Exploring Italian Wine One Grape at a Time
Saper scrivere e strutturare una storia, un post o una newsletter è fondamentale oggi per una strategia di comunicazione e di storytelling a lungo termine per la tua cantina. Le regole del marketing stanno cambiando quasi ogni settimana. È chiaro che anche il contenuto stesso, il nocciolo della storia, è essenziale per “parlare” con il … Read more
This episode of the WinesOfItaly Show was a collaboration with Susannah Gold and our Substack project All That Wine. Susanna and I explore a lesser-known wine region in Veneto: the Valle d’Agno, northwest of Vicenza. Our guest, Massimo Dal Lago, co-founder of Masari Winery, guides us into the heart of this valley, where volcanic soils … Read more
On a summer day back in 2018, I was picked up by Carlo Lisini and, together with a couple of other wine writers, headed to his family winery in Montalcino for a vertical Brunello tasting in style. Today, the winery is run mainly by cousins Carlo and Ludovica and their children, though all the cousins … Read more
There have been several articles in the media lately listing wine bars to visit in Florence, including in La Repubblica and Wine Enthusiast. This is interesting because it shows how the wine bar scene has grown a lot in the last few years. Up until about 10 years ago, there were a few good wine … Read more
Sei un produttore di vino e magari eri in cantina oggi, davanti alle botti, quando ti veniva il pensiero: Dovrei postare qualcosa. Ma cosa? Non mi viene in mente niente da scrivere. Se solo sapessi come fare un piano… Scrivo in inglese? Boh. Oppure mando una newsletter? Ma non ho una promozione di vino pronta… … Read more
Last year, I started the Substack publication All That Wine together with Susannah Gold to dive deeper into the beautiful world of wine. We did a couple of livestreams with producers last year; the articles about them will be published soon. I just published the first newsletter article of the year over on All That … Read more
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. We are in the midst of the Christmas holidays. Wednesday was Christmas Eve, the most important day in Sweden; yesterday was the 25th, which is celebrated in many other countries, and today is the Feast of Saint Stephen. I have always loved Christmas, and I still do. … Read more
In this episode of the newly rebooted The Wines of Italy Show, we travel—virtually—to the windswept coast of southwestern Sicily to explore Sicilian wine and the history, culture, and wines of Tenuta Gorghi Tondi, a unique, women-led winery located in the heart of a WWF nature reserve near Mazara del Vallo. I welcomed Marilena Leta, … Read more
After two press tours in a row last weekend and early this week – to Alto Adige and Piemonte -, I am feeling a bit tired and under the weather today. I probably overdid it a bit with 6 days away. Though I feel better and better, I am still working on getting back in … Read more
Today, I am writing to you from a café at Walterplatz in Bolzano, with a view of the surrounding Dolomites. I arrived on Thursday, invited by Bolzano Winery – one of the successful cooperatives in Alto Adige – to attend a vertical tasting of their new wines, Tal 1930 and Tal 1908. It was also … Read more