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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....

Tastings Territories and wines

Rotalian Encounters return

Sissi Baratella20 December 202314 December 2023

by Sissi Baratella20 December 202314 December 20230

In its third edition, Incontri Rotaliani continues under the banner of encounter: Trentino's mountain wines, I Teroldego Rotaliani, meet Sicily's 'A Muntagna wines, Etna Doc. Yes, I’m talking about the now fearless and acclaimed red wines of Etna that fear...

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From Report missed opportunity for public service

Editorial Staff20 December 202316 January 2024

by Editorial Staff20 December 202316 January 20240

Frescobaldi: Wrong to tar a grass with "Bar Sport" considerations. “We believe that Report’s investigation of wine aired on Sunday, December 17 was A missed public service opportunity for the RAI masthead. We firmly believe that free journalism is necessary...

Tastings Territories and wines

Fabri, Rivera’s new rosé, is born

Annalucia Galeone19 December 202314 December 2023

by Annalucia Galeone19 December 202314 December 20230

Fabri is the new rosé wine made entirely from Apulian Nero di Troia grapes that the De Corato family dedicates to Fabrizio, who died prematurely last year. Since 1950, the De Corato family, owners of Cantina Rivera, has firmly linked...

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As of today we’re on www.doctorwine.wine

Stefania Vinciguerra18 December 202314 December 2023

by Stefania Vinciguerra18 December 202314 December 20230

Save the date: today represents another important step in the evolution of our network. From now on to read DoctorWine you need to click on doctorwine.wine, while our old link doctorwine.it will only remain active as an archive. Like all...

Gourmet Recipe of the Week

Tuna and cacciatore

Redazione DoctorWine16 December 20231 December 2025

by Redazione DoctorWine16 December 20231 December 20250

The Messina restaurant Casa e Putia offers this recipe with marinated tuna, crispy cacciatora, extra virgin olive oil, tuna sauce with candied capers from Salina. We pair it with Trentino Bianco Riserva Conte Alessandro 2018 Tenute Sajni Fasanotti. Ingredients: 500...

Tastings Vertical Tasting

Carmignano Trefiano: 40 years without feeling it

Stefania Vinciguerra15 December 202315 January 2025

by Stefania Vinciguerra15 December 202315 January 20250

The Contini Bonacossi family's Carmignano Riserva Trefiano was born in 1979 from an idea of Vittorio, who was young, enterprising and eager to experiment at the time. Dedicated to him is this cru, which, in the vertical tasting carried out,...

Tastings Exploring wineries

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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Italian sparkling wines one step closer to 1 billion quota

Editorial Staff14 December 202314 December 2023

by Editorial Staff14 December 202314 December 20230

A third of the sparkling wine produced in Italy will go abroad for the holidays. We will uncork about 95 million bottles in Italy; the low-cost segment is growing. Italian sparkling wines will have to wait at least 12 months...

Gourmet Where to eat

Brace e Gusto in Rome

Vignadelmar13 December 202314 December 2023

by Vignadelmar13 December 202314 December 20230

An all-Calabrian restaurant, from the ownership to the raw materials, which in fact come from a family farm in the province of Cosenza. Protagonist is the large grill that is always lit, for spot-on cooking of meat (especially) and vegetables....

Tastings Wines for Every Pocket

Lugana for all

Editorial Staff12 December 202314 December 2023

by Editorial Staff12 December 202314 December 20230

Lugana is the Garda white wine that makes drinkability its atout. The slight aromaticity is due to the Turbiana (Trebbiano di Lugana) grape variety that is its soul. It has already happened to us several times to talk about Lugana,...

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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...

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Flos Olei 2024, the guide to the world’s EVO oils, arrives

Editorial Staff10 December 202314 December 2023

by Editorial Staff10 December 202314 December 20230

This is custom heading element Flos Olei 2024, the 15th edition of the first and only guide dedicated to extra virgin olive oil internationally, is finally available. Once again this year’s volume, edited by Marco Oreggia and Laura Marinelli, features...

Gourmet Recipe of the Week

Herb and ricotta cheese tortelli with smoked salmon

Stefania Vinciguerra9 December 20231 December 2025

by Stefania Vinciguerra9 December 20231 December 20250

The holidays are approaching and smoked salmon is a real must for Christmas menus, simple, versatile and with intense flavor. Let’s try it in this first course completed with butter, parmesan cheese and milk foam and drink together the Verdicchio...

Tastings Territories and wines

Sannio Vineyard

Antonella Amodio8 December 202314 December 2023

by Antonella Amodio8 December 202314 December 20230

An area that occupies first place in the Campania wine sector and where Falanghina and Aglianico are the masters. Ten thousand hectares planted with vines, seven thousand nine hundred winemakers, about one hundred bottling companies for more than one million...

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Focus on Salento

Annalucia Galeone7 December 202314 December 2023

by Annalucia Galeone7 December 202314 December 20230

A press tour organized by the Consortium of Salice Salentino allowed us to become better acquainted with this land and learn more about the path laid out by the producers for its wines. From the Adriatic to the Ionian, from...

Gourmet Where to eat

Quality always and first, even in yeasts

Sissi Baratella6 December 202326 February 2025

by Sissi Baratella6 December 202326 February 20250

Word of Nicola Noschese, a yeast maker by profession, who reminds us of the central role of yeast in traditional Italian desserts, first and foremost Christmas desserts. Christmas and Easter are so-called holy days. In addition to bringing families together,...

Tastings Wines for Every Pocket

Mediterranean Rosé wine

Daniele Cernilli5 December 202329 January 2026

by Daniele Cernilli5 December 202329 January 20260

San Salvatore 1988 winery is offering a new rosé wine 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. Since 1988 he has been producing...

Gourmet Where to eat

Basalto, here is the new gourmet restaurant in Catania

Editorial Staff5 December 202329 January 2026

by Editorial Staff5 December 202329 January 20260

New opening: Palazzo Sangiorgio, a newly opened five-star luxury hotel in the heart of Catania's historic center, holds a precious gourmet corner with street-level entrance and open to all. In Catania’s ancient Civita district, amid ancient noble palaces of black...

Gourmet Where to eat

Winelivery Bar-Enoteca opens in Andria

Editorial Staff4 December 202328 January 2026

by Editorial Staff4 December 202328 January 20260

New opening: And after Trani, Puglia hosts the second Bar-Enoteca of Winelivery, The App for Drinking! In the heart of Andria, in the heart of the movida, rises the new landmark for lovers of wine and gastronomic innovation. Last week...

Gourmet Where to eat

New openings: December 2023

Editorial Staff4 December 202328 January 2026

by Editorial Staff4 December 202328 January 20260

The positive trend of new business registrations in the restaurant industry continues, although there is still a very high number of terminations. The regions with the highest number of companies with new table service born as of October 2022 are...

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Putting the cart before the horse

Daniele Cernilli4 December 202329 January 2026

by Daniele Cernilli4 December 202329 January 20260

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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Climate change and sustainability in the wine sector

Editorial Staff4 December 202324 February 2026

by Editorial Staff4 December 202324 February 20260

The Consorzio Barbera d'Asti e Vini del Monferrato addressed the issue of climate change and sustainability in the wine sector, presenting data and new research as part of a conference all about the consequences of climate change in agriculture and...

Tastings

Maison A. Bergère and the quest for softness

Sissi Baratella1 December 202324 February 2026

by Sissi Baratella1 December 202324 February 20260

Young Champagne producer Adrien Bergère, the third generation (all named in A) to make wine in Champagne, has clear, scientific ideas about how to produce, with just a little homage to tradition. I met a young Champagne producer. 32 years...

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The misunderstanding about the Top Hundred

Daniele Cernilli27 November 202326 February 2026

by Daniele Cernilli27 November 202326 February 20260

This is custom heading element The ranking of this year’s top one hundred wines on Wine Spectator, the so-called Top Hundred, has come out, and the press-especially the national press-is competing to call the winning wine “the best in the...

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Engineer Zamuner’s millesimates.

Sissi Baratella24 November 202324 February 2026

by Sissi Baratella24 November 202324 February 20260

They called him, and still call him, the most French of Italians--to everyone, Engineer Zamuner. In that middle land between Verona and Lake Garda that would answer to the Custoza doc, it took an engineer to give us a little...

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Chardonnay, Sauvignon and Pinot Grigio

Daniele Cernilli20 November 202324 February 2026

by Daniele Cernilli20 November 202324 February 20260

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,...

Gourmet Recipe of the Week

Pappardelle with wild boar ragout

Stefania Vinciguerra18 November 20231 December 2025

by Stefania Vinciguerra18 November 20231 December 20250

This dish is a classic of Tuscan cuisine and is perfect for enhancing the flavors of Marchesi di Barolo’s Nebbiolo d’Alba Roccheri, as the robust flavor of the wild boar pairs well with the wine’s structure. Ingredients for 4 persons:...

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Sorelle Bronca, from the East to the West

Sissi Baratella17 November 202324 February 2026

by Sissi Baratella17 November 202324 February 20260

A winery in the Prosecco Superiore region that knows no rest, with a microzonation study to produce wines that would enhance the territory according to its different expressions. Sorelle Bronca was founded in 1989, in Colbertaldo di Vidor (TV), when...

Tastings Vertical Tasting

Vertical tasting of Castello del Terriccio

Stefania Vinciguerra16 November 202324 February 2026

by Stefania Vinciguerra16 November 202324 February 20260

We tasted nine vintages of Castello del Terriccio, the Syrah and Petit Verdot blend from the winery already famous for Lupicaia. We end with a surprise: a preview of Gian Annibale 2019, the second vintage of the wine dedicated to...