“Signed DoctorWine” includes editorials by editor Daniele Cernilli or his closest collaborators (so the signature is the DoctorWine journal), as well as stories of memories with key players in the world of wine.
Not everyone knows this but wine-in-a-can originated in Italy in the 1980s. Its initial and quick success soon dissipated with its detractors having the upper hand and this practice went on hold until a few years ago. However, its popularity...
By undertaking a vertical tasting of all or most vintages of a wine, one can deeply understand that wine, its history, its stylistic evolution and the context in which it developed. One of the most effective ways to deeply understand...
Luciano Sandrone’s wines mirrored his good-natured, kind and cheerful personality. He was someone who was not out to teach anything to anyone but only to make wines that reflected their origin using clean and precise methods. Another friend is gone....
Italians have every reason to be proud of their white wines and should sing the praises of many of the great ones. Which wines? We’ll let you be the judge. Were I to ask my friend Luciano Lombardi, AKA Vignamar,...
It is not easy to predict which will be the next Italian wine growing areas to attract the international limelight, however we can make some educated guesses. There is little doubt that Barolo, Barbaresco, Brunello, Bolgheri and Amarone, along with some...
The basic principles of the movement known as nouvelle cuisine are different from what is often blathered about today, confusing a movement that proposed a critique and overcoming of classical French cuisine with a nebulous concept of creative cuisine, understood...
Each wine not only tells of its aroma or taste, but also evokes the world that is underlying: terroir, grapes, winemaking technique, producer's philosophy--both scientific and humanistic aspects. Any wine is not just something to drink. The difference there is...
The luxury market has driven up the prices of all iconic wines. Prices that are too high may drive new generations away from wine consumption, and this would be a big problem for the future of this industry. Fortunately, in...
The Masterchef contestant laid bare the distance between the cuisine presented by the popular TV show and the "real" cuisine, the one at home, the one that people understand and eat every day. To a stunned Bruno Barbieri who had...
