28 June 2018
Italian Carmenere
Carmenere is a variety that is often considered unique to Chile. However, few people know that Carmenere has been widely planted in Italy for a long time, and that in 2009 the DOC Carmenere Colli Berici (in the province of...
12 January 2018
Nature and Wine
Nature expresses itself spontaneously in the biodiversity of the forest as well as the jungle: these are complex systems in which a great variety of plants and insects are competing, and sometimes collaborating, for life. The taste of the fruit...
1 December 2017
The Improvement
Just as a poem goes far beyond the elements of syntax and grammar, the sensations that a wine can arouse cannot simply be transmitted through the use of notions and data. In fact, it is highly reductive to describe a...
3 May 2017
A few comments on “organic”
The management of organic vine-growing has recently become one of the most frequent and most discussed topics. ‘Organic’ wine still does not exist by law but the word ‘organic’, which then soon leads to ‘biodynamic’, is all that producers, wine...
The native land and the Soave Classico
What is volcanic soil? It is simply the native land, the primordial land that derives directly from the hot and glowing mantle underneath the Earth’s crust. Over time, volcanic soil modifies, giving origin to other soils. Therefore, volcanic earth could...
Variety vs Territory
Everybody identifies the majority of the wines with the name of the variety they are produced with: “Could I have a glass of Chardonnay please? I’ll have the Cabernet Sauvignon”: commonplace chat from two friends in a wine bar. At...