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Tasting the excellence
We are going to taste a Champagne of the most prestigious French Maisons, a Ruinart Blanc de Blancs. As a matter of interest, Ruinart is the oldest Maison in the Champagne region, born thanks to the intuition of a 23 year old monk Dom Thierry Ruinart who at the end of...
Verdicchio and Verdicchio
We are in the Italian region of Marche, home of Verdicchio. But which Verdicchio? Yes, because this grape variety gives rise to two totally different types of wine: Verdicchio di Iesi and Verdicchio di Matelica. I have tasted both, and both are excellent white wines...
Discovering the Canton Valais
We are in Switzerland, specifically in Valais, perhaps the most prolific canton in terms of Swiss wine production. And we are talking of great wines, coming from high altitude vineyards. During the last event Caves Ouvertes des vins du Valais, among the many and...
Really?!?
… That's what I said to myself when I saw this label unknown to me: a Hungarian wine produced by the famous Spanish winery Vega Sicilia?? Indeed, Vega Sicilia does not only mean prestigious Iberian red wines such as Macán or Unico, but it also means Hungary, Tokaji...
A sip of Abruzzo
Tenacity and frankness: this is my feeling when I meet Valentina Di Camillo, a person out of the ordinary and strongly linked to her land and origins, Valentina who together with her brother Luigi, the official winemaker of the family, under the guidance of their...
Not only Champagne
Crémant de Limoux is part of the wide French appellations Crémant which can be a respectable alternative to the French, universal Champagne. We are always talking about classic or traditional fermentation method, then second...
A “Barolo from the South”
Curious to try it as I am genetically from Piemonte region, I bought a bottle of Aglianico, specifically a DOCG Aglianico del Taburno. Aglianico is a vine that thrives in the volcanic hilly areas of Campania and Basilicata, terroir that confers an elegance and a...
History & style
History and style: this is what can distinguish Ca 'dei Frati. History because we are now in the fourth generation of Dal Cero family. History that began in 1939 with the transfer of Felice Dal Cero from Verona to Lugana di Sirmione located on the southern shore of...
A taste of the Loire
Grapefruit: this is the dominant note that has impressed me when tasting this Sancerre La Vigne Blanche 2017 signed by Henri Bougeois. We are in the famous Loire Valley, a land of exceptional French wines including the noble and refined Sauvignon Blanc which is best...
A touch of…
When I go back home in Italy, I love to go to my preferred local wine shop, the one where you know you can get lost in front of those walls of bottles and know that, whatever the choice, the result will be nothing short of superb. And that's how I come across this...