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.
Seals DoctorWine 2026 South Tyrol and Trentino
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. On Tuesday 16, we began publishing individual veneers by...
Wine for Earth talk show: Sustainability essentials
At Wine for Earth, the talk show outlining the sustainable future of the wine industry. Sunday, October 5 at 10 a.m. at the Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan. It will be a high-profile moment of discussion that will characterize...
Seals DoctorWine 2026: Sicily and Sardinia
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. On Tuesday 16, we began publishing individual veneers by...
Seals DoctorWine 2026: Campania, Lazio and Umbria
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. On Tuesday 16, we began publishing individual veneers by...
Montevetrano has been acquired by Tenuta Ulisse
Campania’s historic Montevetrano winery has been acquired by Tenuta Ulisse. Silvia Imparato remains as guarantor of the iconic winery’s production quality. Abruzzo-based Tenuta Ulisse winery has acquired Montevetrano, one of Campania’s iconic wineries. Silvia Imparato, who created the winery in...
Seals DoctorWine 2026: Lombardy, Emilia and Romagna
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. On Tuesday 16, we began publishing individual veneers by...
Seals DoctorWine 2026: Marche, Abruzzo and Molise
95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal. Further than that, double-seal (98/100) and triple-seal (99 and 100/100) are triggered. Yesterday we began publishing individual facets by region, each...
Concours Mondial de Bruxelles: Fortified Wines toward UNESCO
At the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles the nomination of the historic fortified wines of the “Sun Belt” as a UNESCO Intangible World Heritage Site. The candidacy of the historic fortified wines of the “Fascia del Sole” as a UNESCO Intangible...
Seals DoctorWine 2026: Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria
From now on you will find individual Seals divided by Region, each wine preceded by its score, starting with the highest. 95, 96 and 97/100. These are the points a wine must achieve to be awarded with the DoctorWine Seal....
wine2wine Vinitaly Business Forum 2025
The first international edition of wine2wine Vinitaly Business Forum kicks off. The debut will be held in Chicago on October 5 and 6, 2025 at Navy Pier in conjunction with Vinitaly USA. The two-day program is divided into different thematic...
Kicking off the 1st edition of Wine for Earth with DoctorWine
Sustainability and Enology meet Companies, Consortia, Institutions and the general public in the context of the presentation of the Essential Guide to the Wines of Italy 2026 for the first edition of Wine for Earth. In the iconic setting of...
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...