Tastings
This section contains articles about wine tastings that the DoctorWine team conducts around Italy: by types, wineries, vintages.
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...
Engineer Zamuner’s millesimates.
They called him, and still call him, the most French of Italians--to everyone, Engineer Zamuner. In that middle land between Verona and Lake Garda that would answer to the Custoza doc, it took an engineer to give us a little...
Bronca Sisters, from the East to the West
A winery in the Prosecco Superiore region that knows no rest, with a microzonation study to produce wines that would enhance the territory according to its different expressions. Sorelle Bronca was founded in 1989, in Colbertaldo di Vidor (TV), when...
Vertical Castello del Terriccio
We tasted nine vintages of Castello del Terriccio, the Syrah and Petit Verdot blend from the winery already famous for Lupicaia. We end with a surprise: a preview of Gian Annibale 2019, the second vintage of the wine dedicated to...
Josko’s Ribolla
Gravner's 2015 Ribolla Gialla is a total, extraordinary wine where everything is in the right place, a wine that allows one to fully understand Josko Gravner's professional and even human journey. The personal story of Josko Gravner, his wife Marjia,...
Between Lake and Mountain, Agraria Riva del Garda
Between oil and wine, the cooperative winery in Riva del Garda shows off a production that should be watched and combines quality with fairly low prices, especially in some lines. Agraria Riva del Garda (abbreviated Agriva) is the name of...
10 top Chianti Classico 2021
It is thanks to the numerous tastings carried out for the Essential Guide to the Wines of Italy 2024 at the Chianti Classico Consortium-Black Rooster that we can present our ranking of the best 10 Chianti Classico 2021. I would...
The time capsule from Ca’ del Bosco
Franciacorta winery Ca' del Bosco presented a Special Reserve of its iconic Franciacorta Annamaria Clementi: vintage 1980, among the greatest tastings ever. In 1980, more than 80 liters of wine per capita was drunk in Italy, roughly twice as much...
The grand design of The Cherry Orchard Hill
The new Valpolicella Superiore Peratara is just one piece of a project that includes densely planted and steeply sloping vineyards, a fully equipped winemaking cellar, rooms and suites at Cà del Moro Wine Retrait, a fine dining restaurant and more....
Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Villa Rosa of the Cecchi Family
The complete vertical of a wine that, though young, has already made its mark in the world of Chianti Grand Selections. Occasion: the Cecchi family's 130 years as entrepreneurs in the wine industry. One might begin with the classic phrase:...
Nicola Mazzella, an Ischian visionary
You only have to talk to Nicola to see that he is ahead of the curve, already projected into the future of his land's enology, thanks to clear ideas and a hypermodern production philosophy that respects the island and its...
15 wines for 15 years with Vulcania and ViniMilo
Usual appointment with volcanic wines from all over Italy, with a conference and tasting to recount the first fifteen years of the Volcanic Wines network. The idea came from afar, precisely 15 years ago, and it could only start with...
Abruzzo told in the Gironi DiVini
Three hundred tastings from seventy-five wineries to discover Abruzzo's best wines in Gironi DiVini 2023 competition During the four days of Anteprima Gironi DiVini 2023 curated by Franco Santini, which saw us involved in tasting wines from Abruzzo, a number...
Cave Mont Blanc, the first 40 years
Forty years for the first sparkling wine produced by the cooperative winery from some of the highest vineyards in Europe: the Aosta Valley-based Cave Mont Blanc. Italian genius makes it possible to anticipate desires by creating fashions and trends. In...
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. Finally, a...
All bubbles for Emilia
Whether out of curiosity or to discover sparkling wines that are really worth getting to know, don’t miss these 6 Emilian goodies. As we have repeatedly said, wine Italy offers endless goodies that one must go and discover, or else miss out...
Complete vertical tasting of San Leonardo (3)
We have now reached the 10 most recent vintages of San Leonardo, with 2018 coming out on March 21. To celebrate the 30th vintage, Anselmo Guerrieri Gonzaga and his wife Ilaria Tronchetti Provera launched the Arte a San Leonardo project....
Complete vertical tasting of San Leonardo (2)
We saw yesterday the first 10 vintages of San Leonardo, the Trentino Bordeaux of great class and finesse. Today we see the second ten, from 1995 to 2006 (1998 and 2002 were not produced). After the first 10 vintages, with...
Complete vertical tasting of San Leonardo (1)
In the aristocratic halls of Palazzo Taverna, the Roman residence of the Marquis Guerrieri Gonzaga, we were able to hold-exclusively for DoctorWine-a wonderful vertical tasting of all the vintages produced of the great Trentino Bordeaux: San Leonardo. Rarely does a...
Nizza’s 20 years
Big event at the Lavazza Nuvola in Turin to celebrate the first 20 years of the Nizza Producers Association. The best Nizza now on the market. Determination and sharing a common project. This could be one of the definitions that bring...
Top 10 Dolcetto
A widespread grape variety and beloved Piedmont wine, Dolcetto continues to grow in the hearts of many consumers. Here is our ranking of the top 10. Native to Piedmont, where it is widespread, (and Liguria, where it takes the name...