STORIE DI VINI E VITICOLTORI
The undeniable charm that Bordeaux is able to arouse with enviable constancy, is one of the distinctive features that has allowed its wine trade to thrive over the centuries. This observation also applies to Château Giscours, a wine obtained from a landowner, in the area of Margaux, taken over by Pierre de l’Horme in 1552, and expanded progressively until 1571. [Read more…] about Château Giscours 2005
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 Tai Riserva di Famiglia 2019, Società Agricola Diotisalvi
The fact that the Maison Gonet-Médeville has just turned 20 years of age should not mislead us from the actual importance of this winery in Bisseuil, on the south-eastern side of the Montagne de Reims, in Champagne. The owner couple, Xavier Gonet and his wife Julie Médeville, are in fact the respective descendants of a famous family of Champagne winemakers (the Gonets) and a family with several properties in Bordeaux, including Château Gillette and Château Les justices (the Médevilles). [Read more…] about Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil Sur-Oger Grand Cru Extra-Brut Champ d’Alouette 2004, Gonet-Médeville
Few wine brands in the world can boast a history of over seven centuries, like the one that belongs to the Frescobaldi family, one of the most illustrious standard-bearer of the made in Italy wine in the world. The Frescobaldis, in fact, are a family whose first exponents moved from the Val di Pesa, where they owned land including the estate of Castiglioni (their oldest agricultural property), to Florence around the year 1000. [Read more…] about Benefizio Riserva Castello di Pomino 2016, Marchesi Frescobaldi
