Posted on February 25th, 2009 by VinoWire
A memorial service was held yesterday in Piazza Maria Cappellano in the historic center of Serralunga d’Alba (Piedmont) to remember and honor the life of beloved winemaker, activist, and Barolo producer Teobaldo “Baldo” Cappellano. Among those who spoke were Serralunga d’Alba mayor Luis Cabases, president of the Enoteca Regionale del Barolo Renata Salvano, Marinella Minetti, [...]
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Posted on February 21st, 2009 by VinoWire
Today, the world mourns the loss of one of Italy’s greatest winemakers, Teobaldo Cappallano, producer of Barolo, co-founder of the Vini Veri (Real Wine) movement, steadfast defender of traditional winemaking practices, and an untiring activist devoted to the cause of vino secondo natura, “wine by means of nature.” In October 2008, Cappellano and VinoWire editor [...]
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Posted on February 20th, 2009 by VinoWire
VinoWire contributor Tom Hyland filed this report last night from Montalcino.
I tasted through several dozen 2007 Chianti Classicos and the result is good news/bad news.
What is good about 2007 was that it was a wonderful vintage with big extract, but healthy acidity. So the wines are much better balanced than those from 2006.
The [...]
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Posted on February 17th, 2009 by VinoWire
On February 11, 2009, Italy’s Comitato Nazionale Vini (National Wine Committee) gave the greenlight for a new DOCG, Moscato di Scanzo, a red Moscato vinified as a dried-grape wine in the province of Bergamo. The appellation obtained its DOC in 2002 and is the first wine produced in Bergamo to achieve DOCG status. (Lombardy currently [...]
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Posted on February 13th, 2009 by VinoWire
Winemaker and blogger Craig Camp lives in California and is the author of Wine Camp, a Points-Free zone. Check out the original post here.
The old saying two sides of the same coin all to often applies to wines these days. Diversity is drowned in the head on pursuit of Points. We can’t really criticize wineries [...]
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Posted on February 12th, 2009 by VinoWire
According to a press release issued by Banfi Vintners, it has signed an agreement with Gruppo Italiano Vini (GIV) making it the U.S. importer of flagship brands Bolla and Fontana Candida. The agreement goes into effect on March 1, 2009. GIV purchased the brands from Brown Forman in 2008.
“We are very proud that ownership of [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2009 by VinoWire
Now labeled “Friulano” instead of “Tocai,” sales of Tocai Friulano have increased by 10% in Germany and the U.S., according to Coldiretti Friuli-Venezia Giulia’s new president Dario Ermacora. “The ‘Friulano’ label will be good for Tocai,” said Ermacora. “More Friulano is being sold already, especially in the U.S. and Germany.”
Defeat in the legal battle with [...]
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