STORIE DI VINI E VITICOLTORI
La Stoppa is a centenary winery, in the province of Piacenza; we are in Emilia but, just thirty kilometers northwest, and we would have found ourselves in Oltrepò Pavese. The founder, Giancarlo Ageno, fell in love with those lands and began to produce wines there, passing on this passion to his family, first, and to that of the Pantaleoni, from 1973, when they took over the estate. [Read more…] about Macchiona 2013, La Stoppa
When trying to describe the evolution of Brunello di Montalcino over the last 40 years, one of the names that I personally consider essential is that of Gianni Brunelli and his winery. Although, unfortunately, the love story between Montalcino and this winemaker lasted just twenty years and ended prematurely with his death, the values expressed resist time, thanks to the perseverance of Gianni’s wife, Laura, who today continues to lead the winery with the same determination. [Read more…] about Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2013, Gianni Brunelli – Azienda Agraria Le Chiuse Di Sotto
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
There is no doubt that Gaja today is one of the most famous brands of Italian wine in the world. It is enough to recall, by way of explanation, that already in 1985 its Barbaresco docg was called “the finest wine ever made in Italy”, and that in 1998 the owner, Angelo Gaja, was awarded by the international wine press as “man of the year”. [Read more…] about Barolo Sperss 2013, Gaja
To try an explanation of Cantina Cecilia Beretta success we need to take a few steps back, and start from the group of which it is part, owned by the Pasqua family. This group was born in 1925 with the intention of enhancing the Venetian viticulture, with wines produced in the San Felice winery, in the province of Verona. [Read more…] about Amarone Classico Riserva Terre di Cariano 2013, Cecilia Beretta
Riecine is the name of a medieval village, located in the heart of the Chianti Classico, in Gaiole, whose particular wine vocation was developed by the Dunkley spouses, since 1971. The homonymous winery, after having gained quite quickly the fame of “Specialist of Sangiovese”, has kept it unchanged until today, [Read more…] about Riecine 2013, Riecine
Capannelle winery was born from an idea of the Roman entrepreneur Raffaele Rossetti who, in 1974, bought an old seventeenth-century farmhouse in the heart of Chianti Classico, in Gaiole, and 10 and a half hectares of vineyard. [Read more…] about Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2013, Capannelle
Castell’in Villa is a small Tuscan village located in Felsina Berardenga from the province of Siena, in Chianti Classico area, originating from a small town of 13th century. Currently it is the seat of the homonymous company, purchased in 1967 by Riccardo Pignatelli della Leonessa [Read more…] about Chianti Classico Riserva 2013, Castell’in Villa
Gresser family started producing wines in the 16th century with their ancestors who already were used to raise the vine. Nowaday the young owner Rémy Gresser took over the reins of the company, [Read more…] about Riesling Grand Cru Kastelberg 2013, Domaine Gresser
Pieve di Santa Restituta is a Catholic place of worship (“Pieve” means church) located in the homonymous locality of Montalcino, in the province of Siena, knew since the 6th century. Right close to it Roberto Bellini established, in 1974, his winery, [Read more…] about Brunello di Montalcino Sugarille 2013, Pieve di Santa Restituta
Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux, formerly Domaine Robert Arnoux, founded in 1858, is currently held by Pascal Lachaux and his wife Florence Arnoux (married in 1987) since 1984. [Read more…] about Romanée-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru 2013, Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux
