VINEST - The Network for Small European Wine Areas

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Happy Christmas and New Year 2007

Our website Vinest.net is working almost a year and this is going to be our first Christmas. It is the opportunity of expressing all our best wishes for this special time and also for the New Year 2007 to all the wine lovers.

Interview with Mr. Stefan Moritz, Project Manager of VINUM EST

Stefan Moritz is today the Project manager of VINUM EST and also was the responsible of the coordination of the VINEST Netork between 1998 and 2002. He tells the Vinest Jounal about his thoughts on the Project and the Network, today and in the next future.

THIS MONTH IN THE VINEST NETWORK

Conference about the "French paradox", red wine's beneficial effect

Two months ago we talked about wine as a "heart affair" in our Wine Facts section. It is clear that drinking red wines can help our heart against diseases. The Hungarian city of Kőszeg was the host of an interesting conference about this topic.

Inauguration of the Don Pepe Marsilla House Museum in Bullas

Last December 5th a new museum was inaugurated in Bullas, Spain. It is the "Don Pepe Marsilla House Museum. Bullas 1900." As an important tourist resource, it is enclosed in the Bullas Wine Route.

KNOW THE VINEST AREAS

Saale-Unstrut Wine Route Know an unique cultural landscape developed along the rivers Saale and Unstrut which is characterized by the 1000 year old wine growing and an eventful history....

OUR WINERIES

To become as famous as the Piemont! Interview with the young wine maker Helmut Poller from Höll, Southern Burgenland, Austria....

ENJOY OUR FOOD

The flavour of the Vas County Discover new recipes from the Vas County. In this corner of Western Hungary you will be glad of enjoying the magnificent wines, but not only that....

WINE FACTS

The Monastrell grape variety This grape variety is a real sign of identity of many Spanish DO areas such as Bullas. Its wines are characterized by being intense in colour, bouquet and flavour....