Author: Daniele Cernilli

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Daniele Cernilli, aka DoctorWine, è un critico enologico di fama internazionale e direttore responsabile del web magazine DoctorWine e della Guida Essenziale ai Vini d’Italia. Giornalista e degustatore con oltre quarant’anni di esperienza, è stato cofondatore del Gambero Rosso e curatore della guida Vini d’Italia per 24 edizioni, direttore del GR Magazine e volto del GR Channel oltre che collaboratore di numerose testate. Attualmente è direttore responsabile anche della rivista L’Assaggiatore dell’Onav - Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori Vino, conferenziere e docente ai corsi professionali di degustazione. Autore di diversi libri sul vino - Sulle tracce del Gallo Nero, in collaborazione con Paolo De Cristofaro (Giunti 2024), I racconti (e i consigli) di Doctor Wine (Einaudi, 2014), Vitigni del mondo in collaborazione con Dario Cappelloni (La Conchiglia 2012); Memorie di un assaggiatore di vino (Einaudi 2006) - dal 2014 realizza, in collaborazione con un selezionato team di degustatori e giornalisti, la Guida Essenziale ai Vini d’Italia prima con Mondadori e poi con MD Comunication. Degustatore ufficiale al Decanter World Wine Award (dal 2012 al 2020), membro della Wine Writers’ Hall of Fame di New York (2015) e in passato inserito da Decanter tra le 50 persone più influenti nel mondo del vino, dal 2019 è anche chairman di 5Stars – The Book di Vinitaly International.

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Francesco Dammicco, one of us

Daniele Cernilli11 March 20247 March 2024

by Daniele Cernilli11 March 20247 March 20240

I have known Francesco - Franco - Dammicco since the mid-1980s. At the time, he was working for the Manifesto, which was the newspaper that hosted the first Gambero Rosso-branded inserts. Today, having concluded his decades-long relationship with GR, he...

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Always the familiar

Daniele Cernilli4 March 202429 February 2024

by Daniele Cernilli4 March 202429 February 20240

To those who claim that the guides always review "the usual knowns," I softly point out that in decades of critiquing wineries we have truly discovered many. And the work of discovery never stops, because we taste thousands of wines...

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For a fistful of yeast

Daniele Cernilli26 February 202426 February 2024

by Daniele Cernilli26 February 202426 February 20240

I am reposting, after what was recently stated on television, For a Fistful of Yeast, an old editorial that was even corrected to me by Professor Luigi Moio, since I at most divulge and have no scientific expertise on the...

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Long live Banfi and long live Ezio Rivella, 20 years later

Daniele Cernilli12 February 20248 February 2024

by Daniele Cernilli12 February 20248 February 20240

I republish an editorial I wrote in the Gambero Rosso almost two decades ago. I do this by remembering Cavalier Ezio Rivella, my friend Ezio, who left us a few weeks ago. At the time I was harshly criticized for...

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The oenological case

Daniele Cernilli5 February 202431 January 2024

by Daniele Cernilli5 February 202431 January 20240

Roberto Di Meo is currently one of the best interpreters of Italian "bianchista" oenology. This is demonstrated by many wines, but the last one he let me taste is a real oenological case: a Fiano with a stay of almost...

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Interpreting wine

Daniele Cernilli29 January 20242 February 2024

by Daniele Cernilli29 January 20242 February 20240

Only by knowing how to interpret a wine will I be able to understand it, in a kind of dialectic in which the characteristics of that wine and my ability to analyze it organoleptically can enable me to recognize it...

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American wine criticism between expertise and competition

Daniele Cernilli22 January 202416 January 2024

by Daniele Cernilli22 January 202416 January 20240

Evaluations of Italian wines by major American critics diverge strikingly. It comes to mind that this is a kind of score marketing, that is, they take into account principles governing competition and editorial positioning. American wine critics who cover Italy...

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Old Raspa

Daniele Cernilli15 January 20249 January 2024

by Daniele Cernilli15 January 20249 January 20240

Edoardo Raspelli, the "Raspa," one of the historic leading signatures of Italian food journalism, was fired by Gedi (publisher of Repubblica and La Stampa) via pec, without even a phone call of notice. Where did respect go? Especially since we...

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Talking about wine

Daniele Cernilli8 January 20249 January 2024

by Daniele Cernilli8 January 20249 January 20240

Parlare di vino senza essere fraintesi non è facile, bisogna cercare di spiegare questioni anche tecniche in modo che siano di immediata comprensione per tutti. Parlare di vino è difficile, su questo non c’è dubbio. Provare a spiegarlo, soprattutto a...

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The bad vintages

Daniele Cernilli2 January 202414 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli2 January 202414 December 20230

Woe to generalize. The pretense of judging an absolute vintage can lead to considering as bad vintages that in some areas are not bad at all. Because of the shape of Italy, the climate can be very different from one...

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To celebrate New Year’s Eve

Daniele Cernilli27 December 20239 January 2024

by Daniele Cernilli27 December 20239 January 20240

The midnight toast is somewhat of a rite of passage, although it is now increasingly commercialized. We like to imagine it at home, among friends, with an unassuming, special bottle that can be the emblem of a different, better year....

Tastings Vertical Tasting

Pergole Torte vertical tasting

Daniele Cernilli22 December 20239 January 2024

by Daniele Cernilli22 December 20239 January 20240

An iconic Tuscan wine that Sergio Manetti first and his son Martino later stubbornly made since 1977, against the Chianti Classico specification, to exalt pure Sangiovese. It all began in 1977, when Sergio Manetti, in controversy with the Chianti Classico...

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The adventures of DoctorWine

Daniele Cernilli11 December 202314 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli11 December 202314 December 20230

A very difficult year is drawing to a close, one of high inflation and an economic crisis at home, along with wars and an environmental crisis abroad. It wasn’t easy for anyone but we at DoctorWine can be satisfied over...

Tastings Wines for Every Pocket

Mediterranean Rose

Daniele Cernilli5 December 202314 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli5 December 202314 December 20230

San Salvatore 1988 winery is offering a new rosé from Aglianico grapes this year, Il Bufalo Rosa, which is pleasant and centered in price. Peppino Pagano is one of Cilento’s most famous entrepreneurs, and since 1988 he has been producing...

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Putting the cart before the horse

Daniele Cernilli4 December 202316 January 2024

by Daniele Cernilli4 December 202316 January 20240

This is custom heading element I am taking up, expanding on, an old editorial from 2017 that I feel is really very timely. During one of the last visits to the Cote d’Or, the true Eldorado of Burgundy, one of...

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The misunderstanding about the Top Hundred

Daniele Cernilli27 November 202314 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli27 November 202314 December 20230

The well-known ranking by the U.S. magazine Wine Spectator considers three parameters: organoleptic quality, number of bottles produced, and price. Not considering these "rules of engagement" generates misunderstandings about the meaning of the magnificent 100. The ranking of this year’s...

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Chardonnay, Sauvignon and Pinot Grigio

Daniele Cernilli20 November 202314 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli20 November 202314 December 20230

If we take a look at the white wines spread worldwide, we find that Italy is known for Pinot Grigio, much to the chagrin of our native grape varieties. I consider the readers of DoctorWine to be experts and knowledgeable,...

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Too much wine?

Daniele Cernilli13 November 202314 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli13 November 202314 December 20230

The stock figure in Italy is really worrying, not even a poor harvest like the one that just ended can balance the situation (at what price then?). It is time for the industry, with the support of policy, to plan...

Josko’s Ribolla

Daniele Cernilli9 November 202314 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli9 November 202314 December 20230

Gravner's 2015 Ribolla Gialla is a total, extraordinary wine where everything is in the right place, a wine that allows one to fully understand Josko Gravner's professional and even human journey. The personal story of Josko Gravner, his wife Marjia,...

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The service temperatures

Daniele Cernilli6 November 202314 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli6 November 202314 December 20230

Knowing the right serving temperature for a wine is not just a matter of "looking good." Temperature influences how the organoleptic characteristics of that particular wine are perceived. That of wine serving temperatures is a topic, in my opinion, that...

10 top Chianti Classico 2021

Daniele Cernilli31 October 202314 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli31 October 202314 December 20230

It is thanks to the numerous tastings carried out for the Essential Guide to the Wines of Italy 2024 at the Chianti Classico Consortium-Black Rooster that we can present our ranking of the best 10 Chianti Classico 2021. I would...

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Classic or Charmat?

Daniele Cernilli23 October 202314 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli23 October 202314 December 20230

These two methods of sparkling wine making are not to be considered one better than the other in an absolute sense, but to be considered in relation to the type of sparkling wine to be tasted. During a splendid seminar...

The time capsule from Ca’ del Bosco

Daniele Cernilli20 October 202314 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli20 October 202314 December 20230

Franciacorta winery Ca' del Bosco presented a Special Reserve of its iconic Franciacorta Annamaria Clementi: vintage 1980, among the greatest tastings ever. In 1980, more than 80 liters of wine per capita was drunk in Italy, roughly twice as much...

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Those who … amatriciana.

Daniele Cernilli9 October 202314 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli9 October 202314 December 20230

A pasta dish that is considered typical of Roman cuisine but actually has Abruzzese-Latium origins, in the town of Amatrice, from which it brings two key ingredients: guanciale and pecorino cheese. Amatrice is, but perhaps unfortunately after a terrible earthquake...

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The Trojan Horse

Daniele Cernilli2 October 202314 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli2 October 202314 December 20230

Apparently, dealcoholic "wine" travels a parallel road to traditional wine. But are we sure that tomorrow the beverage giants-the only ones who can afford the expensive process of dealcolare wine-won't try to supplant our beloved wine? A Dec. 2, 2021,...

Wines and ratings

Daniele Cernilli12 September 202314 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli12 September 202314 December 20230

Assigning ratings to wines is the most concise way to state their quality but in our Essential Guide to Italian Wine we go beyond this: we describe the wines we evaluate, we say what grapes and aging method were used...

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On the trail of the Black Rooster

Daniele Cernilli4 September 202314 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli4 September 202314 December 20230

The Chianti Classico Wine Consortium was founded in 1924, making it a century old next year. For the centennial celebrations, among other things, a book on its history is planned to be published, which I devoted myself to as soon...

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Remembering Mario Schioppetto

Daniele Cernilli28 August 202314 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli28 August 202314 December 20230

An important figure, a leading figure in Friulian viticulture, a pioneer of modern white wine in the region, who in one of the first meetings with Daniele Cernilli showed all his character. Today only those in their 50s and up...

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Silvano Formigli, a great profesional

Daniele Cernilli21 August 202315 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli21 August 202315 December 20230

From the beginning, great preparation, passion and enthusiasm were the basis of Silvano Formigli’s work and when he decided to retire it, perhaps, marked the end of an era of great passion related to the world of wine. It has...

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Let’s talk about Pinot Grigio

Daniele Cernilli7 August 202315 December 2023

by Daniele Cernilli7 August 202315 December 20230

The geographic origin of this grape is not very clear, however, its ampelographic origin is that of a genetic mutation of Pinot Noir. It is now considered to be an Italian variety thanks to the global success of Pinot Grigio...