Well, here we are again. We’ve kicked off the year with a new series of Shared Tastings, and I have to say—we started at full throttle. (more…)

This time I want to start from the empty glass. “Empty,” so to speak, since Festa Norìa leaves behind in the glass something as fragrant and intoxicating as one could imagine. For some time now, I’ve made a habit of going back to smell the glass of passito and sweet wines about half an hour after it’s been completely emptied. I invite you to try it—you’ll find a wonderful surprise.

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It was quite a journey—that “walk” that saw the large Vinodabere.it group at work preparing The Guide to the Best Wines of Sardinia 2021. A truly comprehensive guide, anticipated by a series of smaller, focused guides dedicated to each wine category, the result of entire afternoons spent tasting—strictly blind—the roughly 160 samples sent in by producers. (more…)

A few words to welcome the new year.

A 2021 that we hope will bring some pleasant surprises, but above all allow us to reclaim that sense of togetherness that has been on hold for far too many months. A desire to travel, to share, to embrace—simple actions that, with a glass in hand, become even warmer and more memorable. (more…)

Before talking about what I had the pleasure of tasting, I have to give a big round of applause to its creativity and packaging.
This is one of those products that manages to captivate even before the first sip.
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When I first heard the term “Château Garage,” my ears immediately perked up. I couldn’t resist turning on my camera and placing myself in front of Celestino Gaspari, the driving force behind Zymé—a Valpolicella winery that, if you don’t yet know, you absolutely should. (more…)

TrentoDoc producers since 1961. A passion for winemaking, combined with the desire to produce Metodo Classico in full respect of its tradition—therefore Chardonnay and Pinot Noir in their sparkling wines, with the aim of best expressing the values of a region that Lucia describes as “small,” yet home to Italy’s first denomination dedicated to the traditional method. (more…)

“A fragment of the Aosta Valley torn away by the Mont Blanc glacier.”

This is how Lia Falconieri likes to describe the territory where the winery produces its wines. A morainic soil, made of sand and pebbles, where the vines struggle to find nourishment. (more…)

Patrizio Gorini, Sales Director Italy at Erste+Neue, a cooperative winery from Alto Adige, shares with us—and with Maurizio Valeriani of Vinodabere.it—his reflections both on the aging potential of Alto Adige white wines and on the role of a cooperative structure in managing a pandemic emergency like the one we are currently experiencing.
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It’s always difficult to get the chance to taste the Bordò wines from the Marche. Very few producers, with extremely limited quantities—ranging from just a few hundred to at most a thousand bottles—make this wine, in fact, a privilege for very few. (more…)

Palazzone is a family-run winery. A winery that openly declares a strong connection to the territory of Orvieto. (more…)

Marco Reitano, in addition to being Chef Sommelier of La Pergola restaurant at the Rome Cavalieri Hotel in Rome, is also president of the association “Noi di Sala” and organizer of the event “Pass 2020,” dedicated to the theme of front-of-house service in the restaurant industry. (more…)