Red Wines
Tastings, reviews and insights on the best Italian and international red wines.
Three reds, three zones, three price points
In this article we will talk about three red wines that have in common only the name and the quality of the product. All these wines are products I would certainly recommend to anyone on different consumption occasions. Our excursus will start from th...
Schiava, the Lake Wine
We have already talked about Alto Adige by interviewing Max Niedermayr, President of the wine Consorzio of this splendid territory. We also reviewed the Alto Adige wines Gewurztraminer Kastelaz and Sauvignon Castel Ringberg by Elena Walch. We h...
Fiorano Rosso 2010, wine from Rome
Tenuta di Fiorano, located near the Via Appia Antica, is a particularly beautiful corner of the Roman countryside at the foot of the Castelli Romani. The volcanic soils, with good drainage and rich in minerals, and the relatively close proximity to the sea make these places ideal for vine cultivation...
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 Serra di Montefusco, in the province of Avellino. On that occasion we tasted twelve vintages of the estate's wines no longer on the market, including seven...
Ramitello Di Majo Norante: Good Wine Lives in Small Regions
Molise is a region too often overlooked and ignored; the youngest in the country, established after the split of the "Abruzzi e Molise" region in 1963. It has only two provincial capitals, Campobasso and Isernia, and is the second smallest region...
Mazzamurello 2010 Torre dei Beati: the vineyard sprite
"Abruzzo is famous for two things: Rocco Siffredi and Montepulciano" someone told me recently at a lunch! Today we obviously won't be talking about Rocco Siffredi and his experiences on the Isola dei Famosi, but about an excellent Montepulciano ...
From Lazio, the Nero Buono by Marco Carpineti
The Marco Carpineti estate stands in Cori, south of Rome, and has belonged to the family for several generations. Marco, the current owner, has adopted organic production methods since 1994. The estate currently counts around forty hectares of vineyards...
Lagena D'Uva an excellent Tintilia del Molise
D'Uva Tintillia del Molise DOC 2012 Lagena Molise is often an overlooked and underestimated land, and we are not referring only to the world of wine. This region has a microclimate that is well suited to certain grape varieties and could contribute greatly to...
Gran Tiati an Excellent Red Wine from Daunia
When I taste a producer's wine and I'm particularly impressed by both the product and the philosophy behind it, I can't resist putting it to the test! So after drinking the Tiati Metodo classico I decided to buy this red wine that had been described to me as an excellent product...
Red wine that "plays" between sea and mountains
After talking about Moio 57 we travel up the boot towards the east and stop in the Marche region, specifically at the young winery Velenosi. A wine that puts itself in playThe wine we will talk about is Ludi 2009, another full-bodied red but more delicate than...
Barolo Castellero Fratelli Barale: vertical tasting 2011 - 1985
I attended the Life of Wine event in Rome, where wines from some of the most important wineries on the national wine scene were being tasted. The distinctive feature of Life of Wine is that participating estates present at least two historic vintages of their chosen wine, in addition to the currently available release...
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, whose Ruchè Opera Prima and Ruchè Clasic we have already reviewed. But a winery from Monferrato worth its salt...