Pot-Pourri
Pot-pourri, like the scented composition made with dried flower petals and essential oils, encompasses many articles of different topics, a kind of corollary to the central topics of the site.
2023 vintage forecast: less than 44 million hectoliters
Italian wine production falls just under 44 million hectoliters , down 12 percent from last year’s 50 million. According to forecasts by the Assoenologi Observatory, Ismea and the Italian Wine Union (Uiv), presented today at Masaf, that 2023 could prove...
Faccini 2024: Puglia, Basilicata and Calabria
95, 96 e 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to win the Faccino DoctorWine. Further than that, double-face (98/100) and triple-face (99 and 100/100) are triggered. From now on you will find individual facets divided by region,...
Earth, the roots of culture
Have you ever tried to trace the essence of the word “culture”? The etymology leaves no room for doubt: “culture,” in Latin, means “cultivation of the earth” and comes from the verb còlere, “to cultivate.” And while today this term...
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...
Army to stop wild boars?
More than two million wild boars around Italy are a problem not only for agriculture, causing road accidents as well. The call to curb its proliferation has come from many voices and has been taken up by the government, as...
Doctorwine’s essential guide to the wines of Italy turns 10
PRESS RELEASE – The milestone will be celebrated in two stages together with many great protagonists of Italian wine production and the vast audience that has always followed Daniele Cernilli and DoctorWine: in MILAN (Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 at...
Doctorwine App Ready
PRESS RELEASE – DoctorWine is adding a mobile APP to its communication channels: it will be available to users worldwide, in both Italian and English, for both iOS and Android devices. Downloadable for free from the Apple App Store or...
Nicodemo Librandi passed away.
Nicodemo Librandi, a central figure in Calabrian wine, a doctor and professor of mathematics as well as founder of the winery of the same name in Cirò Marina, Calabria, has passed away. An outstanding wine entrepreneur, he has been a...
Andrea Lonardi becomes Master of Wine
With Andrea Lonardi, chief operating officer of Angelini Wines & Estates, Italy has its second Master of Wine. Andrea Lonardi from Veneto, 49, is the second Italian-after Gabriele Gorelli from Tuscany, who passed in 2021-to have passed the very difficult...
Ultimate victory of Bolghieri vs. Bolgarè
The General Court of the European Union recognizes all of the Bolgheri Consortium’s arguments in the case against the Bulgarian trademark Bolgaré, whose appeal is found to be definitively and manifestly unfounded because the Bolgaré trademark is evocative of the...
Etna mourns Giuseppe Benanti
Giuseppe Benanti, a pioneer of Etna winemaking and founder of Benanti Viticoltori, died yesterday. One could not write or talk about Etna without mentioning Cavalier Benanti. Long before the appellation reached its current fame, Giuseppe Benanti was one of the...
Franciacorta: 2022 positive and 2023 full of activities
The year 2022 is just behind us. The year just past was a favorable one for Franciacorta, which marked an excellent sales trend. Overall, 2022 presented volume sales well over 20 million bottles, surpassing 2019’s numbers and staying in line...
Young and sustainable lifting for Amarone
In 10 years, exploit of millennial tenants (+100%) and of the green vineyard (from 3% to 33%), with 2,873 hectares planted with organic or integrated production vines out of a total of 8,586. On the one hand, Unesco, which may soon...
Doc delle Venezie valued by internazional consumer
In 2022, the economic (+10%) and perceived value of DOC Delle Venezie increases internationally. With the new year, the Consorzio di Tutela is aiming for the growth of the DO in the domestic market and is a spokesman in the...
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...
In Ireland, allarm warnings on labels
The green light in Ireland to “health warnings” on wine, the notices on labels with alarmist warnings about health damage, according to the Italian Wine Union marks an extremely dangerous precedent on labeling; for Federvini it is discriminatory legislation that...
Alta Langa, a virtuous path
The year 2022 closed with growth for the Alta Langa appellation, and 2023 looks even better. The year 2023 will bring a strong sign of confidence in the future of the Alta Langa appellation, which wants to grow and establish...