STORIE DI VINI E VITICOLTORI
Sometimes, in the varied world of wine, it happens that the owner of a large Venetian industrial group, Diotisalvi Perin, lover of nature and good wine, decides to take the risk and turn his passion into a fascinating wine project. Diotisalvi did so initially with a company, Antiche Terre dei Conti, engaged in an organic production at 360 degrees, and today converted to the production of ancient grains and flour. [Read more…] about Assolato, Società Agricola Diotisalvi
The wine production of the Antinori family boasts, among its ranks, real wine monuments, able to warm the hearts of their fans around the world. On the other hand, it is still one of the oldest Maison, now in its twenty-sixth generation, with Albiera, Alessia and Allegra Antinori, daughters of the Marquis Piero Antinori, after more than 600 years of history. [Read more…] about Guado al Tasso 2015, Antinori
To establish a date of the connection between the Pecorari family and viticulture in the Isonzo valleys, near Gorizia, in Friuli Venezia Giulia, just 10 kilometers from the border with Slovenia, we have to go back to 1879. Since then this connection has never been broken, passing through five generations, and arriving at the current owner Alvaro Pecorari who, starting from the important development work done by his father, gave it a definitive organization through the creation of Lis Neris winery. [Read more…] about Confini 2015, Lis Neris
The wines produced by Marco Buvoli, in Gambugliano, about 10 kilometers northwest of Vicenza, in the Castellari Mountains, between the Lessini and the Berici, have been for about fifteen years one of the most prestigious expressions of Italian sparkling Pinot Noir. Marco, on the other hand, is the son of Nevio Buvoli, one of the first Italian sommelier, who trained him to recognize the difference between a mediocre wine, a simply good one and an excellent one. [Read more…] about Metodo Classico Extra Brut Rosé Sette, Marco Buvoli-Opificio del Pinot Nero
There are few wines that can boast such a long and fascinating history as that of Château La Mission Haut-Brion. It all started with the acquisition, by a merchant from Bordeaux, Arnaud de Lestonnac, of a plot of land in Pessac-Léognan, known as Arregedhuys, which will form the basis of both this Château and Château Haut-Brion. [Read more…] about La Mission Haut-Brion 2006, Château La Mission Haut-Brion
In the area of Terlano wine was produced at least in the 6th century B.C. as it dates back to that time a characteristic billhook for the vine pruning, very similar to those still used in those areas, in the subzone “Siebenheich/Settequerce” (= seven oaks). On the other hand, that this was a particularly well-suited area, was also known by the large landowners who held the monopoly in the 19th century [Read more…] about Chardonnay Rarity 2000, Cantina Terlano
The history of Girlan winery began in 1923 with 23 winegrowers who, at the urging of the founder and first president Johann Kofler Krautschneider, established its headquarters in a 16th century farm. The first real turning point of the winery occurred in 1961, when it was produced a selection of Schiava that took its name from the number of casks in which it was aged: Fass (=cask) Nr.9. [Read more…] about Pinot Nero Riserva Vigna Ganger 2016, Cantina Girlan
