Tastings
This section contains articles about wine tastings that the DoctorWine team conducts around Italy: by types, wineries, vintages.
Sparkling wine production and mountain wine district
Is the SPUM.E project the first step toward an Apennine vineyard in Umbria? Sparkling wine production and mountain wine district: Caprai and Semonte wineries present the results of the SPUM.E project created in collaboration with the University of Milan. L’Umbria...
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...
Cheese and Champagne, voluptuousness and elegance
Voluptuous tasting to explore the successful marriage of Champagne and Italian cheeses, both children of fermentation and time. I would start like this, from a famous phrase by Madame Bollinger: “I drink Champagne when I am happy and when I...
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...
The 60th anniversary of the Livon company
To celebrate its 60th anniversary, the Livon winery organized a vertical tasting of its flagship wine, Braide Alte. Contributed by Stefania Vinciguerra – The Livon company was founded in 1964 by. Dorino Livon who, as a timber merchant, decided to...
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 rustic charm of Cesanese
If every region has its own grape variety, we can say that the red grape of Lazio is Cesanese, grown mainly southeast of Rome, in Ciociaria. What emerges is a wine with rustic charm. Between Rome and Frosinone, there where...
English Sparkling Wine: amazing! (3)
We come today to the production company visits and tastings made on site with our selections. After the two lengthy introductions (those who missed them can click here for the first installment and here for the second), we finally come...
English Sparkling Wine: amazing! (2)
After looking yesterday at the brief history, territory and climate as well as the grape varieties used for English Sparkling Wines, let’s take a look at the different styles and management of wine tourism. We continue from there where we...
English Sparkling Wine: amazing! (1)
Journey to southern England, specifically Hampshire, to discover English sparkling wines, the famous English Sparkling Wines. I have been visiting Hampshire, discovering theEnglish Sparkling Wine And the result was-amazing! This is truly the land of sparkling wines. It is the...
The appeal of amphora wines
Journey to Campania among different wines made in amphora, an ancient container rediscovered in recent years that has captivated producers from north to south of the region. In the world wine scene, the amphora wines have been gaining renewed interest...
The magnificent 4 of convenience
Let’s deepen our knowledge with the 4 wines that ranked at the top of the list of wines with the best value for money. If you wonder why precisely four and not, as is usually done, the podium and that...
The Primitivo of Gioia del Colle
The Palio delle botti was an opportunity to have a nice tasting of Primitivo di Gioia del Colle, with the guidance of director Daniele Cernilli and sommelier Enzo Scivetti. Every year, on the first Saturday and Sunday of August, falconry...
If it’s not Gragnano, desist!
The wine of Penisola Sorrentina Gragnano is a sparkling red with a fresh, lively flavor and is historically considered the quintessential wine of Naples. We recommend five to try to immerse yourself in the Neapolitan culture. “Felì, make sure it...
Vertical of the iconic Verdicchio Villa Bucci (2)
To make the vertical tasting of this great wine complete, we thought we would complete Vignadelmar’s narrative and update the iconic vertical of Verdicchio Villa Bucci with successive vintages. From yesterday’s story from 2012, we were left right here. As...
Vertical of the iconic Verdicchio Villa Bucci (1)
In 2012 Luciano Lombardi Vignadelmar went to do a vertical tasting of the iconic Villa Bucci, at the winery and with Ampelio Bucci. We feel we can do it again 12 years later and guarantee that the wines are not...
Paleo, a happy insight
There is a winery in Bolgheri that has made its fundamental contribution to creating the myth of the area as we know it now. We are talking about Le Macchiole and its Paleo Rosso. You can’t refuse an invitation from...
The Catarratto project. Will it be Lucido?
After the success of Grillo, it is time to think about the revival of another great native Sicilian white grape: the Catarratto Lucido. The Consorzio di Tutela Vini Doc Sicilia, chaired by Antonio Rallo, has moved forward with a project...
Teroldego: good news
From a visit to the Piana Rotaliana, it is clear that things are moving, and the studies of the Edmund Mach Foundation are helping to chart the way toward a greater understanding of grape variety and territory. I confess: I...
5 Greco di Tufo off the ordinary tracks
In the Tufo area of Irpinia, we point out 5 valuable small artisanal realities: 5 Greco di Tufo wines off the ordinary tracks. The Greco di Tufo is a white wine produced mainly in the area of Tufo, in the...
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...
Cantine Pliniana gets a makeover
Sixty years after its founding, the historic cooperative winery Pliniana, on the outskirts of Manduria, celebrated its birthday with a restyling of the company’s vision and the renewal of its graphics, which are more modern and appealing. “Wines full of...
Blend or single-vineyard?
Let’s talk about native white grape varieties and present two great wines, the first made from a blend of several varieties and the second from a single grape variety. Which one do you prefer? It is never easy to choose...
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...
Geo-sensory tasting: France and Irpinia
In the geo-sensory tasting, participants have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a journey to appreciate the diversity and richness of wines from different wine worlds united by authenticity. We tried Clos Rougeard, Domaine Vacheron and Joaquin. At the Filangieri...
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...
Rosso di Montalcino, 40 years of “stash”
The Red Montalcino event, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of Rosso di Montalcino, showed how this wine is not Brunello’s little brother, but represents a world of its own within the same territory. ]Rosso di Montalcino turns 40 years old....
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...