White & Rosé Wines
Tastings and reviews dedicated to white and rosé wines.
Soave: Il Casale and Terre Lunghe, Different Twins
As I see it, the role of a sommelier, taster, and wine expert is to share and spread the word as much as possible about products and wineries that deserve it! That's why some time ago I told you about Azienda Agricola Vicentini. Today I want to tell you about two excellent products from the good Agostino...
Tiare, a Great Friulian Sauvignon
I had heard about Tiare, the Sauvignon blanc from the eponymous winery run by Roberto Snidarcig. However, I had never had the chance to taste it. The opportunity arose a few days ago at an event organized by the AIS in Rome, when...
Bulli and that strange unknown of Ortrugo
Bacedasco Alto, province of Piacenza, a land of bubbles or more precisely of sparkling wines, of simplicity and wines for the table, for the meal, for noble or even less noble cured meats, for rich foods and outdoor picnics, to uncork without mental gymnastics, to drink straight from the glass, to enjoy immediately and to try to keep, if thirst allows, for a little while to understand how they evolve in the bottle...
Salmariano Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Classico Riserva
Early Summer Dream There are certainly many memories that my last stay in the Marche has left imprinted in my mind, but if I had to associate this trip with a wine, it would surely be the Verdicchio: on one hand I was struck by the variety of characteristics this grape variety can offer in relation to different winemaking techniques...
Girofle a Fixed Idea: Raise Your Glass
I'm generally not a rosé lover, I never have been, but during my "complicated relationship" with the world of wine, I've learned never to approach anything with preconceptions. At a tasting I was offered as a first wine a rosato that would immediately capture my sympathy...
Testarossa Pasetti: a trebbiano with character
I belong to a generation that grew up with the myth of the Ferrari "testarossa", perhaps I was in elementary school or at most middle school, and for us that car was synonymous with luxury and extreme speed! During a conversation I was told about this v...
The emotions of a Cuprese from 1992
Colonnara, a cooperative with 110 members, is a wonderful Marche-based producer located in the Castelli di Jesi area, in the municipality of Cupramontana. It is a producer deeply committed to enhancing the distinctive qualities of Verdicchio, a grape that never ceases to amaze us with the wines it produces...
Montonico White Wine, an Abruzzo Native Grape
Santapupa Abruzzo Doc Montonico 2012 Today we rediscover an ancient native white-berry grape variety from the hills of Teramo, particularly from the inland area of the municipality of Bisenti. Ciapparone, bottato, racciapollona are some of the synonyms...
Vertical Tasting of Four Vintages with Collio Bianco Broy
We can't pass by the Collavini stand, where Manlio and Anna welcome us with warmth and attention. We take part in an extraordinary and unexpected vertical tasting of four vintages of Bianco Broy, one of the crown jewels of this wonderful winery...
Trebbiano d'Abruzzo: A Grape Variety That Transcends Time
Last month I had the privilege of tasting a great Trebbiano d'Abruzzo, a memorable wine I want to tell you about. We're talking about the Trebbiano d'Abruzzo Altare 1996, one of the most successful products from the Abruzzo winery Marramiero. The winery...
Five Roses: discovering the 5 roses of Salento
FIVE ROSES IGT 2012 LEONE DE CASTRIS This wonderful wine produced in Puglia in Salento, made by the winery LEONE DE CASTRIS, owes its name to a family vineyard called CINQUE ROSE. Legend has it that the vineyard took its name ...
Catalanesca Montesomma Vesuvio explosion of flavor
With intense colors, intoxicating aromas and marked minerality, the white wines from volcanic territories absorb all the peculiarities of those unique soils, giving us irreplicable wines. In this article we will focus in particular on Vesuvian wines that are...