00:00 – Intro e saluti
01:02 – Il Pinot Nero e l’Oltrepò Pavese
01:40 – Storia dell’agricoltura da Montù dei Gabbi a Canneto Pavese [Read more…] about Giulio Fiamberti e l’Azienda Agricola Giulio Fiamberti
Sparkling
Giulio Fiamberti e l’Azienda Agricola Giulio Fiamberti
00:00 – Intro e saluti
01:02 – Il Pinot Nero e l’Oltrepò Pavese
01:40 – Storia dell’agricoltura da Montù dei Gabbi a Canneto Pavese [Read more…] about Giulio Fiamberti e l’Azienda Agricola Giulio Fiamberti
Mattia Nevelli e la Cantina Ballabio
Quattro chiacchiere con Mattia Nevelli, proprietario della Cantina Ballabio
01:04 – Fare vino nell’Oltrepò Pavese
01:48 – la storia di Angelo e Giovanni Ballabio
03:39 – Decadimento e ricostruzione da parte della famiglia Nevelli [Read more…] about Mattia Nevelli e la Cantina Ballabio
Paolo Tealdi e la Tenuta Oltrenero
Quattro chiacchiere con Paolo Tealdi, Direttore della Tenuta Oltrenero
00:57 – Cosa significa fare vino nell’Oltrepò Pavese
01:25 – Cenni sulla tenuta Oltrenero
02:21 – Lo Champagne italiano [Read more…] about Paolo Tealdi e la Tenuta Oltrenero
Paolo Tealdi e la Tenuta Oltrenero
Quattro chiacchiaere con Paolo Torti, Direttore della Tenuta Oltrenero
01:05 – Cosa significa fare vino nell’Oltrepò Pavese
01:25 – Cenni sulla tenuta Oltrenero
02:13 – Lo Champagne italiano [Read more…] about Paolo Tealdi e la Tenuta Oltrenero
Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Extra Brut Le Bout Du Clos, Jacques Selosse
The influence that the small Maison Jacques Selosse has exerted on Champagne producers is an incontrovertible fact that testifies to the importance of the 40 years of study and research by the charismatic Anselme Selosse. It all began around 1974 when the young Anselme, once finished his studies in oenology in Burgundy, entered in the Maison founded by his father Jacques 15 years earlier. [Read more…] about Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Extra Brut Le Bout Du Clos, Jacques Selosse
Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil Sur-Oger Grand Cru Extra-Brut Champ d’Alouette 2004, Gonet-Médeville
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
Franciacorta Extra Brut Comarì del Salem 2012, Azienda Agricola Uberti
The area in the province of Brescia, south of Iseo Lake, framed by its morainic hills, was known for the production of wine already at the time of Plinio the Elder and Virgil and, wanting to go even further back in time, the excavations have brought to light accumulations of grape pips dating back to prehistoric times. In that area, called Franciacorta and elevated to DOC in 1967 and DOCG in 1990, there is a family, that of the Uberti, who had begun to produce wines already in 1793, resulting in fact one of the oldest of the denomination tout court. [Read more…] about Franciacorta Extra Brut Comarì del Salem 2012, Azienda Agricola Uberti
Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Rive Empatico 2020, Società Agricola Diotisalvi
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 Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Rive Empatico 2020, Società Agricola Diotisalvi
Metodo Classico Pas Dosé Cinque, Marco Buvoli-Opificio del Pinot Nero
The wines produced by Marco Buvoli, in Gambugliano, in a magnificent hilly enclave, 10 kilometres northwest of Vicenza, are, since about fifteen years, one of the most prestigious expressions of sparkling italian 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 Pas Dosé Cinque, Marco Buvoli-Opificio del Pinot Nero
Metodo Classico Extra Brut Rosé Sette, Marco Buvoli-Opificio del Pinot Nero
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
Franciacorta UNO, Azienda Agricola Colline della Stella
The history of Azienda Agricola Colline della Stella is first of all the story of the tenacity and resourcefulness of a young man, the then little more than twenty years old Andrea Arici, that in the second half of the 90s decided to try a long and hard work of recovery of some old vineyards between Cellatica and Gussago, in the easternmost area of Franciacorta To tell the truth, the area of Cellatica was famous for its red wines, and the local vineyards were entirely planted with Barbera, Marzemino or Schiava grapes; this, however, will not discourage Andrea who, together with his father Francesco, plant first Chardonnay and then Pinot Noir. [Read more…] about Franciacorta UNO, Azienda Agricola Colline della Stella
Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Pas Dosé L’Apôtre 2013, Davíd Léclapart
Léclapart family has been cultivating the vine for three generations in the small village of Trépail, north of Ambonnay, in the heart of the territory of Reims, the legendary Champagne Montagne. The winery is currently run by David who, before continuing the work of his parents, was trained at the agrobiological school in Beaujeu and spent 2 years of training at Leclerc-Briant. [Read more…] about Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Pas Dosé L’Apôtre 2013, Davíd Léclapart
Franciacorta Brut Doppio Erre Di, Derbusco Cives
Although Franciacorta are constantly among the best Italian sparkling wines, it is worth remembering that it is a productive zone born at the end of the 70s and officially recognized with the DOCG only in 1995. The name of the area comes from the Latin “curtes francae” (free courts) and this would seem to indicate that in the Early Middle Ages (between the sixth and eleventh centuries) those lands were exempt from paying tribute, a privilege granted to the small communities of Benedictines who inhabited them. [Read more…] about Franciacorta Brut Doppio Erre Di, Derbusco Cives
Franciacorta Zèro 2016, Contadi Castaldi
According to the available sources, it is possible to say that the Moretti family was present in Erbusco, the country became the beating heart of the denomination Franciacorta docg, since 1400. Certainly at that time it could not be assumed that those areas would become so important for Italian viticulture and for the production of sparkling wines and in fact, in 1967, the founder, Vittorio Moretti, had created a construction company, the Moretti Building on Human Values, which for a strange fate had specialized in the construction of cellars. [Read more…] about Franciacorta Zèro 2016, Contadi Castaldi
Brut N.7, Champagne Ayala
The history of maison Ayala, in Champagne, begins in 1860 thanks to Edmond de Ayala who establishes the winery in Aÿ, the famous Grad Cru of the Vallée de la Marne. The winery doesn’t take long to be noticed, thanks to the 1865 choice to vinify its wines with a dosage of 21 g/l, certainly higher than what we are currently used to but certainly much lower than the standards of the time, which included sweet wines with a dosage of about 150 g/l. [Read more…] about Brut N.7, Champagne Ayala
Oltrepò Terra di Pinot Nero 2021 a Milano
Thursday, Dicember 2nd was held in Milan, at the premises of DaDa in Taverna, an event dedicated to Pinot Noir and its still and sparkling declinations in the Oltrepò Pavese lands, as interpreted by a group of producers who created the project Oltrepò Terra di Pinot Nero. The event started with an introduction curated by Filippo Bartolotta who, supported by Armando Castagno and Alessio Brandolini (the latter representing the entire group of producers), tried to trace some geographical, stylistic, productive and social Pinot Noir coordinates in this territory, whose potential has yet to be fully explored. [Read more…] about Oltrepò Terra di Pinot Nero 2021 a Milano
Franciacorta Extra Brut Cuvée Prestige Edizione 43, Ca’ del Bosco
Ca’ del Bosco history begins in 1964, with the purchase by Annamaria Clementi Zanella of a small house, surrounded by chestnut trees, known as “Ca’ del bosc”, in the hills, in Erbusco, with two hectares of vineyards. In that bucolic landscape, the young Maurizio Zanella, son of Annamaria, grew up, letting himself be infected by those lands stimulations, until entering decisively in the family business in the early ’70s. [Read more…] about Franciacorta Extra Brut Cuvée Prestige Edizione 43, Ca’ del Bosco
Extra Brut Première Cuvée, Bruno Paillard
No doubt Champagne’s Maison Bruno Paillard, despite its youth (it was founded in 1981), has long conquered the most refined and demanding hearts and palates. Before starting to produce Champagne Bruno worked as mediator, learning the difficult work of selecting the best grapes, and their correct economic evaluation, skills that are still useful to him today, when he has to negotiate the purchase grapes price, with the historic holders of his winery, from vineyards located in 30 different villages. [Read more…] about Extra Brut Première Cuvée, Bruno Paillard
Brut Réserve, Billecart-Salmon
Among the great wineries, famous for the production of Champagne wines, Billecart-Salmon Maison occupies, without a doubt, a remarkable position. On the other hand, it is not by chance that two thousandths (1959 and 1961) place themselves in the first two places of the ranking emerged from the famous blind tasting held in Stockholm in 1999 (the first, 1959, even called the “Champagne of the millennium”). [Read more…] about Brut Réserve, Billecart-Salmon
