Exploring wineries
Exploring wineries, visits to wineries, chats with producers, tastings of the year’s production or old vintages. Everything about a winery tour.
A day at San Lorenzo Wines
Abruzzo-based San Lorenzo Vini organized an interesting meeting at its headquarters to take stock of production, let us taste some old vintages of Pecorino Superiore and cheer us up with a wonderful talk by anthropologist Ernesto Di Renzo. Luciano Lombardi...
Tenuta Donna Paola, a small château from Campania
The Donna Paola Estate produces wines with structure and personality from very distinctive vineyards lying on a former dolomite quarry in Upper Campania. Tenuta Donna Paola is a small château from Campania, the vineyard bordered by natural walls and lying...
Fontanafredda’s new “Fini Wines”
Barolo winery Fontanafredda is launching a new 8-label collection that aims to tell the story of the diversity of the Langhe wine landscape, while also giving the word to the area’s most pop grapes. For wines that are good and...
Astro of Masari, a new star is born
With this new wine, Massimo and Arianna are aiming for absolute quality for Masari, with a project that starts from a small Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard and looks far ahead. This is not the first time I have written about the...
Masseria Cuturi: in conversation with Camilla Chauvenet
We interviewed Camilla Chauvenet, of Masseria Cuturi in Puglia, to talk together about territory, wine tourism, sustainability and other “hot” topics such as conscious consumption among young people. All stories have a beginning, that of Primitivo di Manduria began in...
Abelé Champagne 1757
A historic Champagne producer, Abelé 1757 is the fifth oldest Maison in the territory. As it states, it “uses its traditional experience to build a bridge between the present and the future.” Abelé 1757 has been in existence for quite...
Ronco Calino: a dream among the vineyards of Franciacorta
There are dreams that take decades to come true. Ronco Calino is one of them, long left in the drawer, but which has finally blossomed and grown to its current reality. We are in Franciacorta, and this is the story...
Alberto Longo and the Cacc’e Mmitte di Lucera
Halfway between San Severo and Lucera, in the heart of the Tavoliere delle Puglie, Alberto Longo has renovated an ancient 17th-century farmhouse and built inside it a modern, eco-sustainable winery that has become the standard-bearer for Lucera’s Cacc’e Mmitte, a...
Ampeleia and Cabernet Franc, a winning combination
About Cabernet Franc and Ampeleia being a winning combination, there is now no shadow of doubt. This is also thanks to a cohesive, close-knit and competent staff, aided by oenologist and director Marco Tait, from Trentino and Maremma by adoption,...
Cà du Ferrà, authentic wines with an ancient soul
From the passion for native grape varieties to the rediscovery of Ruzzese with the birth of a new wine: Zero tolleranza per il silenzio. This is the path of Cà du Ferrà. Cà du Ferrà It must be such a...
Vajo dei Masi, the value of time
This very special Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, Vajo dei Masi, is now being released in the 1999 vintage. After the classic production route, it rests in a nitrogen-protected atmosphere for twenty years. The result is extraordinary. On the occasion of...
Grola 2022 Allegrini: welcome to the Valpolicella Doc
The Grola pays homage to the territory with the first Grola. It sounds like a play on words, but no. Because Allegrini’s Grola has grown up, Sissi Baratella‘s word. And gives us the first Grola Valpolicella Classico Superiore. The Grola...
Abraxas’ new course in Pantelleria
The Scudieri family enters the Pantelleria area with the purchase of the historic Abraxas winery, enriching the island with an important player. Federico Latteri, a Sicilian taster and our correspondent, talked about it in Cronache di Gusto. Abraxas, one of...
Tenuta Maryamado, Tuscan Farm 3.0
A French-Saudi property of the Khashoggi family, the Tenuta Maryamado proposes a modern agricultural, wine and landscape regeneration project, as told by Stefania Vinciguerra. Let’s start with the name, which certainly does not sound Tuscan, but hides the ancient Lucignano...
Under Water Wines: the wines at the bottom of the sea of Campania by Tommasone
That of aging wines underwater is not just a fad: the conditions created under the sea are very favorable for wine maturation. Antonella Amodio gave it a try, tasting Tommasone’s sparkling wines aged in the cellar and underwater. The under...
Vigna Cigliano Solfatara vineyard, the new cru from Cantine Federiciane 1951
Antonella Amodio tells us about the Palumbo family’s Cantine Federiciane 1951 and the new Vigna Cigliano Solfatara wine project in the Campi Flegrei. “Cantine Federiciane is a journey that begins with the passionate work of four generations of farmers united...
Maculan Award: sweet wines with savory dishes
The Maculan Prize, the competition for the best pairings of sweet wines and savory dishes, is back. Taste-olfactory and emotional combinations capable of ranging from the immediacy of concordance to the wonder of contrasts. Alessandra Ruggi went to the presentation...
Farina Wines, when research enters the enterprise
The fourth generation of the Farina family has embarked on a collaboration with the University of Verona for an interesting research project. Among other aims is to test the materials used in the aging, maturation and preservation of wines, as...
Cabernet Sauvignon Tenuta Liliana: the Salento of the Future
Antonio and Liliana Intiglietta have focused on Cabernet Sauvignon for their estate in Salento. Supporting them in their project is estate director Andrea Fattizzo, an agronomist and oenologist, with advice from Carlo Ferrini. Erika Mantovan tells us about it. Deep...
Sustainability according to Varvaglione
The fourth generation of the Varvaglione family is very sensitive to the issue of both social and environmental sustainability. Annalucia Galeone went to see what good practices are being adopted. Marzia, Angelo and Chicca represent the fourth generation of the...
La Tordera, the three souls of Prosecco
The Vettoretti family of the La Tordera winery has been growing Glera in that of Valdobbiadene for more than a century, then expanded production in the other Prosecco areas: the other Docg, that of Asolo, and the Prosecco Doc. Always...
Wine defender Tava, practically the name of a superhero
The superhero in question are the terracotta wine jars created by Tava, a Trentino-based company that studies clays and their interaction with wine to create amphorae tailored to the producer. A modern superhero who goes by the name of Tava,...
Caveau Bosan, the novelty of the Gerardo Cesari company.
The historic Gerardo Cesari winery, rooted in the Valpolicella territory, presents its newest addition: the Caveau Bosan, where historical vintages of the famous Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva Bosan are kept. Caveau Bosan is the newest addition to the Gerardo...
Chiorri, historic Umbrian winery
More than 130 years of history for one of Umbria’s most historic wineries. Founded in 1890, Cantina Chiorri embodies the expression of the ancient tradition of the Colli Perugini. The Chiorri Winery embodies the expression of the ancient winemaking tradition...
Les Chevaliers, the qualitative breakthrough of the Cave des Onze Communes
Cave des Onze Communes is the largest wine cooperative in the Aosta Valley. With the new Fumin Les Chevaliers, made with the advice of Beppe Caviola, the quality breakthrough is assured. With the arrival at the largest cooperative in the...
Muratori presents the still wines of Franciacorta
The Muratori family winery presents two novelties, the result of experimentation outside the comfort-zone of Franciacorta: a still Chardonnay and a Pinot Noir, bearing the signature of Riccardo Cotarella. The birth of a new wine is always a celebration for...
La Ricolla, natural wines from the Riviera di Levante
Anyone who thinks DoctorWine is against natural wines tout court should read this article. For La Ricolla, natural wines from the Levante Riviera, an exception can be made… “But do you have the winemaker?”. To this question Daniele Parma looks...
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...