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Muratori: Franciacorta evolving, between identity and new vision

Chiara Giannotti
Muratori recounts an evolving Franciacorta, based on a comprehensive reading of the terroir and an increasingly precise and contemporary production vision. The tasting at Zuma Rome becomes the context for presenting a coherent range, culminating in the preview of Millé...
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Costa Arente’s 10 years

Sissi Baratella
Costa Arente celebrates 10 vintages. A journey made of growth and awareness raising. Ten years in which the corporate identity has taken shape and technology has assumed an increasingly important role in protecting origin and originality. Sissi Baratella tells us...
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Pia Donata Berlucchi passed away

Editorial Staff
Pia Donata Berlucchi has passed away at the age of 83. She was a protagonist of Brescian oenology and longtime president of the Fratelli Berlucchi winery, a historic entity in Borgonato di Corte Franca. Founded in 1927 by her father...
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#lamossaperfetta, Bonarda makes system

Stefania Vinciguerra
In Oltrepò Pavese, fourteen wineries of the Distretto del Vino di Qualità are relaunching Bonarda with a collective project, reserved for producers with a closed supply chain and regulated by stricter parameters than DOC. A project, not a label #lamossaperfetta...
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Angelini Wines & Estates acquires majority stake in Arnaldo Caprai

Editorial Staff
Angelini Wines & Estates acquires a majority stake in Arnaldo Caprai, the flagship winery of Sagrantino di Montefalco. The deal consolidates the group’s presence in the high end of the market, adding a brand with strong ties to the Umbrian...
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That Brunello ’64

Daniele Cernilli
A story of passion, naiveté and redemption: the pursuit of a mythical Brunello that ended up in a braise and was found again 20 years later, to discover what great wine really means. In early 1978 I was new to...
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The paradox of Italian wine: global in the world, local in restaurants

Stefania Vinciguerra
Italy exports more than 8 billion euros worth of wine, but in restaurant wine lists between 70% and 75% of the labels are from the same region as the restaurant. A system that tells the value of the territory, but...
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15 years of DoctorWine: independence, criticism, vision

Stefania Vinciguerra
c_row] Fifteen years ago DoctorWine was born. An independent project, born to tell the story of Italian wine with rigor and freedom of judgment. A tale of Italian wine that continues, with the same curiosity as then. Stefania Vinciguerra tells...
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Vigneto Italia, interview with Piero Mastroberardino

Antonella Amodio
Italian wine returns to the center of the institutional narrative with a campaign that reaffirms its cultural, identity and social value, going beyond the product dimension. From February 15, Vigneto Italia, the promotion project presented at the Ministry of Agriculture...
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Bottega Vini opened in Cortina

Flavia Rendina
Antica Bottega del Vino, the iconic Veronese wine venue owned by the Historic Amarone Families, opened its Ampezzo location last Dec. 30 ahead of the Winter Olympics. It is Bottega Vini and, no, it will not be a pop-up. Flavia...
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DoctorWine’s last tastings at Santi Apostoli

Daniele Cernilli
A move involves a lot of things: each object brings with it memories and rekindles particular situations, which will then have to be recontextualized. So many things accumulate over so many years and, in our case, so many bottles, some...