Tastings
This section contains articles about wine tastings that the DoctorWine team conducts around Italy: by types, wineries, vintages.
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...
Pinot Nero Competition 2025
As has been the case for several editions now, Stefania Vinciguerra participates in the jury of this Competition that crowns the best Italian Pinot Nero. Here she tells us how it works and how it went this year. Pinot Nero...
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...
Kohl’s: refreshing and non-alcoholic
At nearly 1,000 meters above sea level in South Tyrol, on the Ritten Plateau, Thomas Kohl creates high quality mountain apple juice. Non-alcoholic, of course, and really good. Daniele Cernilli‘s word. Thomas Kohl calls himself the “first apple juice refiner...
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...
Terre di Serrapetrona: the “patience” of Vernaccia Nera
A vertical tasting of Tenuta Stefano Graidi Terre di Serrapetrona Robbione, declined in nine vintages, confirms the longevity of this varietal. Francesca Granelli‘s word. On the occasion of the 20 years of the Serrapetrona Doc appellation., we had the opportunity...
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...
Falerno Renaissance
A large group of young people is leading the new course for Falerno del Massico appellation wines, both white and red. We are in the province of Caserta and here, according to the ancient Romans, the most sought-after wine in...
Cortona and Syrah: is it true love?
Despite the path mapped out decades ago for a precise and unique territorial identity, thanks to Syrah, the territory fails to take off. Riccardo Viscardi ‘s opinion is that it lacks dynamism and, perhaps, conviction. For the past few years,...
Madre Tuscia 2025 and Agriristorante Il Casaletto
Beautiful evening to learn about the food and wine productions of Tuscia, a territory divided between Upper Lazio and Southern Tuscany. Vignadelmar went to Madre Tuscia 2025 and fell in love withAgriristorante Il Casaletto. In March, on an unusual rain-laden...
25 years of the Consorzio Tutela Vini Montecucco
An important anniversary for the Montecucco Consortium, renewing its ongoing commitment to excellence, sustainability and looking to the future. Francesca Granelli tells us about it. The Consortium for the Protection of Montecucco Wines celebrates an important milestone in 2025. 25...
Vézelay, who was he?
Vézelay is a corner of white Burgundy unknown to most. Paolo Valdastri tells us about it, thanks to an unusual but very useful experience in approaching a distant wine region. Perhaps Don Abbondio had better ideas about who Carneade was...
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...
Chianti Classico 2022 and 2023, the best labels
A highlight of the Tuscan previews was the tasting of Chianti Classico wines. Riccardo Viscardi comments on the vintages presented in the previews and suggests the best drinks. For the past few years, during the Tuscan previews, I have been...
To learn about Maremma wines there is “mareMMMa, the nature of wine”
Great success for the 6th edition of the Maremma review, dedicated to the three denominations that invest in the Grosseto area. Fabio Cartei tells us his impressions and points out his best tastings. Once again this year we didn’t miss...
Dessert wines: sweet tour in Campania
All of Italy offers a great variety of sweet wines, dessert wines wines or meditation wines: producing them is difficult and expensive and they are less and less common. Antonella Amodio offers us a selection of those from Campania. Campania’s...
From Bolgheri to Suvereto: from Sassicaia to Tua Rita
Quick trip by Riccardo Viscardi and Stefania Vinciguerra to say hello to some friends and preview some icons: Sassicaia 2022(Tenuta San Guido), Redigaffi, Per Sempre and Giusto di Notri 2022(Tua Rita). Passing through Poggio al Tesoro and finding a splendid...
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...
Pievi di Montepulciano: the Super Nobile
The Pievi del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano project had its christening (a beautiful presentation) during the preview dedicated to the typology. After a few years of gestation, the first wines of the 2021 vintage finally saw the light of day....