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.
Fashion, market, territory
And then again sub-areas, innovation and knowledge: how to harmonize all this? What Riccardo Viscardi wants to address in this article is a somewhat technical discussion, but we hope it will be understandable and interesting even for non-experts, as it...
Strega: ancient and magical liquor made in Italy
When Giuseppe Alberti, in 1860, perfected a recipe from the Benedictine monks to give birth to Strega liqueur, he certainly did not imagine that its success would be planetary. Antonella Amodio tells us the story of this magical liquor. “The...
Dehors restaurants? It’s too hot
After this summer, the dehors model of any public establishment-restaurant, trattoria, pizzeria, bar-that hosts its customers outside must be rethought. Fabrizio Carrera discusses. In July and August it is no longer possible to eat outdoors. We need to review the...
Ampelio Bucci passed away
Today the Italian wine world lost one of its greatest men. Ampelio Bucci passed away at the age of 89. Terrible news. Ampelio Bucci is gone. He had not been well for several months but we hoped he would recover....
Why do I drink wine?
With the current times, with the offensive against wine, as if anyone who indulges in a glass is a drunkard, as if every glass is a deadly attack on health, reading these words by Iolanda Maggio is a breath of...
Cirò now has its own DOCG: Cirò Classico
Cirò Rosso Riserva becomes DOCG under the new name Cirò Classico. Cirò Bianco, Cirò Rosato, Cirò Rosso, Cirò Rosso Classico, Cirò Rosso Classico Superiore and Cirò Rosso Superiore remain within the DOC. Wine Calabria celebrates with the 18th edition of...
GDO: building value beyond price
How to build value for wine in GDO in the new phase of consumption, to overcome the logic of price. For years, price was the first (and often the only) message with which wine was presented to consumers in the...
Sant’Anna Master of Pisa: Italian Wines and World Markets
The first-level university master’s program “Italian Wines and World Markets,” now in its 11th edition, has opened enrollment for the 2025-26 academic year. Organized by the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa in collaboration with three Tuscan universities and the AIS,...
Retail media: a new frontier for Italian wine
Retail media refers to the set of promotional activities that take place within the sales channels managed directly by brands. A way of speaking directly to shoppers. Over the past three decades, the Italian wine industry has invested decisively in...
Verdicchio Castelli di Jesi, storage decided
The Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC is extending the storage measure until June 30, 2026, to safeguard the market and the appellation. This was decided in Jesi (Ancona) by the members’ meeting of the Marche Institute for the Protection...
Orvieto Doc at 10 degrees
New specification approved, allowing 10-degree alcohol content for Orvieto Doc. First wines on the market and research project for a more modern and sustainable appellation. The Consorzio Tutela Vini di Orvieto announces a historic step for the denomination: with the...
“The Future of Fine Wine in Europe” in Strasbourg with Assoenologi
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...
Sustainability of wine supply chain from welfare at work
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...
Italian Wine Union: we react to difficulties
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...
Filippo Butussi, new president of the Friuli Colli Orientali and Ramandolo Consortium.
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...
GDO: local production vs. common assortments
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...
Valoritalia presents the Annual Report of wine in Italy.
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....
Scuppoz, natural liquors from Abruzzo
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...
Wines for the Summer 2025: press review
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...
Ningxia, the new frontier of Chinese wine
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...
Francesco Liantonio re-elected president of the Consorzio Tutela Vini Doc Castel del Monte
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...
Paradiso di Cacuci and his cru IX Cielo
Montalcino: a paradise for history, culture, wine. Here Gogu Cacuci, as in Dante’s Paradise, has found his “IX Heaven.” In 2017 Gogu Cacuci, a doctor, entrepreneur and wine enthusiast, is looking for a wine estate in Montalcino to acquire. He...
Cesare Cecchi confirmed as president of the Consorzio Vino Toscana
Cesare Cecchi will be the president of the Tuscan Wine Consortium for a third consecutive term. He was appointed by the Consorzio’s new board of directors, elected by the assembly last May 23. The vice presidents are Ancillotti and Frescobaldi....
Concours Mondial de Bruxelles: a global compass for wine quality
For more than 30 years, the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles has been rewarding winemaking excellence with blind tastings and an international jury. The 2025 edition takes place in Yinchuan, in the heart of China’s Ningxia wine region. One of the...
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano: Andrea Rossi confirmed as president
This will be the third three-year term as president of the Consorzio del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano for Andrea Rossi and third also for Rossi’s vice presidents, Susanna Crociani and Luca Tiberini. Andrea Rossi will be the president of the...
Private label: the new face of wine in GDO
Who is the real producer of the name-brand wine we buy in large-scale retail? The selection is in the hands of the retailer, who is placing increasing emphasis on private labels for customer loyalty. Focusing on value. For years, the...
Sissi Baratella talks about Prosecco Superiore Conegliano Valdobbiadene.
In the first weekend of June, Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore will be the protagonist of a new storytelling project, entrusted to the voice and gaze of our collaborator Sissi Baratella, oenologist, journalist and wine popularizer. In collaboration with the Consorzio...
Giacomo Bartolommei new president Consorzio Vino Brunello di Montalcino
Giacomo Bartolommei is the new president of the Consorzio Vino Brunello di Montalcino. Youngest ever. The new president of the Consorzio Vino Brunello di Montalcino has been appointed. He is Giacomo Bartolommei, the youngest in the denomination’s history. Also appointed...
Interview with Ettore Germano
Fabrizio Carrera, editor of Cronache di Gusto, interviews Ettore Germano, president of the Consorzio Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Dogliani: “Barolo and Barbaresco are liked because they are unique. And on relief irrigation yes, but…” Relief irrigation? Why not....
Vino Nobile, Montepulciano d’Abruzzo and Minister Salvini
“Tuscans have broken the p…..” Vice Premier Matteo Salvini’s (unfortunate) joke “stolen” during an exchange with Abruzzo President Marco Marsilio. The Caroccio leader had responded thus to the Melonian governor who had said, “Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is better known and exported...