Wine News

Vermouth mania. La Venaria Reale Riserva from Giulio Cocchi

Vinitaly 2016 was the ideal occasion for presenting La Venaria Reale Riserva. At the end of the 19th century, brilliant pastry chef Giulio Cocchi, an alchemist of flavor, first produced this Vermouth di Torino.

From Friuli to Bordeaux to heal French vineyards. The great Chateaux and the Italian pruners

Marco Simonit and Pierpaolo Sirch, grape pruners from Friuli, have made their mark in France. In Bordeaux, the great Chateaux saw their vines dying and called out for help.

The Botanical Club in Milan. Spleen et Ideal gin and a second space on Tortona

Alessandro Longhin and Davide Martelli started their Milan adventure under a year ago: a micro-distillery, cocktail bar and bistro that blends quality cocktails and fine dining. Let’s take a look at the newly opened second space on via Tortona. 

Internet of Things. Vol 2. How does it apply to winemaking?

In a previous installment we examined how the Internet of Things can be applied to rice farming. Today we take a look at what happens in the wine cellar.

Birra del Borgo/AB InBev case, interview with Jean Hummler of Moeder Lambic

Upon learning of Birra del Borgo’s purchase – one of Italy’s best known craft beer breweries by AB Inbev, the industry’s leading multinational conglomerate, we raced to Brussels to interview Jean Hummler who is famous for his beer bar Moeder...

Tasting notes. Porto, vertical of 9 Graham’s

From the youngest, the Vintage 2009, to the 10, 20, 30 and 40 year-old Aged Tawny. An extended Port wine degustation at the Graham’s cellar.

Tuscan Preview. Brunello: 2010 and 2011 vintages on the 50th anniversary of the DOC

Same wine, different years. Brunello di Montalcino demonstrates to be a an excellent choice in almost all its performances. We want to tell you about the ones we enjoyed the most.

Valpolicella Preview. Amarone. 2012, vintage light

A changeable and unstable wheather can highly determine the final taste of a wine. Our experts have tasted and examined 10 different Amarone from the same year and the results show a sgnificant difference between upper and lower slopes vineyards.

Great Vertical Tastings. Paternoster: Power and Elegance in a Southern Red

A spumante exported around the world and an important, powerful, elegant and concentrated red: an expression of the South, bot h are Aglianico, and both are from Paternoster, a family of entrepreneurs who personify a typical Italian story.

Gaia Gaja. My challenge: figuring out the future

New energy on the road to sustainability, biodynamic inspiration, broad horizons, analysis beyond the banal. Gaia is leading Gaja into the future, together with her sister Rossana and brother Giovanni. She tells us about her passions and her formula for...
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