Classic Wine Library, Extracts, Wine and spirits
Wine styles in the Western Cape Sparkling wines South Africa is the first New World country to develop a designation for its traditional method sparkling wines that does not ride the coattails of Champagne. Today, Methode Cap Classique, or, more informally, MCC, is the fastest growing wine category in the country, doubling every five years. …
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Extract: The wines of Southwest U.S.A. by Jessica Dupuy
20 January 2022 by Rebecca in Classic Wine Library, Extracts, Wine and spirits
The advent of winemaking in the Southwest While most American history is first associated with British colonization along the east coast of the country at the beginning of the seventeenth century, New Mexico was first colonized by the Spanish. Second to Florida, New Mexico is one of the oldest state names in the country. It …
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Extract: Luxury Wine Marketing by Peter Yeung and Liz Thach MW
19 January 2022 by Rebecca in Extracts, Lifestyle, Wine and spirits
Luxury wine: luxuriously defined The French term elevage, meaning to be grown or reared, with regard to winemaking is a good starting point for understanding what luxury wine is. The wine world at the highly commercial end is made up of manufactured commodities, wines made by formula and at industrial scale, often to great effect, …
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An in-depth celebration of the world of bubbles
22 November 2021 by Rebecca in Classic Wine Library, Wine and spirits
Consumers today are faced with a dazzling array of sparkling wines, from around the globe. But as little as two decades ago the picture was quite different, with Champagne the only real choice for anybody interested in quality fizz. Then came Prosecco. Although not a serious contender to Champagne itself, its huge growth in popularity …
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Extract: Fizz! by Anthony Rose
10 November 2021 by Rebecca in Classic Wine Library, Extracts, Uncategorized, Wine and spirits
A short history of the bubble beyond Champagne According to the historian Benoît Musset, the first recorded mention of sparkling wine is found in an Egyptian papyrus document dated AD 522. Sparkling wines were considered flawed, and secondary fermentation in spring is listed as one of the factors making wines unfit for sale. In the …
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Extract: The wines of Roussillon by Rosemary George MW
21 July 2021 by Rebecca in Classic Wine Library, Extracts, Wine and spirits
Setting the scene Roussillon stands alone, proud and independent. For many years it suffered a union of convenience with the Languedoc, when the wines of two relatively unknown areas lacked any reputation, and when it was simpler to refer to the departments of the south, without differentiating between them, as Languedoc-Roussillon. Roussillon deserves so much …
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