Exploring Italian Wine One Grape at a Time
At the #WinesOfItaly #Blab on June 21st at 9pmCET / 3pmET / 12pmPT, we talked wine with Saverio Luzzi and his daughter, Claudia Luzzi, from the winery Villa La Ripa, close to Arezzo. This estate has a long history, though Saverio and his family only bought it in the 1990s. They produce different IGT Toscana wines from Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, … Read more
On April 25th we had been told that the rain was going to pour down all day long, but me and my friend Paola Dentifrigi decided to challenge the weather and go on a wine tour anyway. It was a national holiday, as April 25th in Italy is a very important day being Liberation Day, i.e. the … Read more
So this article is even more overdue than the last one about me and Nadia Padrin’s wine impressions at Vinitaly 2016 back in April. However, I have not had much time to write articles during the last couple of weeks due to work, so I will try and make up for it all now. In … Read more
Join #WinesOfItaly @blab on May 10th. Guest: @pietrobeconcini https://t.co/eX4dTOaKpW @MediaLabRat @KDHungerford pic.twitter.com/nP5kMaSevY — Katarina Andersson (@ricasoli99) May 6, 2016 At the #WinesOfItaly #Blab, on May 10th at 9pmCET / 3pmET / 12pmPT we talked about wine with Eva Bellagamba from Pietro Beconcini Winery in San Miniato, Tuscany. This winery is unique because they produce wines … Read more
Sorry all, this article is very overdue, but the last week I had a lot of work so I never managed to get it finished before. Anyway, two days at Vinitaly was hard work. This year I was there with my friend and fellow sommelier Nadia Padrin. I had a list of wineries I wanted … Read more
Join #WinesOfItaly @blab on April 26th w/ @vinigoretti from #Umbria https://t.co/n1AqF4l8Xu @MediaLabRat @debra11 pic.twitter.com/Vtxk7guMIR — Katarina Andersson (@ricasoli99) April 21, 2016 At the #WinesOfItaly #Blab, on April 26th at 9pmCET / 3pmET / 12pmPT we talked about wine in Umbria with Sara Goretti from the winery Vini Goretti in Pila, close to Perugia. This a … Read more
#WinesOfItaly @blab is back on April 19th, w/ #Istine Winery & @LaDivinaEnoteca https://t.co/y7AHF18BjY @MediaLabRat @KDHungerford — Katarina Andersson (@ricasoli99) April 14, 2016 At the #WinesOfItaly #Blab, on April 19th at 9pmCET / 3pmET / 12pmPT we talked about wine with Angela Fronti from Istine Winery in Radda in Chianti, Tuscany. This was a dialogue on wine between … Read more
Today, when Vinitaly 2016 is kicking off, as I write this short blog article, talking about wine communication and marketing of the wine industry in Italy is a “hot” topic. People from all over the world come to Verona to taste Italian wine and meet with Italian wine producers to learn about the latest trends. Communication … Read more
Last Wednesday, March 30th, I was invited to a lunch in Florence with other wine writers to meet with the owner of Valdonica winery in Maremma, Martin Kerres and his oenologist Tim Manning. Furthermore, two of Martin Kerres daughters were with him at the lunch too. The lunch took place at the Residence Villa Cora which is located on … Read more
Last Thursday Fisar Firenze had organized a dinner at the restaurant La Ménagére in the center of Florence. The wines for the evening were from the producer Brunnenhof in the locality Mazzon in Alto Adige. Mazzon is well-known for being a wine production area in the town district Neumarkt (Egna in Italian) in South Tyrol. The … Read more