Teroldego: good news
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...
Author: Riccardo Viscardi
Rosso di Montalcino, 40 years of “stash”
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....
Modernity of the Italian Orient
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...
The Renaissance Tradition of the Marchesi Gondi
This is custom heading element The world of wine is fascinating and allows you to experience unique and unexpected sensations. During the Tuscan previews, we found ourselves in the florentine renaissance, to discover the Renaissance tradition of the Marchesi Gondi....
Vietti’s extraordinary “battery”
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...
Chianti Classico 2022 at Chianti Classico Collection
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...
Picolit, a Friulian rarity
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...
Brunello di Montalcino 2019 is presented
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....
Arillo in Terrabianca, the Tuscan theorem.
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...
Nicola Mazzella, an Ischian visionary
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...
Cave Mont Blanc, the first 40 years
Forty years for the first sparkling wine produced by the cooperative winery from some of the highest vineyards in Europe: the Aosta Valley-based Cave Mont Blanc. Italian genius makes it possible to anticipate desires by creating fashions and trends. In...
Brunello, Nobile, Chianti… are not just Sangiovese
Everyone now talks, rightly, about territories. But many critics forget, when evaluating a wine, that the same grape variety changes a lot depending on the territory where it is produced. Therefore, evaluation parameters need to be changed. There is a...