Tastings
This section contains articles about wine tastings that the DoctorWine team conducts around Italy: by types, wineries, vintages.
Vecchia Cantina di Montepulciano for the Cooperation Award
The Cooperation Award, dedicated to social wineries, saw Vecchia Cantina di Montepulciano, a small Tuscan cooperative winery that has seen a surge in the quality of its wines in recent years, come out on top. It is also marking an...
Castello di Grumello, the emerging producer
He is the emerging producer in the special awards of The Essential Guide 2026. It is located in Valcalepio, in the Bergamo area, inside a castle that has been, over the centuries, a bastion of quality viticulture, now reborn thanks...
Let’s meet the winery of the year: Vietti
A commitment that has lasted more than 150 years and is reflected in an expressiveness of wines that has been able to convince for decades. This has earned the Vietti winery recognition as Winery of the Year for the 2026 edition...
Low-alcohol wines from Campania
Low-alcohol, lighter wines are finding increasingly fertile ground in our country, and in Campania, too, the phenomenon is being felt. Here is a selection of low-alcohol wines from Campania suggested by Antonella Amodio. Today it is the Millennials and Generation...
In the Lands of Grechetto
Last July, the interesting food and wine festival “In the Lands of Grechetto” 22nd edition was held in Civitella d’Agliano: July 25, 26 and 27, 2025. The beautiful country where the si sounds is also the Country of Autochthonous Grapes,...
Forastera: the “foreign” grape of Ischia
On Ischia, the green island of the Mediterranean, the grape varieties grown are the indigenous ones. Among the whites, Biancolella and Forastera reign supreme, the latter blatantly “foreign,” but adopted by the island for centuries, as Antonella Amodio recounts. Ischia...
San Leonardo Carmenère vertical tasting
Riccardo Viscardi participated in the interesting vertical tasting of Tenuta San Leonardo‘s Carmenère Vigneti delle Dolomiti Igt. On a beautiful monsoon day in Rome, the terrace of Palazzo Taverna does not disappoint, offering exciting colors and lights; even the wind...
A chat with Francesco Zonin
Annalucia Galeone interviewed Francesco Zonin, vice president of the Zonin 1821 group, to understand with what strategies a large 210 million euro turnover group faces the challenges of the future. The Zonin Group was founded in Gambellara in 1821 and...
Il Vassallo, historical vertical at Colle Picchioni
A beautiful event featured a historical vertical of eight vintages of Vigna del Vassallo or Vassallo Colle Picchioni, from 1987 to 2021, chosen by Valerio Di Mauro. Luciano Lombardi tells us about it. There are events that you have immediately...
Lucanian rosé wines
Summer is the time of year when rosé wines are most likely to be drunk, although in reality there is no reason not to be pampered by the fragrances and freshness of these types of wines during the rest of...
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...