Exploring Italian Wine One Grape at a Time
Donato D’Angelo Winery is a winery in Rionero in Vulture, the heart of the Vulture area. They are producing classic Aglianico del Vulture wines and more. I met oenologist Emiliana D’Angelo last year, she is one of Donato D’Angelo’s daughters. I talked to Emiliana to learn more about Emiliana pointed out that Aglianico del Vulture … Read more
Though we are in May, the focus will here be on my Digital Vino live stream with Alessio Fortunato as a guest and the wine market in China from back in December. Alessio Fortunato is an Italian oenologist and wine consultant working mainly with the Chinese wine market. In fact, he started out about 7-8 … Read more
The word on everybody’s lips during the last year has no doubt been the need to go digital, especially in the wine world. Digital marketing for wineries has become of the essence. Earlier this year, in February, I had the opportunity to talk more about the digital transformation in the world of wine with Paul … Read more
Early on a Monday morning in December, I took the train from Florence in the direction towards Verona to learn more about the world of wine communication by attending the, by now, well-known digital (wine) marketing conference Wine2Wine. I had not thought of going, thinking maybe next year, but then I was in contact with … Read more
On January 7th, 2017, we were talking about artisanal and a sort of new generation of organic Cirò Doc wines at #WinesOfItaly #LiveStream. My guest was Cataldo Calabretta, who is a winemaker in Cirò Marina. I tasted Cataldo’s wines for the first time at Vinitaly last year. Then, last summer in I had the opportunity … Read more
On January 24th, 2017, we talked about four a bit lesser known native grape varieties of Campania at #WinesOfItaly #LiveStream. My guest for the evening was sommelier Armando Pistolese. I got to know Armando while he was working at the wine bar of the Consortium of Chianti Classico at the Mercato Centrale in Florence. Armando studied to … Read more
On a sunny Saturday afternoon in January, i.e. last Saturday, I went to Siena for the event Wine & Siena to do some heavy wine tasting and meet top wineries. This was the second edition of this wine event which is organized by the Merano Wine Festival people. The beautiful thing with this wine event is … Read more
The program for the #WinesOfItaly #LiveStreams during December is ready. The guests are some amazing wine producers here in Tuscany. After having had some different types of guests during the last few weeks, with the oenologist Valentino Ciarla and Stephanie Davis & Valerie Caruso from the podcast Wine Two Five, I am now back to Italian … Read more
Join us celebrating 1 year of #WinesOfItaly LiveStream on Nov 22 w/ Steph&Val from @WineTwoFive @MediaLabRat @KDHungerford #Tuscany pic.twitter.com/cdSWu6nKq1 — Katarina Andersson (@ricasoli99) November 17, 2016 At #WinesOfItaly #LiveStream on Tuesday, November 22nd, my guests will be Stephanie Davis and Valerie Caruso from the podcast Wine Two Five. This live stream will also be a … Read more
On Tuesday, October 11th, my guests at Wines Of Italy Livestream will be Federica and Gianluca Cabrini from Tenuta Belvedere in Montecalvo Versiggia which is in the province of Pavia in Lombardy. This winery is situated in the Oltrepò Pavese wine district in Lombardy. They produce a sparkling wine m’Ami Spumante Extra Brut made with pinot … Read more