Exploring Italian Wine One Grape at a Time
Exploring the World of Wine: Cesanese del Piglio DOCG wines In this video, I talk about a recent press tour to Cesanese del Piglio organized by the Donne del Vino Lazio association, in Lazio. The tour focused on the Cesanese del Piglio area and its DOCG wines. We visited wineries in different areas of the … Read more
Discussion on the future of hybrid grapes in the wine industry In this video, I delve deeper into the situation of hybrid grapes – Piwi – in the Italian wine industry. The discussion ranges from hybrid grapes’ history, their relevance in changing global climate conditions, and the industry’s resistance to integrating them in well-established wine … Read more
Vigna La Delizia and Vigna La Villa are two cru vineyards giving rise to two cru wines that are a part of the Renaissance project of Fontanafredda winery in Piemonte. The Renaissance project is an idea to communicate something new, and values, while still staying true to the Fontanafredda brand and its history. All has … Read more
Hybrid grapes might very well be the future for tackling the growing issues with climate change such as rising temperatures, drought, changing rainfall patterns, hail, wildfires, and more. However, many wine producers in traditional wine areas are still very skeptical and resistant to implementing hybrid grapes, thinking they will entirely modify the historical wines they … Read more
“Maximum selection in the vineyard,” is the motto of Achille Della Porta, owner of Masseria della Porta in the Montaperto locality in Irpinia, Campania. Achille believes in giving value to the Irpinia territory and producing wines that give an expression of the local micro terroir, its history, and tradition. Biodiversity and respect for nature lie … Read more
Colli Orientali del Friuli is a wine region that is situated right in the northeastern corner of Friuli Venezia Giulia, where Cividale is the main town. It is an area that includes the overarching DOC Friuli Colli Orientali denomination as well as DOCG Ramandolo, DOCG Rosazzo, and DOCG Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit. In this … Read more
Lacrima di Morro d’Alba is a wine with imperial connotations, in the sense that it was enjoyed by Frederick I, i.e. Frederick Barbarossa when he resided in Morro d’Alba in 1167.My own experiences are not as imperial but more familial. My brother and his family used to go to Le Marche for their holiday every … Read more
This article was first published back in 2020 on my blog, but then the website got hacked and I never got around to republish it. Here, it is again though. Happy reading!! Campania is a region that can offer a bit of everything when it comes to wine territories or terroir. That is everything from … Read more
The Anteprima Sagrantino took place at the end of April and this year it changed its name to #AMontefalco as a way of including all the wines produced within the Montefalco appellation. It was a good move to draw more attention to other Montefalco wines as well. It is, furthermore, a sign of how the … Read more
Orvieto in Umbria is not only about Orvieto DOC, it is probably also one of the most stunningly beautiful towns with its cathedral that dates to the late Middle Ages and with frescoes by Luca Signorelli in the Capella San Brizio. The town sits on a hill made of tuff, a result of the eruptions … Read more