Lazenne Blog

 4 good reasons to visit a winery in the Langhe

Last week we featured expat and local resident Valerie Quintanilla (GirlsGottaDrink) giving her views of why Piedmont is a must for wine lovers thinking about visiting Italy. This week we continu...

Planning some wine travel in Italy? Don’t miss Piedmont

This week we are talking Italy, and more specifically the Italian northwest region of Piedmont. We've asked expat and local resident Valerie Quintanilla why Piedmont is a must for wine lovers th...

Grand Designs! Europe’s Incredible Wineries

There are striking wines, and then there are striking vineyards which have become landmarks in their own right thanks to their innovative design.               For those avid wine travellers wh...

Lazenne and the Wine Check at Fauchon Paris

  Lazenne is proud to have partnered with the iconic Fauchon in Paris, which now carries the 12 bottle Wine Check luggage in their downstairs wine cellar (La Cave).

Super Italian Wines from Tuscany

From that super-fizzy and super-fun Prosecco enjoyed over the weekend with friends to the super-rich and super-value Nero d’Avola from Sicily snapped up for less than a tenner last week, for many...

A Tour de France of Saintly Wine

One of our favourite events of the calendar is just around the corner, next Tuesday to be precise. It’s Saint Patrick’s Day, when everyone celebrates being Irish, whether or not we are! March 17th...

Save the Date! The World’s Best Wine Festivals

We all know people who plan their holidays around sporting events, like the FIFA Football World Cup. Others match their leave dates with music festivals, such as Glastonbury and Coachella. Then, ...

Organic Wine - What Does It All Mean?

You may have noticed the word organic has started appearing in conjunction with the word wine with rather more frequency over the recent years. Considering that our supermarkets are full of organ...

A Drinker’s Guide to the French Riviera

If you’ve had the pleasure of spending some time in the South of France, you’ll know this sparkling stretch of Mediterranean coastline is synonymous with sun-kissed afternoons drinking carafe afte...

The Most Romantic Wines for Valentine’s Day

It’s February already! Which means that the Super Bowl has just been won (and lost) for another year, the Oscars are just around the corner … and we’re on an unavoidable collision course with t...

Show your Wine Some Love with the WineHug

The topic of travelling with wine is one which confuses even the most seasoned traveler.   Since, once you get over the hurdle of calculating just how many bottles you can take with you on the ...

Top Wine Regions in Europe

Europe is home to some of the most famous wine regions and wine brands on the planet, so it makes sense that the continent is a great place for the wine traveller to explore. Sometimes it can be e...

Pardon Me? The World’s Cheekiest Wine Names

Here at Lazenne we love a great name, and there’s certainly no shortage of them in the wine world. In fact, New World producers have not been backwards about coming forwards with their wicked se...

What We’ll be Drinking in 2015

With the new year comes an array of inevitable resolutions for how we’re all going to change our lives for the better. Most of them last not much longer than the bottle of Champagne popped open a...

Five Essential Tips for a Top Tasting Room Experience

 What’s not to love about visiting vineyards on your holiday?   Let’s face it; the majority of Europe’s wine regions are located in some of the world’s most picturesque corners. Vineyards go...

Discovering Wine in European Cities Least Expected - the Lazenne Guide

We know that you Lazenne blog readers are a globetrotting lot, so next time you find yourself in a new European city, why not spend some time becoming acquainted with the local wine production? W...

The Insider’s Guide to International Travel with Wine Bottles

If you are planning on traveling to the various old world wine regions, whether it's France Italy, Spain, Portugal, or others there are a few things we can predict:  You are going to love wine ta...

A hidden gem: The tiny appellation of Cérons and the magnificent Chateau de Cérons

A few weeks ago when touring Graves, a region of greater Bordeaux in southwestern France, we pulled up to a magnificent property called Chateau de Cérons. The chateau is located within the tiny ap...