Tag : history of wine

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Wine tradition: identity or myth?

Daniele Cernilli
by Daniele Cernilli0
What does it really mean to call a wine “traditional”? Behind an overused term lies history, marketing and territorial identity. Daniele Cernilli reflects on the relationship between memory and modernity, questioning the too casual use of a word that often...
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Wine as a cultural category: Sorelli’s book

Stefania Vinciguerra
by Stefania Vinciguerra0
The Molecule of Civilization proposes a reading of wine as an interpretive tool of human history. An ambitious operation that intercepts a gap in contemporary wine discourse: much technique, little cultural elaboration. When Director Cernilli turned this book over to...
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A century of Monfortino di Giacomo Conterno, historical vertical tasting

Vinogodi
by Vinogodi0
We decided to reintroduce today an extraordinary and unique tasting that Vinogodi, aka Marco Manzoli, proposed to us in 2014, who wanted to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Monfortino in his own way. We have updated it with tastings of...