Even though I’m not the biggest fan of this grape and the wines it is used to make, I’m almost sad that I missed Barbera Meeting 2010, which took place over the course of four days in Asti. It simply wasn’t possible for me to get into the game this time around.
Four days devoted to [...]
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According to a report circulated today by the Italian media, researchers at the University of Verona have completed mapping of the DNA contained in the Corvina grape variety, the main grape utilized in the production of wines from Valpolicella, including dried-grape wines Amarone and Recioto. The decoding marks the first time ever, according to the [...]
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VinNatur 2010 tasting event details:
Dates: Sunday 11 april 2010 & Monday 12 april 2010
Hours: from 10 until 18.00
Venue: Villa da Porto (also known as “La Favorita”), Muttoni St. in ‘Monticello di Fara,’” Sarego (Vicenza), ITALY
For more info, visit the VinNatur site.
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Dates: Thursday, April 8th to Saturday, April 10th
Time: 10 AM to 6 PM
Place: AreaExp Events Center, in Cerea (Province of Verona), about a half-hour drive/train ride from Vinitaly.
Producers: over 130 natural wine producers, from Italy and beyond.
Organizers: Vini Veri Consortium and Renaissance Des Appellations.
A complete list of the participating winemakers will soon be available [...]
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Above: The picturesque medieval fortress (La fortezza) in Montalcino provides the backdrop each year for Brunello’s annual debutante event. Photo courtesy Montalcino Report.
Benvenuto Brunello (“Welcome Brunello), the Brunello of Montalcino producers association’s annual event, begins today, with tastings in Montalcino today and tomorrow for press and trade, Saturday and Sunday for consumers.
Participating producers will [...]
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In a statement published Wednesday at Italy’s agriculture ministry website, minister Luca Zaia called the recent seizure of 14,000 bottles of sparkling rosé wine labeled “Rosecco” a blow against “agropiracy.”
“The unbridled imagination of the agropirates was about to strike one of the most important players in the Italian peninsula’s wine industry: Prosecco,” said Zaia [...]
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Source FocusWine.it, translation by VinoWire.
With the participation of more than 285 Italian companies, Italian Wine Week (New York, February 2-5, 2010) represents the most important event to feature Italian wine outside Italy’s orders. The conference includes a rich program and involves hundreds of American wine-industry professionals. Italian Wine Week activities have been organized by the [...]
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“The decision of one Langhe producer not to make a 2006 Barolo or Barbaresco shocked Piedmont — and the furore shows no sign of letting up. For this was not just any old producer, but one of the Langhe’s indisputable greats. Bruno Giacosa (above, photo by Decanter Magazine) announced last May that he would not [...]
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Recently, it occurred to me that over the last year, I’ve written quite a bit about Bruno Giacosa, the great winemaker and eponymous winery that the whole world — even James Suckling! — considers one of the indisputable benchmarks of Langa wines (the French critique Michel Bettane alone does not share this view). Indeed, I’ve [...]
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There’s good news for lovers of Apulian wine! In the land of trulli, taralli, the Castel del Monte, and orecchiette con le cime di rapa (orecchiette with broccoli raab), the field of Apulian white wines continues to grow
Don’t get me wrong. Apulia will remain a fundamentally red (and rosé) region, where wines made using [...]
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