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“The Future of Fine Wine in Europe” in Strasbourg with Assoenologi

Editorial Staff9 July 20259 July 2025

by Editorial Staff9 July 20259 July 20250

Assoenologi at the European Parliament with DoctorWine contributors Sissi Baratella and Sara Fracassetti: the only all-female speaker before European Agriculture Commissioner Christophe Hansen. In the presence of the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, Christophe Hansen, the meeting “The Future...

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Sustainability of wine supply chain from welfare at work

Editorial Staff8 July 202510 July 2025

by Editorial Staff8 July 202510 July 20250

Equalitas presents Distretti del Vino e della Sicurezza: sustainability of the wine supply chain starts with well-being at work. Training, protection and rights: the Nobile di Montepulciano pilot project launches a sustainable and safe model that can be replicated by...

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Ronco Calino: a dream among the vineyards of Franciacorta

Livia Belardelli8 July 20257 July 2025

by Livia Belardelli8 July 20257 July 20250

There are dreams that take decades to come true. Ronco Calino is one of them, long left in the drawer, but which has finally blossomed and grown to its current reality. We are in Franciacorta, and this is the story...

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Small producers

Daniele Cernilli7 July 20252 July 2025

by Daniele Cernilli7 July 20252 July 20250

Speaking of small artisanal producers, Daniele Cernilli reminds us how “small is beautiful” is primarily an Italian concept. And it is good to remember that small producers are more subject to various difficulties, climatic and market, bureaucratic and cost of...

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Monchiero Carbone, Roero Riserva Printi 2020 in video tasting

Editorial Staff6 July 20259 July 2025

by Editorial Staff6 July 20259 July 20250

For the column “Awarded Wines 2025 – Tasted for you by DoctorWine,” Daniele Cernilli tells us about Roero Riserva Printi 2020 Monchiero Carbone. If you want to know more about this column, which today tells in video about Roero Riserva...

Gourmet Recipe of the Week

Rustic pie with ricotta cheese, carrots and peas

Stefania Vinciguerra5 July 20252 July 2025

by Stefania Vinciguerra5 July 20252 July 20250

Great either warm or cold, this rustic pie can be served as an appetizer, main dish or for a picnic. We pair it with Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore Bosco di Gica Brut Adami. This sparkling wine has a good acidity that...

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Barbera d’Asti Il Risveglio del Ceppo

Erika Mantovan4 July 20252 July 2025

by Erika Mantovan4 July 20252 July 20250

The Awakening of the Stump (Il Risveglio del Ceppo in Italian) is a very interesting project of the Barbera dei Sei Castelli Social Winery, and the Barbera d’Asti that bears its name is the outcome of 11 years of research,...

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Italian Wine Union: we react to difficulties

Editorial Staff4 July 20254 July 2025

by Editorial Staff4 July 20254 July 20250

According to the Italian Wine Union, it is necessary to adjust the Single Wine Text to react to the difficulties. Wine supply exceeds demand, with the next harvest there is a risk of 90 million hectoliters in the cellar with...

Eating and Sleeping in the Vineyards Gourmet

Tenuta di Fessina: sleeping in a palmento among the vineyards

Editorial Staff3 July 20251 July 2025

by Editorial Staff3 July 20251 July 20250

In Castiglione di Sicilia, on Mount Etna, Tenuta di Fessina is an estate that has become known for the quality of its wines. Now it has opened up to accommodation and offers 6 rooms in the estate’s Villa, where there...

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Font’Artana, Restaurant in Abruzzo

Vignadelmar2 July 20252 July 2025

by Vignadelmar2 July 20252 July 20250

For those who love Abruzzo cuisine, eating it locally is a plus: Font’Artana is a restaurant in Picciano, in the province of Pescara, and its dishes are well presented, genuine and flavorful, really good. Kudos to the Di Giovacchino family....

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Filippo Butussi, new president of the Friuli Colli Orientali and Ramandolo Consortium.

Editorial Staff2 July 20252 July 2025

by Editorial Staff2 July 20252 July 20250

Friuli Colli Orientali and Ramandolo Consortium: new board of directors elected. The new president is Filippo Butussi. After the end-of-term greeting of outgoing president Paolo Valle, who led the Board of Directors for the last two terms (and a total...

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Mamoiada Vives

Dario Cappelloni1 July 20251 July 2025

by Dario Cappelloni1 July 20251 July 20250

The preview tasting of wines from Mamoiada, in the heart of Sardinia, confirmed the steady quality growth of the area’s wines, showing two different production philosophies. From May 11 to 13, on the premises of the Giuseppe Sedilesu Winery in...

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Not just little brothers

Daniele Cernilli30 June 202526 June 2025

by Daniele Cernilli30 June 202526 June 20250

In the past, “second wines” from the more established appellations were often referred to as the “little brothers” of the great wines. Today this is less and less true: in many cases the “little brother” is the wine that is...

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Vigneti La Selvanella, Chianti Classico Riserva 2020 in video tasting

Editorial Staff28 June 20251 July 2025

by Editorial Staff28 June 20251 July 20250

For the column “Awarded Wines 2025 – Tasted for you by DoctorWine,” Daniele Cernilli tells us about Chianti Classico Riserva 2020 Vigneti La Selvanella. If you would like to learn more about this column, here is all the information: Tasted for...

Gourmet Recipe of the Week

Vine leaf rolls with meat and rice

Editorial Staff28 June 202519 June 2025

by Editorial Staff28 June 202519 June 20250

We added meat to these Dolmadakia-style rolls to make them a unique, more succulent dish, suitable for pairing with Sicilia Nero d’Avola 2022 Morgante. Ingredients for about 25 to 30 rolls: 30 fresh (or pickled) vine leaves; 250 g mixed...

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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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GDO: local production vs. common assortments

Pietro Rocchelli26 June 202518 June 2025

by Pietro Rocchelli26 June 202518 June 20250

The challenge of large-scale retail with regard to wine assortments concerns the space to be given to local productions compared to those of other regions, that is, the assortments common to different stores. Italy’s large retailers face an increasingly obvious...

Gourmet Where to eat

Trattoria del Cimino da Colombo since 1895

Vignadelmar25 June 202518 June 2025

by Vignadelmar25 June 202518 June 20250

In the province of Viterbo, in Caprarola, the same family has run Trattoria del Cimino for four generations. The arrival of Samuele Calistri, the younger and already famous sommelier, has given further impetus to a business that absolutely must be...

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Valoritalia presents the Annual Report of wine in Italy.

Editorial Staff25 June 202525 June 2025

by Editorial Staff25 June 202525 June 20250

Valoritalia presents the Annual Report of wine in Italy: 9.23 billion the value of certified wine in 2024. A year of consolidation for tricolor enology in the face of the condition of global instability and the recent uncertainty regarding U.S....

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Ampeleia and Cabernet Franc, a winning combination

Fabio Cartei24 June 202518 June 2025

by Fabio Cartei24 June 202518 June 20250

About Cabernet Franc and Ampeleia being a winning combination, there is now no shadow of doubt. This is also thanks to a cohesive, close-knit and competent staff, aided by oenologist and director Marco Tait, from Trentino and Maremma by adoption,...

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“Wines for the Summer 2025” has arrived

Daniele Cernilli23 June 202519 June 2025

by Daniele Cernilli23 June 202519 June 20250

To start the summer with the right glass, there is only “uncorking” the new edition of “Wines for Summer” by DoctorWine. It is also a way to try not to think only about the problems the wine world is going...

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Carpineto Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Greve 2021

Editorial Staff23 June 202523 June 2025

by Editorial Staff23 June 202523 June 20250

For the column “Wines Awarded 2025 – Tasted for You by DoctorWine – Second Season,” Daniele Cernilli tells us about Carpineto‘s Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Greve 2021. If you would like to learn more about this column, here is all...

Gourmet Recipe of the Week

Eggplant pie

Stefania Vinciguerra21 June 202517 June 2025

by Stefania Vinciguerra21 June 202517 June 20250

We pair this summer vegetarian dish – Eggplant pie, confit tomatoes and smoked scamorza cheese with basil pesto – with Vigneti delle Dolomiti Villa Gresti 2020 San Leonardo. The smoky and aromatic notes harmonize with the nuances of the wine,...

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Scuppoz, natural liquors from Abruzzo

Iolanda Maggio20 June 202519 June 2025

by Iolanda Maggio20 June 202519 June 20250

A visit to the Scuppoz company allowed Iolanda Maggio to take an all-around immersive journey into the world of artisanal liqueurs with an Abruzzese heart, discovering Genziana, Ratafià, Gin and bitter… In Abruzzi dialect, “Scuppoz” is an onomatopoeic word that...

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10 Orange Wine from Campania

Antonella Amodio19 June 202518 June 2025

by Antonella Amodio19 June 202518 June 20250

Campania’s Orange Wine: ancient tradition becoming innovation. Our Campanian par excellence Antonella Amodio tells us about it. Orange wine is the English locution, which has now entered our lexicon as well, referring to macerated white wines made by the technique...

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Wines for the Summer 2025: press review

Editorial Staff19 June 202519 June 2025

by Editorial Staff19 June 202519 June 20250

Next up is the press review on the publication of the new book in the series by DoctorWine“Wines for the Summer 2025” and Ronchi’s official presentation on June 21. ASKANEWS: https://askanews.it/2025/06/15/excise-the-driver’s-drive-wines-for-lestate-by-doctorwine-2025/ CRONACHE DI GUSTO: https://www.cronachedigusto.it/eventi-e-iniziative/i-vini-per-lestate-secondo-doctorwine-nel-libro-anche-una-sezione-con-la-mixology/ WINENEWS, inside the latest piece...

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New openings June 2025

Redazione DoctorWine19 June 202528 January 2026

by Redazione DoctorWine19 June 202528 January 20260

In this column we give an account of the month's new restaurant and wine bar openings up and down the peninsula. These are, it should be pointed out, reports and not reviews, as none of us have yet had the...

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Wineroad, wine bar with kitchen in Milan

Emanuele Baj Rossi18 June 202516 June 2025

by Emanuele Baj Rossi18 June 202516 June 20250

Just a stone’s throw from Porta Venezia, one of the beating hearts of Milan, we find Wineroad, a wine bar with kitchen run by Valerio Sisti, a longtime sommelier, former restaurateur and wine shop owner, with experience at the top...

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Ningxia, the new frontier of Chinese wine

Francesca Granelli17 June 202512 June 2025

by Francesca Granelli17 June 202512 June 20250

Between the Helan Mountains and the Yellow River, Ningxia, an arid region has been transformed into a dynamic wine hub, amid climatic challenges, international ambitions and wine tourism. Francesca Granelli tells us about it. Over the past three decades, Ningxia...

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Francesco Liantonio re-elected president of the Consorzio Tutela Vini Doc Castel del Monte

Editorial Staff17 June 202519 June 2025

by Editorial Staff17 June 202519 June 20250

Consorzio di Tutela Vini Doc Castel del Monte: continuity, promotion and sustainability at the center of the new mandate Francesco Liantonio has been re-elected as president of the Consorzio di Tutela Vini Doc Castel del Monte, thus confirming the trust...