by Paul Gibon | Sep 5, 2023 | Producers, Sicilia
Camporè is a company founded in 2016 thanks to Maria Pia and Cristina Madaudo, two young entrepreneurs from the world of wine. Quality and ethical production are at the heart of this young and dynamic company, rich in history, and attentive to the environment and the...
by Paul Gibon | May 17, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
The Winery was established in 1980, when Pierluigi Talenti decided to buy the fascinating property and grounds with which he had fallen in love in the Fifties, when he had decided to leave the mountains of his native Romagna for the sweet and sunny hills of...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Abruzzo, Producers, Regions
Gianni Masciarelli inherited his passion for vineyards and wine from his maternal grandfather Umberto and soon began his first experiments with grapes, animated by a big dream: give value to the native vines in Abruzzo, giving them an international character, and...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Abruzzo, Cantina Orsogna, Producers, Regions
Cantina Orsogna is an award-winning Abruzzo cooperative specialising in native grapes of the region such as Montepluciano d`Abruzzo, Cococciola and Pecorino. Orsogna are committed to the biodynamic principles by which they make their wine and have many certified...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Campania, Producers, Regions
The Donnachiara winery is located in Montefalcione (Avellino), with vineyards that stretch along the hills. Typical of Irpinia, the estate produces white wines and red wines of high quality including Greco di Tufo, Fiano di Avellino, and Taurasi DOCG but also...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Trentino-alto adige
The Marzadro Distillery is an Italian family run company created at the end of World War II. Its birth and evolution follows closely the economic transformation of Italy and the modernisation of its means of production, in particular in the Northern part of the...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Umbria
Spanning our 250 hectares (600 acres) of vineyards, Lungarotti implement innovative cultivation techniques based on sustainability and respect for the environment. Vine densities are optimized to increase competitiveness between plants, limit the production per vine...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Veneto
Bellenda is a family company passionate about their wine-making heritage. The past is solid, secure, as the ground dense of their rows, nevertheless the future is liquid, researched, as the best fruit of their vineyards. Bellenda is the link between the two realities,...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Veneto
The heart and soul of Zenato lies in the ancient lands of Lugana and Valpolicella, with their mild climate and unrivalled charm, that overlook the Veneto shore of Lake Garda.The vineyards cover 75 hectares in the Zenato estate of S. Cristina in San Benedetto di...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Veneto
The name Pasqua stands for wines, vineyards, deep relationship with the land. Founded in 1925 in Verona, Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine was born of the Family’s love for Valpolicella. Three generations of people with a Veronese heart and an international soul, sharing the...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Veneto
With a title linked to nobility title going back to 1600, in 2004 Ermenegildo Giusti, Noble of Conegliano, revived an old family tradition and restored from the ashes of time his cultural heritage.Although his father Augusto Giusti, born in Venissieux France, produced...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
When Vittorio Frescobaldi met Robert Mondavi in the early 90s, a new chapter in the history of the great Tuscan wines was written. From that meeting, a wine came to life inspired by the desire to make a dream come true: to create a wine in Montalcino, a land of choice...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
La Gerla was born from the passion of its founder, Sergio Rossi, a successful businessman in advertising and director of three top European branches of a renowned agency, who falls in love with this both bitter and sweet territory and becomes almost a true local...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
If we were to briefly define the philosophy of Leonardo and Alberto Tanzini, it will would be about their respect for the environment and the quest for the Sangiovese grape’s purest expression.In 2003, father and son made the acquisition of this magnificent estate...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
If we were to briefly define the philosophy of Leonardo and Alberto Tanzini, it will would be about their respect for the environment and the quest for the Sangiovese grape’s purest expression.In 2003, father and son made the acquisition of this magnificent estate...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
Banfi was founded in 1978 thanks to the will of the Italian-American brothers, John and Harry Mariani.From the beginning, the goal of the two brothers was to create a state-of-the-art winery combined with the most advanced science in the vineyards for the production...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Le Chiantigiane, Producers, Regions, Tuscany
This historical winery in the Florentine countryside, is one of the oldest wineries in Tuscany. In the Medieval period it belonged to the monks of the Certosa di Firenze who cultivated the land.Tuscany conserves a historical, artistic and literary patrimony which is...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
Donatella Cinelli Colombini is something of a vineyard revolutionary, having opened Italy’s first winery run solely by women.Her ancestors first owned land in the Montalcino area in the 16th century, and recent generations have passed property down the female line....
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
The winery that produces the wine Chianti Classico operates within the walls of the Castello di Volpaia, a fortified village of medieval origin.The Castello di Volpaia was built in the 11th century as a fortified village on the Florence/Siena border. Although only...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
The Cantina dei Barbi, with its 300 wooden wine barrels and thousands of bottles of Brunello laid down for aging, has been open to the public for more than fifty years. During this time more than a million and a half wine lovers have visited our cellars, admiring the...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
Labor omnia vincit”, as never before, this motto reconfirms its validity in the tenacity and attachment to the work of the owners of Fattoria Mantellassi in Magliano in Toscana.The Mantellassi coming from the Pistoia area moved to the area of Scansano and Magliano...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Tuscany
In the twenties the Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi with his wife Vittoria bought the property of Capezzana, then enlarged with the purchase by the Marquis Aman Niccolini, of two neighboring farms, “Il Poggetto” and “Trefiano”. This is how the Tenuta di Capezzana...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Regions, Sardegna
Situated in the northwest corner of Sardinia, just inland from the pretty, historic port of Alghero, this 1,600-acre property with more than 1,200 acres of vines is one of the largest wine estates in Europe. In Italy and elsewhere in Europe, wine connoisseurs and...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Puglia, Regions
Right next to Salento, in the heart of Puglia within an area supported by the best climate conditions, Varvaglione 1921 develops its distinction sign and corporate philosophy by joining traditions and technology. Cosimo and Maria Teresa Varvaglione have gathered a...
by Paul Gibon | May 3, 2023 | Producers, Puglia, Regions
From the very beginning, Gianfranco Fino’s focus has been about quality: no compromises, no short-cuts, and obsessive attention to his vineyards. This attention to detail runs deeply, and Gianfranco works tirelessly to improve his vineyards, his estate, and his wines....
