Author: Daniele Cernilli

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Direttore responsabile di DoctorWine nonché il direttore-curatore della Guida Essenziale ai Vini d'Italia by DoctorWine, Daniele Cernilli è un critico enologico di fama internazionale. Nel 2011 ha creato il web magazine DoctorWine dove mette a frutto la sua quarantennale esperienza. Giornalista e critico di vini (è stato cofondatore del Gambero Rosso nel 1986, curatore della guida Vini d’Italia per 24 edizioni, direttore del magazine Gambero Rosso, personaggio televisivo alla guida del Gambero Rosso Channel oltre che collaboratore di diverse testate nazionali specializzate e non, e attualmente è direttore responsabile anche della rivista L’Assaggiatore dell’Onav - Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori Vino), conferenziere e docente ai corsi professionali di degustazione e analisi sensoriale, scrittore (è autore del libro I racconti (e i consigli) di Doctor Wine - Einaudi 2014; Vitigni del mondo - La Conchiglia 2012 - in collaborazione con Dario Cappelloni; Memorie di un assaggiatore di vino - Einaudi 2006). Dal 2014, in collaborazione con un selezionato staff di degustatori e giornalisti, ha pubblicato con Mondadori le prime due edizioni della Guida Essenziale ai Vini d’Italia 2015 e 2016 e con MD Comunication le edizioni successive della Guida Essenziale ai Vini d’Italia. Dal 2012 è degustatore ufficiale al concorso Decanter Wine World Award (DWWA). Nel 2015 è stato selezionato per far parte del Wine Writers’ Hall of Fame della Wine Media Guild di New York e in passato è stato incluso nella classifica della rivista inglese Decanter tra le 50 persone più influenti nel mondo del vino (2007-2008-2009). Dal 2019 è chairman di 5stars - The Book di Vinitaly International.

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What are IGT wines

Daniele Cernilli13 January 20259 January 2025

by Daniele Cernilli13 January 20259 January 20250

The acronym stands for Indicazione Geografica Tipica (Typical Geographical Indication) and indicates a category of wines produced in areas generally larger than those regulated by DOC and DOCG. What are IGT wines? IGT were introduced with the Law 164 of...

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Tipicamente

Daniele Cernilli7 January 202518 December 2024

by Daniele Cernilli7 January 202518 December 20240

Antonio Boco and Paolo De Cristofaro, with graphic design by Tiziana Battista, excellently produce Tipicamente, a print magazine and website dedicated to wine. A Chicca to be discovered. I gave myself a gift for Christmas. I purchased online the first...

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The return of Franco Ziliani, the sniper

Daniele Cernilli30 December 202419 December 2024

by Daniele Cernilli30 December 202419 December 20240

We had lost track of journalist Franco Ziliani for a few years, and we were a bit worried. There were a lot of rumors… But here he came back out of nowhere with a phone call. A few days ago...

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Wine for chocolate

Daniele Cernilli23 December 202419 December 2024

by Daniele Cernilli23 December 202419 December 20240

It is a common belief that with chocolate, in all its expressions, wine cannot pair. Some possibilities, however, are there: let’s find out the right wine for chocolate. The “sacred texts” of the sommellerie (said sympathetically, of course) until a...

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Ask who was Gualtiero Marchesi

Daniele Cernilli16 December 202416 December 2024

by Daniele Cernilli16 December 202416 December 20240

Seven years after his death, the memory of the great Gualtiero Marchesi is fading. Many young people do not even know who he was and what he did for Italian cuisine. True, it is not about the Beatles as in...

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Edo and the Michelin Guide

Daniele Cernilli9 December 20246 December 2024

by Daniele Cernilli9 December 20246 December 20240

A few thoughts on the Michelin Guide, taking a cue from Edoardo Raspelli’s long-standing criticism of it, mainly concerning the small number of inspectors, which does not allow all reviewed establishments to be visited every year and thus involves repeating...

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Wines and grape varieties

Daniele Cernilli25 November 202426 November 2024

by Daniele Cernilli25 November 202426 November 20240

Often, in common speech, we run the risk of confusing wines and grape varieties and defining a wine not by its territory of origin, but simply by the grape variety to which it belongs. Serious mistake! It is now a...

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Those who… the Sauvignon

Daniele Cernilli18 November 202419 November 2024

by Daniele Cernilli18 November 202419 November 20240

Sauvignon is a wine enjoyed by consumers around the world, perhaps because its aromas are unmistakable and varied. There are few wines loved and hated, thus divisive, like the various Sauvignons around the world. Meanwhile, let’s see what it is...

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Mother Ais

Daniele Cernilli11 November 202411 November 2024

by Daniele Cernilli11 November 202411 November 20240

Almost sixty years of outreach, an immense amount of work to spread the culture of wine not only among wine professionals but also, perhaps especially, among wine lovers. The Italian Sommelier Association will be 60 years old next year. It...

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Are we at the end of an era?

Daniele Cernilli4 November 202430 October 2024

by Daniele Cernilli4 November 202430 October 20240

For several years in the wine industry there has been a discussion about the changes in consumption in various markets. Are we really at the end of an era? And what will the next one look like? Let’s hazard a...

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Mas que nada

Daniele Cernilli21 October 202418 October 2024

by Daniele Cernilli21 October 202418 October 20240

Mas que nada, that is, better than nothing. We refer to the DOC system, which may be imperfect, but it protects the interest of consumers as well as competition among producers. “The system of wine rules has existed for more...

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Origin or process (bis)

Daniele Cernilli2 September 202413 August 2024

by Daniele Cernilli2 September 202413 August 20240

Still in the vein of resuming old editorials that seem very relevant to me and at a time when so many are enjoying their vacations and there is not much striking news in the wine world, I repost this. One...

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Nonino, not just grappa

Daniele Cernilli26 August 202427 August 2024

by Daniele Cernilli26 August 202427 August 20240

The recent death of Benito Nonino, one of the fathers of Italian grappa, Friulian in particular, cannot but prompt some considerations about the role that the Nonino family has had, and still has, in the world of agribusiness in our...

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The inflation of excellence

Daniele Cernilli19 August 20248 August 2024

by Daniele Cernilli19 August 20248 August 20240

Every now and then I get to reread old editorials that still seem really relevant to me. This is one of them. One of the frankly boring and rhetorical aspects of Italian politics when it comes to agribusiness is the...

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Between orange and gold

Daniele Cernilli5 August 202419 July 2024

by Daniele Cernilli5 August 202419 July 20240

Like a white man singing the blues, Ca’ Rugate’s Soave Classico Superiore Bucciato 2022 is a highly original wine, reminiscent of old-fashioned whites, but with great technical expertise. My personal experience with white wines fermented “on the skins” starts from...

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Ten years ago

Daniele Cernilli29 July 202419 July 2024

by Daniele Cernilli29 July 202419 July 20240

It has been 10 years since the sudden death of Stefano Bonilli. We publish the letter that Daniele Cernilli published in the aftermath of the sad news. Rome, August 4, 2014 Dear Stefano, I don’t know why but I had...

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Some general considerations

Daniele Cernilli22 July 202418 July 2024

by Daniele Cernilli22 July 202418 July 20240

Reflecting on the data on Italian viticulture, interesting information emerges that makes us understand why Italy is the country of “wine artisans.” I have a habit, when addressing a topic, of having some data at hand, to understand the extent...

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Wine scores

Daniele Cernilli15 July 202422 July 2024

by Daniele Cernilli15 July 202422 July 20240

Reducing the judgment of a wine to a number (in our case in hundredths) is always a stretch that has the value of an indication, whose subjectivity is limited by the presence of a panel of tasters. To necessarily give...

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Wine at the supermarket

Daniele Cernilli8 July 20241 July 2024

by Daniele Cernilli8 July 20241 July 20240

Too often we hear that wines at the supermarket are poor quality wines, but while this may perhaps have been true in the past, it is now totally outdated by the increasing focus by large-scale retail chains. Every now and...

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The 2020 Trebbiano

Daniele Cernilli1 July 202427 June 2024

by Daniele Cernilli1 July 202427 June 20240

We are talking about Valentini’s Trebbiano d’Abruzzo, which is being released these days. As has been the case for decades, the bottle’s arrival is accompanied by a handwritten letter (by Edoardo first, by his son Francesco Paolo now) telling of...

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Lambrusco: a world apart

Daniele Cernilli24 June 202425 June 2024

by Daniele Cernilli24 June 202425 June 20240

The many types of Lambrusco have in common a profoundly popular soul, made up, certainly, of organoleptic characteristics, but also of affordable prices and great eclecticism in pairings. Speaking with Giacomo Savorini, director of the Lambrusco Consortium (video of the...

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The purity of the race ten years later

Daniele Cernilli10 June 20245 June 2024

by Daniele Cernilli10 June 20245 June 20240

We return to a topic we discussed 10 years ago: the use of a single, 100 percent, pure variety falsely regarded as traditional. Tasting several vintages of Tignanello by Antinori during the celebration of its 50th anniversary since its release,...

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Wine and chemistry

Daniele Cernilli3 June 202429 May 2024

by Daniele Cernilli3 June 202429 May 20240

To ensure healthiness and food safety requires deep scientific knowledge, which also means (bio)chemical processes related to fermentation. During the course of Dialogues of Pistoia, which is a cultural festival that took place this year a few days ago, while...

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Four flavors plus one. The Umami

Daniele Cernilli30 May 202422 May 2024

by Daniele Cernilli30 May 202422 May 20240

Umami is a flavor that is relatively new to us in the West, but rooted in Eastern cuisines, synthesizing salty, sweet, and bitter and found in soy sauce. As well as among the descriptors of several long-lived wines. It is...

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Chianti Classico, Chianti and… Lollobrigida

Daniele Cernilli27 May 202421 May 2024

by Daniele Cernilli27 May 202421 May 20240

Unfortunately, the difference between Chianti Classico and Chianti is unclear to many, many people. But it would be desirable if at least the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry knew her… In the collective imagination, but also for many...

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Four flavors plus one. The Bitter

Daniele Cernilli23 May 202422 May 2024

by Daniele Cernilli23 May 202422 May 20240

Ready for the four flavors plus one, bitterness. How many times have we twisted our mouths at this taste that is generally contrary to our preferences since these, we saw in the “second episode,” from childhood are naturally predisposed toward...

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More pans and fewer stars

Daniele Cernilli20 May 202421 May 2024

by Daniele Cernilli20 May 202421 May 20240

Yay for family-run trattorias, with simple but also very solid and territorial cuisine, where patron and cook-often the same person-are always present. In other words: more pans, fewer stars. The accountability of any activity directed toward the public is made...

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Four flavors plus one. The Salty

Daniele Cernilli16 May 202414 May 2024

by Daniele Cernilli16 May 202414 May 20240

Here we come to the third flavor: the salty. We are all familiar with it and crave it on our plates, to the point that a bland, drab, dull, silly, or whatever you want to call a salt-free food, we...

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The Era of the Black Rooster

Daniele Cernilli13 May 20248 May 2024

by Daniele Cernilli13 May 20248 May 20240

For the 100th anniversary of the Chianti Classico Consortium, the book comes out. On the Trail of the Black Rooster, a (hopefully compelling) account of a great wine and its history. On May 14, the Chianti Classico Consortium and its...

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Four flavors plus one. The Sweet.

Daniele Cernilli9 May 20247 May 2024

by Daniele Cernilli9 May 20247 May 20240

We saw last Thursday the first of the four flavors (plus one) that make up the flavor family: sour, sweet, salty, bitter and umami. Today is the time for dessert. It is the most beloved flavor and possesses the longest...