Red Wines
Tastings, reviews and insights on the best Italian and international red wines.
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. That's how it happened that, wandering among the stands, I stopped at the Aurelio Settimo winery. There I met Tiziana, the founder's daughter, who took the reins of the estate after her father's passing...
Perillo, vertical tasting of Taurasi
Walking through the Campania pavilion, I stopped at the stand of the Irpinian winery Perillo, where, unexpectedly, I had the chance to taste several vintages of Taurasi and Taurasi Riserva. Perillo is a small estate managing five ...
Marchesi di Barolo, how the Barolo Riserva evolves
At Vinitaly one has the extraordinary opportunity to meet, in a reasonably short time, wine personalities known over the years who operate in territories far from home, even hundreds of kilometers away. And so I stopped by the stand of the Marchesi di Barolo...
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico La Mattonara Riserva 2004
I met Celestino Gaspari last month, at the annual Luca Maroni event held in Rome. I had heard about his winery, Zýme, as well as the wines he produces, such as the Amarone della Valpolicella Classico La Matto...
Barbera del Sannio Castelvenere: fruit of tradition
Did you know that Barbera is not only a Piedmontese grape? No, no one attempted to experiment and plant vines of this type in the Sannio; we are simply faced with a case of homonymy! Certainly less known than its cousin, this grape bears very little resemblance to it ...
Le Vignole Barbera d'Asti DOCG Superiore 2011: Quality Within Everyone's Reach
On the winery's website, about this wine, you can read: "Ah! Sì, son coste, son coste le piante, Ch'a l'han vdu j'ani d'mia vita pì bel" - El bòsch d'Vignòle A.Brofferio Le Vignole is a Barbera d'Asti DOCG Superiore produced by the Cantina So...
Travaglini's 2006 "Il Sogno" Has Become a Reality for My Palate
The wine I'm about to tell you about was purchased online, trying out Wineverse and taking advantage of Groupalia coupons… too bad the e-commerce site went offline keeping only the blog active (on which the last article is dated July 2015!)…
"Schiava" of Trentino Alto Adige and Its Panorama
Trentino Alto Adige is a wonderful region in every respect: vast green landscapes that turn white in winter, a relaxed pace far from the stress of city life, and hospitable people. During my last stay in the area...
Cantari le Janare: the bewitched wine
Dear friends of WineatWine, today I want to tell you about a wine that was given to me as a gift by a friend from Campania and, obviously, out of "local pride" (!!!) it is a product from his region; objectively, I must admit that it is truly a great wine. Let's start...
Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Mammut
We are in Abruzzo, in Villamagna (CH), halfway between the mountains and the sea. The Cascina del Colle winery stands on the site where a Mammoth tusk was discovered – the famous and mighty prehistoric animal that gives its name to the Montepulciano we are about to taste...
Tignanello, the vertical tasting
I attended an extraordinary vertical tasting of Tignanello, the most internationally recognized Italian wine brand and crown jewel of Marchesi Antinori, about which I recently wrote on the Cervaro della Sala 2005. Tignanello was born in the early...
Barbera Merum 2012 – Antonio Bellicoso
After the Freisa and the Barbera Amormio, we now turn to the flagship wine of the estate, the Barbera that best represents the oenological creed of Antonio Bellicoso. I'm talking about the Barbera Merum 2012.