Author: Annalucia Galeone

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Il corso da sommelier le ha spalancato le porte al meraviglioso mondo dell'enogastronomia. Al mondo giuridico ha preferito la sua passione. Pugliese doc, ha mosso i primi passi raccontando la sua terra, svelandone gli aspetti più nascosti e andando alla ricerca delle realtà meno note. Da anni collabora con Cronache di Gusto e altre testate. Al suo fianco non possono mancare dei buoni testi, perché di imparare non si finisce mai.

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A chat with Francesco Zonin

Annalucia Galeone2 September 202528 August 2025

by Annalucia Galeone2 September 202528 August 20250

Annalucia Galeone interviewed Francesco Zonin, vice president of the Zonin 1821 group, to understand with what strategies a large 210 million euro turnover group faces the challenges of the future. The Zonin Group was founded in Gambellara in 1821 and...

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Cupertinum, the social winery for the social

Annalucia Galeone8 August 20254 August 2025

by Annalucia Galeone8 August 20254 August 20250

C 90 years of history for Cupertinum, the social winery of Copertino. Focused not only on wine production, but also on social, cultural and tourism promotion. Annalucia Galeone tells us about it. Cupertinum, the social winery of Copertino, the oldest...

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Masseria Cuturi: in conversation with Camilla Chauvenet

Annalucia Galeone11 July 20259 July 2025

by Annalucia Galeone11 July 20259 July 20250

We interviewed Camilla Chauvenet, of Masseria Cuturi in Puglia, to talk together about territory, wine tourism, sustainability and other “hot” topics such as conscious consumption among young people. All stories have a beginning, that of Primitivo di Manduria began in...

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Alberto Longo and the Cacc’e Mmitte di Lucera

Annalucia Galeone27 June 202519 June 2025

by Annalucia Galeone27 June 202519 June 20250

Halfway between San Severo and Lucera, in the heart of the Tavoliere delle Puglie, Alberto Longo has renovated an ancient 17th-century farmhouse and built inside it a modern, eco-sustainable winery that has become the standard-bearer for Lucera’s Cacc’e Mmitte, a...

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Sustainability according to Varvaglione

Annalucia Galeone13 February 20256 February 2025

by Annalucia Galeone13 February 20256 February 20250

The fourth generation of the Varvaglione family is very sensitive to the issue of both social and environmental sustainability. Annalucia Galeone went to see what good practices are being adopted. Marzia, Angelo and Chicca represent the fourth generation of the...

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Interview with Professor Giorgio Calabrese

Annalucia Galeone17 January 202513 January 2025

by Annalucia Galeone17 January 202513 January 20250

Education is the key word to learn how and how much wine to drink in order not to cause harm to our bodies and enjoy a good glass of wine, we talk about it with Giorgio Calabrese. Wine consumption in...

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Wine and health: possible combination?

Annalucia Galeone28 November 202425 November 2024

by Annalucia Galeone28 November 202425 November 20240

The combination of wine and health was discussed at a conference near Manduria organized by journalist-vineyardist Bruno Vespa, who brought together a table of real experts for the occasion. Is the combination of wine and health possible or not? The...

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La Dimora dei Cavalieri, farmhouse with restaurant

Annalucia Galeone6 November 20245 November 2024

by Annalucia Galeone6 November 20245 November 20240

A restaurant with a set menu that of La Dimora dei Cavalieri that exalts authentic flavors, with local raw materials. Typical is the white lamb “created” by the very father of the current owners on the farm attached to the...

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40 years in business for Peppe Zullo restaurant

Annalucia Galeone9 October 20242 October 2024

by Annalucia Galeone9 October 20242 October 20240

Peppe Zullo is hospitality made person, if hospitality is an art in him it is an innate gift. He welcomes everyone with open arms, with a frank smile and sly eye, every guest feels at ease, as if he were...

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The Primitivo of Gioia del Colle

Annalucia Galeone4 October 20244 October 2024

by Annalucia Galeone4 October 20244 October 20240

The Palio delle botti was an opportunity to have a nice tasting of Primitivo di Gioia del Colle, with the guidance of director Daniele Cernilli and sommelier Enzo Scivetti. Every year, on the first Saturday and Sunday of August, falconry...

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Cantine Pliniana gets a makeover

Annalucia Galeone30 July 20242 August 2024

by Annalucia Galeone30 July 20242 August 20240

Sixty years after its founding, the historic cooperative winery Pliniana, on the outskirts of Manduria, celebrated its birthday with a restyling of the company’s vision and the renewal of its graphics, which are more modern and appealing. “Wines full of...

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Virgola, therapeutic pastry shop

Annalucia Galeone24 July 202422 July 2024

by Annalucia Galeone24 July 202422 July 20240

Pastry chef Nicola Di Lena leads the Virgola therapeutic pastry shop, which offers an opportunity for integration and social redemption for the most fragile, women victims of violence and young people with various disabilities. If you happen to be in...

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Amalberga, rediscovering the Ostuni Doc.

Annalucia Galeone18 June 202411 June 2024

by Annalucia Galeone18 June 202411 June 20240

Dario De Pascale, with friends and partners Roberto Fracassetti and Roberto Candia and together with winemakers Valentino Ciarla and Gloria Battista, launched the Amalberga project. The rediscovery of the Ostuni Doc, revitalizing Ostuni oenology and revaluing the territory. Ostuni, known...

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Vigna Ganger, Girlan’s Pinot Nero Riserva

Annalucia Galeone3 May 202430 April 2024

by Annalucia Galeone3 May 202430 April 20240

A tasting of five vintages of Vigna Ganger demonstrated the elegance of this South Tyrolean Pinot Noir from a single vineyard in Mazon. In Italy, the cooperative system represents both in oenological and economic terms an important reality: there are...

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Divoto, Apollonio Riseva

Annalucia Galeone19 January 202426 January 2024

by Annalucia Galeone19 January 202426 January 20240

Copertino Rosso Riserva Divoto is the flagship wine of the Apollonio winery, a Salento champion with great longevity. We participated in a small vertical. Divoto, a blend of Negroamaro and Montepulciano, is a label that tells of the devotion of...

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Fabri, Rivera’s new rosé, is born

Annalucia Galeone19 December 202314 December 2023

by Annalucia Galeone19 December 202314 December 20230

Fabri is the new rosé wine made entirely from Apulian Nero di Troia grapes that the De Corato family dedicates to Fabrizio, who died prematurely last year. Since 1950, the De Corato family, owners of Cantina Rivera, has firmly linked...

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Focus on Salento

Annalucia Galeone7 December 202314 December 2023

by Annalucia Galeone7 December 202314 December 20230

A press tour organized by the Consortium of Salice Salentino allowed us to become better acquainted with this land and learn more about the path laid out by the producers for its wines. From the Adriatic to the Ionian, from...

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The situation in Puglia and Primitivo di Manduria (2)

Annalucia Galeone7 September 202314 December 2023

by Annalucia Galeone7 September 202314 December 20230

After seeing the position of Novella Pastorelli, the President of the Consortium for the Protection of Primitivo di Manduria, we interview today Donato Pentassuglia, Regional Agriculture Councillor, and Michele Schifone oenologist and owner of the Cicella masseria winery. We asked...

The Apulian situation of Primitivo di Manduria (1)

Annalucia Galeone6 September 20237 December 2023

by Annalucia Galeone6 September 20237 December 20230

We had started to look at some critical issues in the wine sector in Puglia with Professor Fregoni (click on Interview with Mario Fregoni | DoctorWine). We are returning to the topic by deepening it with interviews as well. Today the...

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Chef change at Amà, forward Luigi Chirico

Annalucia Galeone14 June 20232 February 2024

by Annalucia Galeone14 June 20232 February 20240

The Masseria Amastuola restaurant in Puglia opens its doors to a new chef, Luigi Chirico, whose credo is to enhance his homeland and what the land offers. Luigi Chirico is the new executive chef at Amà, the restaurant at Masseria Amastuola in...