Tastings
This section contains articles about wine tastings that the DoctorWine team conducts around Italy: by types, wineries, vintages.
Sea view vineyards: a treasure to be discovered
The coasts of Campania, as well as its islands, are dotted with vineyards, even steep ones, that look out to the sea and represent an invaluable wine heritage. Campania, located along the Tyrrhenian coast, boasts vineyards that stretch along the...
The Roero Arneis of Cornarea and Mario Costa
A white grape that has been identified with Roero for centuries: the Arneis. Slightly aromatic, pleasant, very drinkable wines, among which we propose those of Cornarea and Mario Costa. Ad un appassionato di vino è praticamente inutile dire che il...
Divoto, Apollonio Riseva
Copertino Rosso Riserva Divoto is the flagship wine of the Apollonio winery, a Salento champion with great longevity. We participated in a small vertical. Divoto, a blend of Negroamaro and Montepulciano, is a label that tells of the devotion of...
Eight native grape varieties from Calabria
Calabria is a land rich in native grape varieties. We offer eight wines, including whites and reds, each from a different grape. Pecorello, Greco Bianco, Zibibbo di Pizzo, Mantonico, Greco Nero, Magliocco Dolce, Magliocco Canino and Gaglioppo are part of...
Ladaltempo Ruggeri rewrites the rules of Prosecco Superiore
Ruggeri è un’azienda innovativa, che vuole riscrivere le regole del Prosecco Superiore. Con Ladaltempo lancia il cuore oltre l’ostacolo e propone un Valdobbiadene Millesimato di altissima caratura. Storica realtà produttiva per il Prosecco e il Prosecco Superiore delle colline patrimonio...
Florio, the quintessential Marsala
Just visit the Florio cellars to touch on the history of this extraordinary wine. Marsala is one of Italy's great wines, too often mistreated because of the havoc wreaked on it in years past. Fortunately, Florio continues to keep the...
The case history of Pinot Grigio delle Venezie
A worldwide phenomenon, Italian Pinot Grigio, from the Venetian regions in particular, has marked and is continuing to mark the furrow of a style that is recognizable and appreciated in various parts of the world. “Between new trends and market...
Villa Simone and the New Wave of Frascati
Lorenzo Costantini and his uncle Piero before him created a company in Monteporzio Catone that stands out for its approach and the quality of its Frascati wines. Piero Costantini was of Marche ancestry and came from a family of winemakers....
Roagna, Pajé and its wines
After yesterday's framing of the Roagna family and the Pajé amphitheater, we get into the tasting today, with tastings of all the Barbarescos and in particular a vertical of 11 vintages of Crichet Pajé. Come premesso ieri, l’anfiteatro di Pajé...
Roagna and the Pajé amphitheater
The winery is located in Paglieri, Barbaresco. In total, the family owns 20 hectares of land, including 15 hectares under vine, in the most vocated areas of Barbaresco and Barolo. The flagship is the Pajé vineyards. The story is about...
Pergole Torte vertical tasting
An iconic Tuscan wine that Sergio Manetti first and his son Martino later stubbornly made since 1977, against the Chianti Classico specification, to exalt pure Sangiovese. It all began in 1977, when Sergio Manetti, in controversy with the Chianti Classico...
Brunello di Montalcino 2019 is presented
A beautiful vintage, with very well articulated wines with no muscular excesses, no aggressive tannins and fresh aromas. Watch out, however, for wines that are too light: you can feel the alcohol, the tannins are aggressive and the texture disappears....
Rotalian Encounters return
In its third edition, Incontri Rotaliani continues under the banner of encounter: Trentino's mountain wines, I Teroldego Rotaliani, meet Sicily's 'A Muntagna wines, Etna Doc. Yes, I’m talking about the now fearless and acclaimed red wines of Etna that fear...
Fabri, Rivera’s new rosé, is born
Fabri is the new rosé wine made entirely from Apulian Nero di Troia grapes that the De Corato family dedicates to Fabrizio, who died prematurely last year. Since 1950, the De Corato family, owners of Cantina Rivera, has firmly linked...
Carmignano Trefiano: 40 years without feeling it
The Contini Bonacossi family's Carmignano Riserva Trefiano was born in 1979 from an idea of Vittorio, who was young, enterprising and eager to experiment at the time. Dedicated to him is this cru, which, in the vertical tasting carried out,...
Lugana for all
Lugana is the Garda white wine that makes drinkability its atout. The slight aromaticity is due to the Turbiana (Trebbiano di Lugana) grape variety that is its soul. It has already happened to us several times to talk about Lugana,...
Sannio Vineyard
An area that occupies first place in the Campania wine sector and where Falanghina and Aglianico are the masters. Ten thousand hectares planted with vines, seven thousand nine hundred winemakers, about one hundred bottling companies for more than one million...
Focus on Salento
A press tour organized by the Consortium of Salice Salentino allowed us to become better acquainted with this land and learn more about the path laid out by the producers for its wines. From the Adriatic to the Ionian, from...
Mediterranean Rose
San Salvatore 1988 winery is offering a new rosé from Aglianico grapes this year, Il Bufalo Rosa, which is pleasant and centered in price. Peppino Pagano is one of Cilento’s most famous entrepreneurs, and since 1988 he has been producing...
Maison A. Bergère and the quest for softness
Young Champagne producer Adrien Bergère, the third generation (all named in A) to make wine in Champagne, has clear, scientific ideas about how to produce, with just a little homage to tradition. I met a young Champagne producer. 32 years...
In Puglia e Campania on the hunt for Falanghina
We return to Falanghina to expand our panorama and offer, alongside a classic from Benevento, one from Puglia, from Gioia del Colle. It seems that Falanghina is a grape variety of Greek (or Balkan) origin, and it is possible that...
The wine of the Castelli is better
This verse from a Roman stornello obviously speaks of the Castelli Romani and its wines, historically so appreciated. We offer two, from two wineries that are relatively modern (a few decades old) but are now classics. We are in two...
Do you know Cataratto?
Catarratto is an indigenous Sicilian grape variety, widespread mainly in the Central-Western part of the island. Put somewhat aside in past decades, it has returned in splendid form to give us fresh, fragrant wines. Catarratto accounts for one-third of Sicily’s total...
All Chardonnay
We are used to considering Chardonnay a grape variety for important (and expensive) wines, but in Italy there are many extremely pleasant and drinkable Chardonnays, such as Cavit’s Bottega Vinai and Castello di Roncade’s Bianco dell’Arnasa. Chardonnay represents, in the...
Which indigenous grape do you prefer?
We chose three white grape varieties from three different regions, each very symbolic (and important) for its region. One, like Albana di Romagna, with a great history behind it, another recently rediscovered, like Timorasso in the Colli Tortonesi, and finally...
Latinium between tradition and modernity
If we exclude the Cesanese lands, Lazio has always been known for white wines. We point out two, a classic Est! Est!!! Est!!!, from traditional blends, and an ancient wine, a Malvasia Puntinata, with a modern appellation: the Roma Doc....
Hurray for Grechetto!
This ancient grape is yielding excellent results in Umbria, with wines of interesting personality. We present Leonardo Bussoletti’s Colleozio and Terre de la Custodia’s Montefalco Grechetto. Known as early as the 15th century where it appears in official documents, belonging...
3 Barbera, 3 territories
Barbera, it is known, is one of the most widely grown red grape varieties in the Northwest and gives rise to wines that everyone loves, such as the three we present. Let’s play the “as if” game. As if Barbera...
Sauvignon or Pinot Grigio?
We know that there is no point in making juxtapositions; they are two excellent grape varieties that have found a second home in the lands of Friuli. We offer four of them, of excellent quality at a small price. We...
On the tabe a baeutiful bottle of Falanghina
This Campania grape variety offers light whites with delicately aromatic scents. We offer three of excellent quality and attractively priced. Falanghina is a white grape variety found mainly in Campania, very traditional in the areas of Campi Flegrei, Sannio Beneventano,...