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.
Chardonnay 2005 Planeta, the Color of Sicily
We tasted one of the flagship wines of the Planeta winery. This Sicilian producer has only been oper...
Pecorino 2014 Marramiero, the white wine of the summer
We last visited the Marramiero winery when we covered the vertical tasting of Dante Marramiero, the ...
The rosé wine of summer 2015: Rosa del Golfo 2014
Rosa del Golfo is the name of both a wine and a winery at the same time. A winery that was founded a...
Taurasi Fatica Contadina 2000, what a Taurasi..
We return to Terredora after the wonderful experience we had a few months ago at the winery, in Serr...
Marchesi di Barolo: tasting the Barolo Cannubi 1982
At the end of the winery visit, lunch with Ernesto Abbona, President of Marchesi di Barolo, in the f...
Marchesi di Barolo, tradition and legend
I visited Barolo and toured the traditional winery of Marchesi di Barolo, a cellar that rightfully b...
Cantina Pira: Barolo di Serralunga d'Alba
We are in Serralunga d'Alba, in the south-eastern area of the Barolo production zone. From a geologi...
Opera Prima, Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato
We have already discussed Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato in relation to the wines of Montalbera and ...
La Poja, the beauty of pure Corvina.
As happens every year at Vinitaly, we did not want to miss a visit to the Allegrini stand, where, as...
Brezza: Barolo di Barolo, expression of different cru.
We stopped by the Brezza stand and tasted their prestigious single-cru vintage Barolo. A unique oppo...
Barolo Riserva Borgogno: the time machine
Vinitaly, the largest wine fair in Italy, perhaps in the world. You can meet producers there, drink ...
Ghemme di Torraccia del Piantavigna, great Piedmontese wine
Torraccia del Piantavigna is a beautiful story spanning nearly four decades in Alto Piemonte. 38 hec...