Miscellanea
Miscellanea is the section where we report on food and wine topics that do not fit into DoctorWine’s other thematic columns.
The wine-sugar
From wine-alcohol we moved to wine-sugar. Because the sweet taste is the one most likely to meet people’s taste buds. If wine-alcohol has been the dominus of the wine scene for millennia, in each time it has had to cede...
Wine alcohol
For millennia, alcohol was the parameter by which wine was judged, made and drunk. Today, things have radically changed thanks to evolving winemaking techniques. Alcohol wine is that wine that has trod the scene as a protagonist for a few...
The six faces of planet wine
In addition to classic categories, remembering to unconventional parameters can guide us to enjoy even more fully what we pour into our glass. The primary supplier of raw material of any form of communication has a specific identity: it is...
Four flavors plus one. The Umami
Umami is a flavor that is relatively new to us in the West, but rooted in Eastern cuisines, synthesizing salty, sweet, and bitter and found in soy sauce. As well as among the descriptors of several long-lived wines. It is...
Domus Artium Reserve is born
With the launch of this new wine lounge, a private club for lovers of art and taste, wine is gaining status. Domus Artium Reserve is born. It was presented in Milan, at the Mengoni Room of the Cracco restaurant in...
Four flavors plus one. The Bitter
Ready for the four flavors plus one, bitterness. How many times have we twisted our mouths at this taste that is generally contrary to our preferences since these, we saw in the “second episode,” from childhood are naturally predisposed toward...
Four flavors plus one. The Salty
Here we come to the third flavor: the salty. We are all familiar with it and crave it on our plates, to the point that a bland, drab, dull, silly, or whatever you want to call a salt-free food, we...
Four flavors plus one. The Sweet.
We saw last Thursday the first of the four flavors (plus one) that make up the flavor family: sour, sweet, salty, bitter and umami. Today is the time for dessert. It is the most beloved flavor and possesses the longest...
Four flavors plus one. The sour
We have been taught since childhood that there are four flavors: sour, sweet, salty and bitter. For the past few decades, umami, which comes from Eastern cultures and has entered "our taste buds" with the boom in ethnic cuisines, has...
Wild Wines in Rome
Not just natural wines, but really wild wines in Rome. At least that is how the wines are defined in the title of the Roman event dedicated to them. An "alternative" event, which managed to capture the interest of hundreds...
Cantina Caprai and ITS: the future of the vineyard is Digital!
Cantina Caprai and ITS Umbria untether the world of agriculture with a vineyard digitization project. La Caprai Winery of Montefalco has consolidated a collaboration of more than 10 years with the ITS Umbria , serving as a classroom for students...
Calici&Spicchi , the first book on wine/pizza pairing
At last, the indispensable tool to discover Antonella Amodio's sensory journey through 101 pairings with the right wine-from the traditional Margherita pizza to the most creative. Let's learn how to choose the ideal wine for the pizza we eat: Goblets&Spicchi...
To learn all about PIWIs, The Resistant Viticulture
After the signing of the bylaws of the new association PIWI Italia, the presentation of the book "PIWI, La viticoltura Resistente" was held with the presence of authors Ivano Asperti and Luca Gonzato. In this new and unprecedented 340-page volume,...
Flos Olei 2024, the guide to the world’s EVO oils, arrives
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...
The situation in Puglia and Primitivo di Manduria (2)
After seeing the position of Novella Pastorelli, the President of the Consortium for the Protection of Primitivo di Manduria, we interview today Donato Pentassuglia, Regional Agriculture Councillor, and Michele Schifone oenologist and owner of the Cicella masseria winery. We asked...
Barolo en Primeur 2023
Technical tasting at Enosis Meraviglia to present the third edition of the charity project, with the auction curated by Christie’s scheduled for Oct. 27. Created through the collaboration between Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo, Fondazione CRC Donare ETS, and...
Tuscany and Piemont for investment wines
At +9.2%, made-in-Italy investment wines remain a strategic asset for those wishing to diversify their portfolios. But which homegrown labels are worth the most? These are the best-performing Italian wines under the watchful lens of investors around the world. Investing...
Interview to professor Attilio Scienza
“This is not the annus horribilis of wine. And I’ll explain why.” And let’s not forget precision viticulture. We reach Attilio Scienza by phone at his home in Trentino. In Palermo there is apocalyptic heat and the mercury column touches...
Daniele’s father passed away
The funeral will be held this morning at Church Sant’Antonio da Padova in Rome. Yesterday afternoon Alfredo Cernilli, Daniele’s father, passed away. He lived a very long time, more than a century; in a few weeks he would have been 101...
Interview with Mario Fregoni
Professor Fregoni, professor of Viticulture at the Catholic University of Piacenza and former president of the Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin (OIV), interviewed by DoctorWine talks about Primitivo di Manduria and the critical issues of the wine...
Secular denominations to the test of facts
For the past few years we have been bringing together in a single tasting session the wines of the three appellations featured in the 1716 proclamation of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III de’ Medici: Rufina (where we went...
TCI’s Alberghi e Ristoranti d’Italia 2023 guidebook released
New edition of the "Hotels and Restaurants of Italy 2023" guide edited by the Touring Club: more than 2,700 carefully selected establishments for sleeping and eating and more than 360 addresses for zero-mile shopping. The guide devotes great attention to...