VinoWire co-founder and co-editor Franco Ziliani is the author of Italy’s most popular wine blog, Vino al Vino. The post below appeared originally in Italian in May. Ristorante da Felicin in Monforte d’Alba is one of my favorite restaurants, a place where I always feel at home (and maybe even better than at home) and [...]
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The Oltrepò Pavese, land of Bonarda and Cruasé, land of Pinot Noir vinified as still and sparkling white wines, land of Buttafuoco and Classese, and many other wines. But the Oltrepò Pavese is also part of the relatively narrow map of Italian wine zones where Riesling can be produced (and, obviously, I’m talking about Rhine [...]
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“One of the greatest and most extraordinary people in the world of wine,” wrote VinoWire contributor Franco Ziliani in a heartfelt tribute to the beloved and revered maestro of the Italian wine world, “the greatest nose and the greatest palate I’ve ever met, Giorgio Grai turns 80 today.” With his wines, wrote Franco in a [...]
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Blogger Wolfgang Weber is currently working on a number of entries on Italian wine to be included in the forthcoming wine encyclopedia, Opus Vino (DK, October, 2010). Nebbiolo Prima, the reconstituted annual anteprima event formerly known as the Alba Wines Exhibition, is easily one of the most engaging Italian wine tastings that I’ve attended. It’s [...]
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VinoWire contributor David McDuff authors one of the most popular food and wine blogs in the U.S., McDuff’s Food & Wine Trail. As I was saying yesterday, the large scale, focused format of the blind tastings at Nebbiolo Prima provided some definite insights into the qualities of vintage — with 2007 being the primary focus [...]
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Breaking news from Montalcino: Ezio Rivella has been elected as the new president of the Brunello di Montalcino producers association (Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino). Source: Montalcino Report.
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While many Montalcino observers and actors on the ground have pointed to Ezio Rivella as the front-runner in the election for the 15-member advisory council president, some believe the results of the body’s general election represent a better indicator of who leads the race. Today, VinoWire obtained the public results of the May 18th election, [...]
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Winemakers, bottlers, observers, and other actors on the ground anxiously await the announcement of the new president of the advisory council of the Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino, the Brunello producers association, expected Thursday. Last week, in an interview entitled “If I became president of the Consortium,” presidential front-runner Ezio Rivella spoke to the [...]
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