Masciarelli’s Trebbiano d’Abruzzo Riserva Marina Cvetic, a masterpiece of longevity

Riccardo Viscardi5 December 20255 December 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi5 December 20255 December 20250

An exciting vertical tasting at Castello di Semivicoli confirms the extraordinary aging capacity of the Masciarelli family’s Trebbiano d’Abruzzo Riserva Marina Cvetic. From the history of the wine dedicated to Marina, to the analysis of individual vineyards and the tasting...

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Paternoster: 100 years of Vulture. A shooting star?

Riccardo Viscardi20 November 202520 November 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi20 November 202520 November 20250

One hundred years of Paternoster: between the myth of Aglianico del Vulture, the new course dictated by the Tommasi family with Barone Rotondo 2020 and the recovery of an ancient snowfield, of great archaeological, social and geological value. Riccardo Viscardi...

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Fattoria Le Pupille’s Saffredi in vertical

Riccardo Viscardi7 November 202513 November 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi7 November 202513 November 20250

It was a tempting opportunity: a vertical tasting of the iconic Saffredi to celebrate 40 vintages of Elisabetta Geppetti and her Fattoria Le Pupille. Ten vintages from 1993 to the preview of 2023. Elisabetta Geppetti with her son Ettore Rizzi...

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Vecchia Cantina di Montepulciano for the Cooperation Award

Riccardo Viscardi16 October 20254 December 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi16 October 20254 December 20250

The Cooperation Award, dedicated to social wineries, saw Vecchia Cantina di Montepulciano, a small Tuscan cooperative winery that has seen a surge in the quality of its wines in recent years, come out on top. It is also marking an...

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Fashion, market, territory

Riccardo Viscardi12 September 202512 September 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi12 September 202512 September 20250

And then again sub-areas, innovation and knowledge: how to harmonize all this? What Riccardo Viscardi wants to address in this article is a somewhat technical discussion, but we hope it will be understandable and interesting even for non-experts, as it...

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San Leonardo Carmenère vertical tasting

Riccardo Viscardi5 September 202528 August 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi5 September 202528 August 20250

Riccardo Viscardi participated in the interesting vertical tasting of Tenuta San Leonardo‘s Carmenère Vigneti delle Dolomiti Igt. On a beautiful monsoon day in Rome, the terrace of Palazzo Taverna does not disappoint, offering exciting colors and lights; even the wind...

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Catarratto and Grillo, Sicilian treasures (2)

Riccardo Viscardi22 August 202522 August 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi22 August 202522 August 20250

Riccardo Viscardi ‘s point continues on the two best-known Sicilian grape varieties: yesterday we looked at Catarratto, today it is the turn of Grillo. We could say father (or mother) and son, since Grillo is a grape variety created “by...

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Catarratto and Grillo, Sicilian treasures (1)

Riccardo Viscardi21 August 202522 August 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi21 August 202522 August 20250

Focus, between today and tomorrow, on two great Sicilian white grape varieties: Catarratto and Grillo. Two much-loved and widespread grape varieties that, thanks to new knowledge, are growing rapidly in quality. Riccardo Viscardi‘s reflections. Sicilia en Primeur is a beautiful...

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Cortona and Syrah: is it true love?

Riccardo Viscardi18 April 202521 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi18 April 202521 July 20250

Despite the path mapped out decades ago for a precise and unique territorial identity, thanks to Syrah, the territory fails to take off. Riccardo Viscardi ‘s opinion is that it lacks dynamism and, perhaps, conviction. For the past few years,...

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Chianti Classico 2022 and 2023, the best labels

Riccardo Viscardi27 March 202521 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi27 March 202521 July 20250

A highlight of the Tuscan previews was the tasting of Chianti Classico wines. Riccardo Viscardi comments on the vintages presented in the previews and suggests the best drinks. For the past few years, during the Tuscan previews, I have been...

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From Bolgheri to Suvereto: from Sassicaia to Tua Rita

Riccardo Viscardi20 March 202521 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi20 March 202521 July 20250

Quick trip by Riccardo Viscardi and Stefania Vinciguerra to say hello to some friends and preview some icons: Sassicaia 2022(Tenuta San Guido), Redigaffi, Per Sempre and Giusto di Notri 2022(Tua Rita). Passing through Poggio al Tesoro and finding a splendid...

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Pievi di Montepulciano: the Super Nobile

Riccardo Viscardi13 March 202521 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi13 March 202521 July 20250

The Pievi del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano project had its christening (a beautiful presentation) during the preview dedicated to the typology. After a few years of gestation, the first wines of the 2021 vintage finally saw the light of day....

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Ornellaia 2022, “Determination” in vertical tasting

Riccardo Viscardi28 February 202521 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi28 February 202521 July 20250

The preview tasting of Bolgheri Superiore Ornellaia 2022, accompanied by some earlier vintages, showed once again the greatness of this wine. Witness Riccardo Viscardi. Mild weather and clear skies greet us in San Vincenzo as we search for the Poggio...

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Poggio del Crine, the crus of Tenuta Montauto

Riccardo Viscardi31 January 202521 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi31 January 202521 July 20250

We are in Maremma, near the border with Lazio, and Riccardo Lepri’s Tenuta Montauto produces two unusual cru of absolute greatness: the Poggio del Crine Sauvignon and Pinot Noir. La Montaùto Estate is certainly the most important Maremma innovation of...

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Bolgheri Superiore 2022 preview, the top 10

Riccardo Viscardi10 January 202521 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi10 January 202521 July 20250

Bolgheri Superiore 2022 will be released only in a few months, but we had the opportunity to do a very early tasting and anticipate our first impressions. Early September; high temperatures, clear skies and the linear beauty of the Cypress...

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The best scented bubbles of Asti Docg

Riccardo Viscardi20 December 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi20 December 202421 July 20250

Moscato bianco, either in the “mushroom cap” sparkling version known as Asti or the “flush cap” sparkling version known as Moscato d’Asti is an extraordinary wine, an all-Italian treasure worth rediscovering. The best fragrant bubbles of Asti here they are....

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Benvenuto Brunello, the preview of Montalcino

Riccardo Viscardi13 December 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi13 December 202421 July 20250

Thoughts on Benvenuto Brunello 2024, the vintages presented and our best tastings of both the 2020 Brunello di Montalcino and 2019 Reserves at the Montalcino preview. The now traditional Benvenuto Brunello, a Montalcino preview of the Brunello di Montalcino vintages...

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Opportunity in adversity: Opera Unica of Donnafugata

Riccardo Viscardi21 November 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi21 November 202421 July 20250

A Chardonnay attacked by botrytis cinerea allowed the birth of a “Opera Unica” wine, taking advantage of a production opportunity in the climatic adversity. This story is a demonstration that sometimes “not all evils come to harm” or that often...

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Viticultural contaminations

Riccardo Viscardi28 October 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi28 October 202421 July 20250

In light of current knowledge and also in view of increasingly pressing climate challenges, are we really sure that we have the best grape varieties in the optimal territories? I take my cue from an editorial by Stefania Vinciguerra, on...

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Paleo, a happy insight

Riccardo Viscardi30 August 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi30 August 202421 July 20250

There is a winery in Bolgheri that has made its fundamental contribution to creating the myth of the area as we know it now. We are talking about Le Macchiole and its Paleo Rosso. You can’t refuse an invitation from...

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Teroldego: good news

Riccardo Viscardi23 August 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi23 August 202421 July 20250

From a visit to the Piana Rotaliana, it is clear that things are moving, and the studies of the Edmund Mach Foundation are helping to chart the way toward a greater understanding of grape variety and territory. I confess: I...

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Rosso di Montalcino, 40 years of “stash”

Riccardo Viscardi4 July 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi4 July 202421 July 20250

The Red Montalcino event, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Rosso di Montalcino, showed how this wine is not Brunello’s little brother, but represents a world of its own within the same territory. ]Rosso di Montalcino turns 40 years old....

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Modernity of the Italian Orient

Riccardo Viscardi17 June 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi17 June 202421 July 20250

In recent years, many native grape varieties are being rediscovered that, in light of old winemaking knowledge, were difficult to grow or of little satisfaction. By now things have changed, and the results are showing. Italy’s great wealth of grapes...

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The Renaissance Tradition of the Marchesi Gondi

Riccardo Viscardi26 April 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi26 April 202421 July 20250

Unforgettable was the evening "Salato Stil Novo - Vin Santo Dinner," conceived by the Gondi family, which featured seven vintages of Vin Santo Cardinal de Retz paired with the unparalleled dinner created by chef Vito Mollica. The world of wine...

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Vietti’s extraordinary “battery”

Riccardo Viscardi12 April 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi12 April 202421 July 20250

A tasting of the Piedmont-based winery Vietti's 15 upcoming wines demonstrated the absolute quality of the entire range. A beautiful Roman evening at Achilli in Parliament, featuring new vintages of products from Vietti. Vietti represents about 150 years of Langa...

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Chianti Classico 2022 at Chianti Classico Collection

Riccardo Viscardi19 March 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi19 March 202421 July 20250

The latest vintage of Chianti Classico previewed at the Chianti Classico Collection was not an easy vintage, but it was interpreted very well by several producers, giving us well-balanced and very enjoyable wines. Usual presentation at the Stazione Leopolda in...

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Picolit, a Friulian rarity

Riccardo Viscardi13 February 202421 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi13 February 202421 July 20250

Historically a wine of the great European nobility, Picolit is considered a "meditation wine" of great prestige, a true Friulian rarity. Put four high school friends over dinner one night, a raspberry Bavarian cream and a Picolit that many know...

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Brunello di Montalcino 2019 is presented

Riccardo Viscardi21 December 202321 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi21 December 202321 July 20250

A beautiful vintage, with very well articulated wines with no muscular excesses, no aggressive tannins and fresh aromas. Watch out, however, for wines that are too light: you can feel the alcohol, the tannins are aggressive and the texture disappears....

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Arillo in Terrabianca, the Tuscan theorem.

Riccardo Viscardi14 December 202321 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi14 December 202321 July 20250

The project of this winery is based on the "Tuscan Theorem," which is a triangle made up of three territories that ideally represent enological Tuscany: Chianti Classico, Maremma and Val d'Orcia. The company has long been present in the Italian...

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Nicola Mazzella, an Ischian visionary

Riccardo Viscardi5 October 202321 July 2025

by Riccardo Viscardi5 October 202321 July 20250

You only have to talk to Nicola to see that he is ahead of the curve, already projected into the future of his land's enology, thanks to clear ideas and a hypermodern production philosophy that respects the island and its...