Alessandro Genova
Professional sommelier since February 2005, I am above all an enthusiast who loves reading and learning about terroirs, tasting techniques and the wonderful world that revolves around wine. And of course, I love tasting. I enjoy maintaining relationships with producers, oenologists and fellow enthusiasts, and I don't shy away from exploring the distribution and marketing issues of wine production and commercialization.
Donnafugata Wines, Excellences of Sicily
The name Donnafugata – literally "woman in flight" – is linked to Queen Maria Carolina of Bourbon wh...
Colli di Lapio: confirmation with the Fiano 2014
In the past we have tasted several expressions of Fiano d'Avellino, one of the finest wines of Campa...
Bolina, the contre-courant wine of Rosa del Golfo
Rosa del Golfo, an important estate in Salento that we have reviewed many times, capable of producin...
Barbera del Monferrato Frizzante Birbetta, lively and sparkling
Some time ago we visited the Piedmontese winery Ferraris, one of the leading wine producers of Ruché...
Abruzzo and Montepulciano: An Inseparable Pairing
Abruzzo, an ancient land where viticulture dates back to the Iron Age. As Ovid, a native of Sulmona,...
Petite Arvine and Chardonnay: Valle d'Aosta wines by Les Crêtes
Les Crêtes, the heroic and progressive Valle d'Aosta Having arrived in Valle d'Aosta from Savoy in t...
Franciacorta millesimati by Chiara Ziliani, pleasant surprises
I had heard about the winery of Chiara Ziliani, although, shamefully, I had never tasted her Francia...
Rosa del Golfo and the experimental rosé Vigna Mazzì
In Italy, the success of rosé wines is growing. These wines are typically characterized by lightness...
Aurelio Settimo, the Essence of Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata
Once again Vinitaly, and once again a vertical tasting that I would not hesitate to call astounding....
Perillo, vertical tasting of Taurasi
Walking through the Campania pavilion, I stopped at the stand of the Irpinian winery Perillo, where,...
Marchesi di Barolo, how the Barolo Riserva evolves
At Vinitaly one has the extraordinary opportunity to meet, in a reasonably short time, wine personal...
Trebbiano Altare Marramiero, the Vertical Tasting
We have already covered the wines of the Abruzzo winery Marramiero, which I had the fortune of visit...