Vino da Burde

Nonostante le 150 persone presenti non è stato comunque possibile accogliere tutte le richieste di presenza a questa (spero) interessante degustazione che ha messo in evidenza il comportamento del Sangiovese nel mondo e le sue reazioni ai diversi terroir e tecniche di vinificazione. Stefano si è occupato della parte tecnica mentre a me l’onore di [...]

Secondo il Cav. Rivella, ormai lo si sa, sarebbe il Franco nazionale, ma ricordate il caro vecchio Monty Waldin, ex uainruaiter autore di una lettera che se presa appunto alla lettera demolisce ogni mattoncino del mito del nostro amato Brunello? Eccovi proprio lui nel suo show personale, quasi un reality, in onda su Channel 4. [...]

Per un Master of Wine il concetto di Terroir è un pò come la Forza in Star Wars ovvero un sottile fluido che attraverso la terra arriva e permane nel vino e ogni tentativo di degustazione e di creazione del vino è riconducibile a leggere e far ritrovare in un bicchiere il concetto appunto di [...]

Good and challenging theme this month from Spittoon and their WBW turn. An italian win described in ONLY 7 words…
Must be that we are worldwide famous for our talkativeness and willing to speak to anyone anytime anywhere about everyhting comes in our mind?
Well, let’s try…but I assure that for us is harder that [...]

Some months ago, Wine Spectator said that this supertuscan was only “Full-bodied, soft and round. In-your-face style. Slightly overdone this year. Best after 2005.”
I have to admit that this “overdone” and “in your face” are not really correct because the wine we tasted last friday was absolutely perfect and was worth more than 88 points!
But [...]

This time we are at Catavino with the hard theme Portuguese Table Wines with Caveats!. For achieving bonus points I discovered here in Oldenburg, Germany, two wines I never heard about (only in my study books!) and never tasted like a Ribatejo and a Bairrada. I tasted the famous Quinta da Logoalva Da Cima Reserva [...]

Here it is, our 2004 champion, the highest italian wine in the Wine Spectator 2006 Chart of the top 100 wines. In that ranking the 2003 was rated 95 points and reached number 5 in the rank. This 2004 for us is even better with powerful and seductive aromas of fruit and spice, tons [...]

Another Supertuscan, this time made with Sangiovese Cabernet Merlot and a little bit of Petit Verdot. But this time we have a light and enjoying wine, not too concentrated and simple to drink and to make food pairings with. Click here for the wine video tasting subtitled in english!
Merlot and Cabernet unites for giving [...]

This started as a joke from my wife’s parents…but it ended like a good and formativa tasting! It’s always difficult to find good and old German Riesling due to a too recent discovery of the fantastic aging possibilities of this grape variety. Here it is how it was! Shiny and deep gold color. On the [...]

Here we are with a “typical” Cab-based supertuscan, this time coming from an ancient DOC like Chianti Rufina. Here Frescobaldi produces the world famous Castello di Nipozzano Riserva and the cru Montesodi based mainly on Sangiovese. But the terroir here has proven to be good for another grape variety like the Cabernet Sauvignon, here as [...]