Tastings
This section contains articles about wine tastings that the DoctorWine team conducts around Italy: by types, wineries, vintages.
Catarratto and Grillo, Sicilian treasures (2)
Riccardo Viscardi ‘s point continues on the two best-known Sicilian grape varieties: yesterday we looked at Catarratto, today it is the turn of Grillo. We could say father (or mother) and son, since Grillo is a grape variety created “by...
Catarratto and Grillo, Sicilian treasures (1)
Focus, between today and tomorrow, on two great Sicilian white grape varieties: Catarratto and Grillo. Two much-loved and widespread grape varieties that, thanks to new knowledge, are growing rapidly in quality. Riccardo Viscardi‘s reflections. Sicilia en Primeur is a beautiful...
Cupertinum, the social winery for the social
C 90 years of history for Cupertinum, the social winery of Copertino. Focused not only on wine production, but also on social, cultural and tourism promotion. Annalucia Galeone tells us about it. Cupertinum, the social winery of Copertino, the oldest...
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...
Lungarotti, Torgiano Bianco Torre di Giano Vigna Il Pino 2021 in video tasting
For the column “Awarded Wines 2025 – Tasted for you by DoctorWine,” Daniele Cernilli tells us about Torgiano Bianco Torre di Giano Vigna Il Pino 2021. If you would like to learn more about this column, which today tells all...
Abbey Wines
Last June, at the beautiful Fossanova Abbey in the province of Latina, Luciano Lombardi “Vignadelmar” participated for us in the annual edition of Vini d’Abbazia. Wines of Abbey is a beautiful event, which has the idea of networking producers and...
Nino Franco, Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore Nodi 2022 in video tasting
For the column “Awarded Wines 2025 – Tasted for You by DoctorWine,” Daniele Cernilli tells us about Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore Nodi 2022 Nino Franco. If you want to know more about this column, which today tells in video about...
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...
Paradiso di Cacuci, Brunello di Montalcino IX Cielo 2019 in video tasting
For the column “Awarded Wines 2025 – Tasted for You by DoctorWine,” Daniele Cernilli tells us about Brunello di Montalcino IX Cielo 2019 Paradiso di Cacuci If you would like to learn more about this column, which today tells in...
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...
Terroir Dogliani, a focus on the appellation.
There is no discussion of the quality of the wines and types established over time, but rather of the ability of the production fabric to tell the story. Under scrutiny are marketing aspects, necessary to make the key points of...
Garda Doc, a phenomenon under observation
Garda Doc: production grows, perception by press and operators is positive. Everything seems to be going well-in fact, everyone is wondering why! The annual press conference was held in Lazise (VR), as usual. Garda Wine Stories organized by the Garda...
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...
Monchiero Carbone, Roero Riserva Printi 2020 in video tasting
For the column “Awarded Wines 2025 – Tasted for you by DoctorWine,” Daniele Cernilli tells us about Roero Riserva Printi 2020 Monchiero Carbone. If you want to know more about this column, which today tells in video about Roero Riserva...
Barbera d’Asti Il Risveglio del Ceppo
The Awakening of the Stump (Il Risveglio del Ceppo in Italian) is a very interesting project of the Barbera dei Sei Castelli Social Winery, and the Barbera d’Asti that bears its name is the outcome of 11 years of research,...
Mamoiada Vives
The preview tasting of wines from Mamoiada, in the heart of Sardinia, confirmed the steady quality growth of the area’s wines, showing two different production philosophies. From May 11 to 13, on the premises of the Giuseppe Sedilesu Winery in...
Vigneti La Selvanella, Chianti Classico Riserva 2020 in video tasting
For the column “Awarded Wines 2025 – Tasted for you by DoctorWine,” Daniele Cernilli tells us about Chianti Classico Riserva 2020 Vigneti La Selvanella. If you would like to learn more about this column, here is all the information: Tasted for...
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,...
Carpineto Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Greve 2021
For the column “Wines Awarded 2025 – Tasted for You by DoctorWine – Second Season,” Daniele Cernilli tells us about Carpineto‘s Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Greve 2021. If you would like to learn more about this column, here is all...
10 Orange Wine from Campania
Campania’s Orange Wine: ancient tradition becoming innovation. Our Campanian par excellence Antonella Amodio tells us about it. Orange wine is the English locution, which has now entered our lexicon as well, referring to macerated white wines made by the technique...
Moscato d’Asti Vigna Vecchia 2019 Cadgal in video tasting
For the column “Awarded Wines 2025 – Tasted for You by DoctorWine,” Daniele Cernilli tells us about the Moscato d’Asti Vigna Vecchia 2019 Cadgal. If you want to know more about this column, which today tells in video about the...
Cavit, Trentino Superiore Rosso Quattro Vicariati vertical tasting
13 vintages, starting with 2001, to learn about Quattro Vicariati, a historic blend wine of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. A timeless classic from the great Trentino cooperative Cavit. 6,350 hectares of vineyards, 5,250 winegrowers, more than 60 percent...
Vesuvius in effervescence
Precisely on the Neapolitan volcano, the sparkling wine phenomenon has exploded for several years now, touching diverse areas and grape varieties, both white and red. The grape varieties used for Vesuvius sparkling wines are the native ones, typical of Lacryma...
Trentodoc Riserva Erminia Segalla Pisoni 1852
The Pisoni family is investing more and more in Trentodoc, the classic method better known as the mountain bubbly that has made a creed out of Chardonnay. About 10 years on the lees for the Riserva Erminia Segalla. The family...
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...
Lords of Lambrusco: Lini 910
Historic vertical tasting of Lambrusco Metodo Classico Rosso In Correggio Lini 910: 10 years minimum aging on yeasts. Seven vintages backward from 2014 just released to 2004. The most common preconception when it comes to Lambrusco is that of the...