喺香港地個個打工仔咁辛苦日做夜做，無非都係想搵多個錢做一 D 自己想做嘅嘢，例如係買樓上車又或者係做下 D 小本生意，為嘅都係想將來過好 D 嘅生活。咁講法乜唔係應該要連酒錢都樫埋唔好飲咪仲好咩？！我又唔多認同呢種講法。小弟係一個土生土長嘅 80s 香港人，過去的十年庸庸碌碌的工作到宜家於德國葡萄酒莊工作，有過一段外地生活體驗、一場意想不到的人生。品酒聚會可以係俾面派對；儲酒收藏可以係個人喜好；本人認為葡萄酒終歸都係飲品，所以點樣都唔可以太離地；結束日常工作後小酌一下葡萄酒可以係一種生活態度，放鬆少少而唔係奢侈消費。 言歸正傳，人家對香檳（Champagne）嘅名氣我諗應該唔會陌生，其之所以矜貴係因爲只可以用喺法國香檳區（巴黎以東約160公里）指定範圍入面種植嘅葡萄同指定嘅方法釀造先可以叫做 “香檳”；物以罕為貴，再加埋 Marketing 效應，一枝入門版嘅 Champagne 動輒都要幾百蚊起錶，相信對較少品酒又或者 Budget 有限嘅朋友都未必會隨便咁 ‘開香檳慶祝’。就係咁樣，其他氣泡酒有價有市，好似小弟三月初去倫敦旅行嘅時候不論酒鋪好超市也好，Champagne 都總係高高在上咁企喺貨架頂層，相對接近人客、售價亦比較貼地嘅就係一眾Prosecco ( Italian Sparkling ) 及 Cava ( Spanish Sparkling )。至於今次希望分享俾各位嘅都同樣係黎自法國、喺香港較少人認識、以Champagne釀造方法（méthode traditionnelle）為藍本、價錢卻只需香檳一半卻高質嘅 “Cremant de Loire”。 簡介少少，由於即使用同樣嘅釀造方法都唔可以稱自己為 ‘Champagne’，所以 ‘Cremant’ 一詞就應用黎標識使用 Méthode traditionnelle 嘅一眾來自法國以及盧森堡嘅氣泡酒；‘de’ 係’from’嘅意思；而最後則為地區 - ‘Loire （羅亞爾河）’。由法國西北部城市 “南特” 一直向東伸延至 “奧爾良”，中間包含左約87個法定産酒區，Loire Valley 嘅釀酒歷史可以追溯返去公元一世紀，去到中世紀時期其葡萄酒喺英國及法國都非常受到喜愛，售價甚至超越當時嘅 ‘Bordeaux（波爾多）’葡萄酒。整個 Loire V...
Weingut Lubentiushof - Gäns Riesling Alte Reben 2009 The winery is located in Niederfell, the German wine-growing region of Mosel. Found in 1711, when the former owners found no successor, the estate was taken over in 1994. Most of vineyards they are very steep with slate floors which can only be cultivated in pure manual work. There are 90% Riesling planted with consistently nearly natural viticulture practiced, for example without using of insecticides. Nevertheless, the fermentation is unusually slow in cooler temperature between 150 and 250 days and takes place with natural yeasts. “Alte Reben” - literally meaning for Old Vine in Germany. Appearance was turned into golden color after certain years aged. Fragrance emanated from the glass there were deep, honeyed and reminiscent of a basket of ripe Williams pear, persimmon & candied citrus fruit. It turned into a clean palate with gentle acidity but not bone-dry, many well-organized layers topped up its complexity with...