Red Wines
Tastings, reviews and insights on the best Italian and international red wines.
Susumaniello 2012 Torre Testa: an unmissable Apulian red
Tenute Rubino Salento IGT Susumaniello 2012 Torre Testa The Rubino family estate, founded by Tommaso in the Eighties, today counts more than 200 hectares of vineyard and, from the Two Thousands onward, with Luigi it became Tenute Rubino, one of the most dy...
Cesanese del Piglio DOCG Riserva Superiore 2011
Casale della Ioria - Cesanese del Piglio DOCG Riserva Superiore 2011 Torre del Piano The Cantine Casale della Ioria of Anagni have carried forward the cultivation and vinification of the typical varieties of Ciociaria since the early twentieth century, zo...
Escol Montepulciano Colline Teramane Riserva 2008
There are many ways to make work more enjoyable: one is the good company of colleagues, another is relaxing at the table with excellent food, and the last one I know is drinking good wine together with your team. During the last meeting...
Gotico Ciù Ciù 2008: the Rediscovered Rosso Piceno
Has it ever happened to you to buy something and then forget over time that you bought it? With wine it happens often: sometimes it's a misfortune, other times quite the opposite. In 2010 I was in the Marche and there was certainly a reason that led me to purch...
Montepulciano Jamè: Gold or Silver?
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC by Fattoria Teatina Jamè in the Abruzzese dialect means: come on, let's go! The name was born from a discussion between the owner of Fattoria Teatina, Pierluigi De Lutiis, and his winemaker Vittorio Festa; when the Mon...
Rosso Melograno: room for improvement
The evening had the best of premises: three friends united by a passion for wine, a cozy spot with an inviting name (N'Ombra de vin) and some lovely charcuterie boards to pair with a good wine! Everyone agreed on the food, but the wine? Well, on that front...
Pilu Niuru: the Pugliese Negroamaro Awarded in China
A family lunch and a lit fireplace: this is how today's tasting begins. The product I am about to describe is born from the dedication of the workers at Taurosso, a Salentine winery that makes native grape varieties and hand-harvesting its trademarks...
Nabucco di Monte delle Vigne: A Symphony.
It's an I.G.T. Emilia, trained on simple Guyot, a Rosso dei Colli di Parma "set to music" in the village of Ozzano Taro. The name is the first thing that catches your attention. Resounding. Heavy. Haughty. It almost inspires a kind of awe in the desire to reach that sip capable of...
Le Ghiandaie, the Aglianico that Flies Far
We have already talked about Alfonso Rotolo with a particular product, Vola Lontano vino spumante, probably unique in its kind; now instead I am about to describe a typical Campanian wine: the Aglianico. Like Vola Lontano, this product also has something to do with...
Tre Pietre, the Evocative Aglianico Normanno
Corte Normanna, a family-run agricultural estate, cultivates a total area of twenty hectares, eighteen of which are planted with vineyards and the rest with olive groves. The winery is based in Guardia Sanfromondi, in the province of Benevento, and produces sev...
Iskra, a wine that makes sparks of flavor
The dream of Gianni Masciarelli to renew viticulture in Abruzzo was shattered in 2008 when a sudden illness took him away at just 52 years old. But nothing of that dream has changed. That dream, today we can say, is reality. The winery is currently composed of...
Comparison between Basilico and Feudi San Gregorio
One of the most difficult Italian grape varieties to interpret but with great potential is certainly Aglianico. A variety showing considerable qualitative development that in past decades had always been neglected both in terms of training techniques and winemaking practices, with focus only on the high yields this grape variety can produce...