Alf Tumble: 2018 was the year when the wine took place

We also learned the meaning of the term ”urban winery” where Wine Mechanics opened in Gothenburg and released the first wines from foreign grapes.

was the year when american viticulture began to be taken seriously. The wines, especially the white and sparkling, had very well been able to qualify at both the Nobel and Polarprisfestligheterna where the Swedish ingredients at the center.

was the year when The small parties got a boost. The launches with the occasional wines offered on the new width and the old depth at the same time as the fixed range received supplements of naturvin from Tenerife and amforavin from Georgia. It was also the year when the Wine seriously, and a few years too late, started to think about his future as an e-commerce site.

was the year when chefs trained as sommeliers. The wine was a guaranteed place in the modern gastronomy and part of the måltidsupplevelsen. To kunskapstörsten increases seen at the country's vinskolor where restaurangfolk crammed with more and more inquisitive individuals.

was the year when the additives in the wine became a hot potato. The large wine industry was challenged by the journalist Mats-Eric Nilsson of the book ”the Chateau What? – the secret of the wine” and the Wine was the issue of the declaration of contents nearly as common as which shelf ekovinerna stand on.

was finally the year when vinlådorna broke through on a broad front. And then we are talking not about lådviner with three litres of unknown contents, but if the hand-picked blandlådor where every bottle has a story to tell. The interest in drinking better wines, how they are manufactured and from where they originate is likely to increase in 2019. And of course, I will continue to nag about it.

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