Wine News

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...

Great Vertical Tastings. Riserva di Coltibuono: a classic for the decades

Even a super-well-known territory can provide fresh emotions. This vertical tasting of Badia a Coltibuono was extraordinary and moving. It demonstrates that there are terroirs that prevail over all else.

Gin? Excellence is made in Italy

Italy = Grappa? Certainly, that’s what tradition says. But it’s also true that the passion for mixed drinks and international fashions have made gin one of the trendiest spirits in the world, Italy included. Here are the 15 best labels.

Italy’s emerging sparkling wines

The obsessing about comparisons to Champagne is finally over, and Italian metodo classico labels are enjoying a new era, one of transition. Stimulated by a generational shift, a reshaping of the identity of Italian territories is underway, particularly those best...

Great Vertical Tastings. The Vision of Vietti

With the release of the 2011, the Vietti family’s Barolo Rocche di Castiglione celebrates its 50th year. An important achievement, it underlines the quality achieved by the Langa wine world since that first premium cru. Ten vintages and half a...
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