This post appeared originally in Italian here. Translation by VinoWire.
Since it’s that time of year when Christmas cheer brings out the best in all of us, I’d like to tell you about one of the wines that impressed me the most in November in Fornovo Taro at the Vini di Vignaioli/Vins de Vignerons conference and [...]
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VinoWire editor Franco Ziliani, author of Italy’s most popular wine blog, Vino al Vino, recently returned from Apulia.
Above: Vittorio Pichierri of Vinicola Savese in Sava (Manduria, Apulia) has been aging wine in amphorae since the 1970s and beyond. Photo by Franco Ziliani.
How are things going in Apulia? I’ve been here since Sunday in “full immersion” [...]
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VinoWire contributor Tom Hyland authors the wine blog Reflections on Wine.
From the start, the 2005 Barolos are faced with a problem — they follow the spectacular 2004 vintage. Any time that happens, the lesser vintage will suffer in the eyes of the press.
The truth about 2005 is that is a good to very good [...]
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Craig Camp authors the popular wine blog Wine Camp, a points-free zone.
I’m trying to remember the first year I visited this estate – 82? 83? In those days Einaudi was ultra-traditional and in the 80’s that meant erratic. While those days are often a bit over romanticized, there is no debate that great wines have [...]
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Winemaker Craig Camp authors the popular wine blog Wine Camp.
Everyone seems to love this wine, but me. Huge points always seem to accompany Paolo Scavino’s Baroli, yet to me they have very serious problems — they don’t taste like they were produced in Barolo or produced from the Nebbiolo variety. This time the wine was [...]
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VinoWire creator and editor Franco Ziliani recently blind-tasted more than 300 new releases by Langa and Roero producers at Alba Wine Exhibition.
At least one trend emerged at the recent Alba Wine Exhibition tasting. From the tireless traditionalists like the undersigned to the democratic omnivores who love both the new wave and the ancient, [...]
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VinoWire contributor Tom Hyland shares a first impression from Alba Wine Exhibition 2009. Tom is the author of Reflections on Wine.
Initial Thoughts on 2005 Barolo
“So what are your first thoughts on the 2005 Barolos?” I was asked by Danilo Drocco, winmaker at Fontanafredda in Serralunga d’Alba, in the heart of the Barolo zone. Drocco was [...]
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One of the things I love the most about Produttori del Barbaresco is how its winemaking practices have remained virtually unchanged since it began making Barbaresco in 1958 (technically the winery was launched as a Cantina Sociale in 1894). Few Italian winemakers can rival this iconic label for the terroir- and vintage-driven characteristics of the [...]
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Left: Giusto Occhipinti, owner of COS and Occhipinti. VinoWire contributor Tom Hyland, author of Reflections on Wine, just returned from Sicily.
I have been in Sicily for the en premeur tastings for the last three days, combining winery visits with producer tastings. A few words on the best wines I have tasted…
To date, the only competition [...]
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VinoWire contributor Tom Hyland is the author of Reflections on Wine.
I attended the Benvenuto Brunello tastings last weekend in Montalcino and I am happy to report that Brunello is back! After the rainy 2002 growing season and a torridly hot 2003 which yielded less than satisfying wines, the new examples of Brunello di Montalcino from [...]
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