Pasquale Testardi
Sommelier and expert of Italian wines with long experience in the food and wine world. A passionate researcher of the best Italian terroirs, with particular attention to wines from central and southern Italy.
Guide: Wine Storage in Large-Scale Retail
Raise your hand if you've never bought wine at a hypermarket! Whether it's a hypermarket, supermarke...
Ciro Picariello: the other face of Fiano
I first encountered Picariello's Fiano in 2005 when I was approached at the wine shop where I worked...
Ciauscolo and Vernaccia di Serrapetrona: the essence of the Marche
I believe in marriages, preferably love matches. A perfect love match celebrated in the Marche is th...
The Best Lambrusco in the World: Otello Nero di Ceci
I'll start by saying I'm not a Lambrusco lover. I lived through, in the early Eighties, the entire a...
Cantina Pasetti: A Mountain Montepulciano
As a proud northern Abruzzese (from Teramo) I love the Montepulciano from Pepe and the wineries that...
L'Harimann by Pasetti: an extraordinary wine
It has been a few years since that event held at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome. It was L...
Muffato della Sala, a Family Excellence
Muffato della Sala is a wine produced by the Antinori winery, conceived through the love and passion...
Cantina Antinori, the aristocrats of wine
The Antinori family rightfully belongs to the aristocracy of world wine. Marquis Piero Antinori and ...
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 ...
Miracle Abruzzo... the Wine of Masciarelli
To tell the story of Gianni Masciarelli and his Estate is to tell the story of the rebirth of wine i...
Explosions of Flavor: Discover Volcanic Wines
Soave in Veneto, the vini dei Castelli Romani in Lazio, Aglianico in Campania or Moscato di Pantelle...
Cantina Tollo: Historic and Award-Winning
It is not easy to review a Cooperative Winery, especially when producing more than twelve million bo...