Exploring wineries
Riesling Renano Roeno, a family affair
The Fugatti siblings, Cristina, Roberta and Giuseppe, with the new generation already coming into the business, set their sights on Riesling Renano a decade ago and achieved some really interesting results. Riesling Renano for Roeno is a family affair. On...
Brentonico, viticulture and mountain landscape
As a direct testimony, some thoughts on the Brentonico Plateau, Monte Baldo and the dialogue between viticulture and the mountain landscape. These were the subject of a very interesting conference. If I told you. Brentonico do I bring anything to...
Nicolas Feuillatte defies gravity with Mika
Champagne house Nicolas Feuillatte relies on eclectic artist Mika to launch a bridge to young consumers and “defy gravity” with a festive, poetic and colorful style. Colorful and artistic, in two words Defying Gravity. Ecco la nuova collaborazione della casa...
Opportunity in adversity: Opera Unica of Donnafugata
A Chardonnay attacked by botrytis cinerea allowed the birth of a “Opera Unica” wine, taking advantage of a production opportunity in the climatic adversity. This story is a demonstration that sometimes “not all evils come to harm” or that often...
Allegrini’s La Poja, diva by nature
An iconic wine born 40 years ago, Allegrini’s La Poja confirms its appeal and consolidates its image while remaining true to itself. The Allegrini family with 2024 began a new course, under the banner of respect for their history and...
Agar Limited Edition, Tenute Muròla
Red wine of 2018, a tribute to Agar Bonati Sorbatti by his family. Agar Limited Edition is a very rare wine, only 100 bottles, created to celebrate the 1923 engineering degree of the owners’ grandmother. Some time ago we got...
The oenological case of Di Meo’s wines
You may or may not love them, but you cannot disregard Roberto Di Meo’s Irpinian wines. They constitute a real “oenological case,” as they also come out decades after the harvest, accomplices being very long refinements in steel. Remember “The...
Berlucchi and Caccia al Piano: Ziliani’s winning pairing.
Franciacorta since the 1960s and Bolgheri since the early 2000s are the territories where the Ziliani family has invested to produce better and better wines. We are waiting to see the results of the latest investment in Oltrepò. Berlucchi and...
The 100th anniversary of Cascina Maddalena
The boutique winery Cascina Maddalena, located in the heart of the Lugana appellation, in the very hamlet that gives its name to the whole appellation, will turn 100 years old in 2024. Four acres, 90 percent conducted in Turbiana, and...
Michele Perillo’s Fiano di Avellino is born
Cantina Michele Perillo, Castelfranci’s Taurasi excellence, is launching its Fiano di Avellino produced in only 1,000 bottles with the 2022 vintage. In the village of Castelfranci, nestled in the hills of Irpinia, the Michele Perillo Winery, an authentic jewel of...
Here comes Trace of Rose by Matilde Poggi, Le Fraghe
In Veronese Gardesano territory, between the Lake and the Adige Valley, Matilde Poggi wanted to make a great pink wine. Now he does and has named it Track of Pink. Le Fraghe di Matilde Poggi is a winery-sized winemaker. Total...
Cantina Valle Isarco launches Granit 960
Released in July is Valle Isarco Cooperative Winery’s new wine, Granit 960: Kerner aged in a granite “sculpture.” Cantina Valle Isarco, among the most active wineries of the last two years, never stops making waves. And this time it surprises...
Casa Valdo finally opens its doors
After a lengthy renovation of the farmhouse and redevelopment of the vineyard in front, Valdo Spumanti’s new hospitality hub is finally up and running to welcome guests and wine enthusiasts from around the world. A real new wine tourism project...
The supernatural wine of Bodegas Menade
Thanks to the Blend 2024 event, we were able to taste a very special wine: the Castilla y León Sobrenatural 2018 Bodegas Menade. The 2024 edition of Blend, the enocultural review conceived and implemented by Bellenda. “Event, reserved for producers,...
Amalberga, rediscovering the Ostuni Doc.
Dario De Pascale, with friends and partners Roberto Fracassetti and Roberto Candia and together with winemakers Valentino Ciarla and Gloria Battista, launched the Amalberga project. The rediscovery of the Ostuni Doc, revitalizing Ostuni oenology and revaluing the territory. Ostuni, known...
Marjan Simčič and the Bigot method. 100, 300, 500 questions
The meeting between Slovenian winemaker Marjan Simčič and Friulian agronomist Giovanni Bigot helped further raise the level of this winery’s wines. Fragrant, concrete, elegant wines-in a word, memorable. I visited in Brda to Marjan Simčič, one of the most internationally...
The sparkling adventure of Claudia and Giulia Benazzoli
The Benazzoli sisters “come home” with their new Trentodoc, a classic method 100% Chardonnay. A sparkling adventure wanted by Dad and dedicated to him. Claudia and Giulia Benazzoli Physically, big shoulders do not have them; they are both well-proportioned. Figuratively...
What’s new in Franciacorta, at the Consortium and Montina
Revamping image and logo is not just a matter of form, but serves to reinforce the intended brand idea. This is what guided both the Franciacorta Consortium, which changed its historical logo, and the Montina company. The Franciacorta Consortium will...
Cuvée Tal, the Supertirols of Cantina Bolzano
There are two new Cuvées Tal le Supertirol from Cantina Bolzano: Tal 1930, white, and Tal 1908, red. Two highly expressive wines that stand at the top of the winery’s range. Anyone who loves South Tyrolean wines knows the consistent...
Fessina Estate. A new wine for Silvia
Two years after the untimely death of Tenuta di Fessina founder Silvia Maestrelli, her heirs are dedicating a special Reserve to her. The label is of a color bright coral red, Silvia Maestrelli’s favorite. The source vineyards are also those...
The Renaissance Tradition of the Marchesi Gondi
Unforgettable was the evening "Salato Stil Novo - Vin Santo Dinner," conceived by the Gondi family, which featured seven vintages of Vin Santo Cardinal de Retz paired with the unparalleled dinner created by chef Vito Mollica. The world of wine...
Butussi family selections
A meeting at the winery allowed the press to learn more about the selections, vineyards and cellar of this important producer in the Colli Orientali del Friuli. Just at the beginning of spring, the Butussi family wanted to organize a...
Vigna Michelangelo: an urban vineyard is reborn in the heart of Florence
The first modern urban vineyard in Florence is pink. Young female entrepreneurs plant 700 new vines creating Vigna Michelangelo. We are on the hill overlooking the Arno River, just a few steps from Piazzale Michelangelo, with a view that sweeps...
Brolo dei Giusti, the high-end of Cantine di Verona
Cantine di Verona's Brolo dei Giusti line all includes identity wines dedicated to the restaurant industry. Cantine di Verona is increasingly focused on projects dedicated to catering. Having consolidated the foundations, the union and coherence between different territories united under...
Vietti’s extraordinary “battery”
A tasting of the Piedmont-based winery Vietti's 15 upcoming wines demonstrated the absolute quality of the entire range. A beautiful Roman evening at Achilli in Parliament, featuring new vintages of products from Vietti. Vietti represents about 150 years of Langa...
Albino Armani and the care of the land
Passionate about mountains as well as wine, Albino Armani seeks out fragile territories to care for. Strictly mountain or high hill, sloping possibly, in an inevitable pandering to the forms of nature. I got lost in the stories of Albino...
Restivo: is a star being born?
Young Catanian entrepreneur Francesco Restivo is setting up a 50-plus-hectare winery on Etna, and with advice from the Cotarella-Chiasso team he has come out with his first, excellent wine: the Etna Bianco Contrada Arcuria 2022. The adventure of Francis Restivo...
Edoardo Miroglio’s Bulgarian Pinot Noir
Piedmontese producer Edoardo Miroglio has purchased a farm in Thrace and produces, among other things, an excellent Bulgarian Pinot Noir there. When you go to lunch with certain friends who have made a love of wine their life, you expect...
Cavazza between Gambellara and Colli Berici
Renewing its image, with a new logo and restyled labels, the Cavazza family renovates vineyard facilities, improves technologically and lengthens the aging time of the wines. Drawing from the past with a light touch. Less austere, more modern and current...
Whites from black grapes: 5 wines between Campania and Basilicata
As unusual as it may seem, making a white wine from red grapes is neither strange nor difficult: just separate the must from the skins (where the coloring substances reside). We propose 5 labels from the South, between Campania and...