Franciacorta is the symbol of quality sparkling wines in Italy. It is a very recent realm, however, born only in 1956 thanks to the meeting of Guido Berlucchi with the legendary winemaker Franco Ziliani. Within a few years the idea of making a sparkling wine similar to Champagne became reality and, after a few attempts, in 1961 at Palazzo Lana, the first bottle of Franciacorta was born.
A giant and beautiful vegetable garden, a dairy at the beginning of its activity, simple and luscious gastronomic products, preserves, honey, fruit juices and a trattoria with an open kitchen. All in an immaculate countryside dotted with fruit trees, lush and geometric vineyards, picnic tables and sheaves that stand out on the lawn before the forest.
Four expressions of Nerello Mascalese from different districts on Etna. An intense work that began with the first experiments in 2004 and took a definitive form in 2007 in the Sciaranova and Pianodario districts, and in 2015 in the Rampante district.
With almost 5,000 stands distributed across 100,000 square meters and visited every year for four consecutive days by about 130,000 visitors from over 130 countries, Vinitaly is perhaps the most important wine fair in the world. Every day there are around 400 events, including conferences and tastings, unanimously designed for experts, professionals and enthusiasts who approach wine for the first time.
A journey through the most beautiful Italian wine landscapes for wineries designed not only to make great wines but also to be aesthetically integrated into the rural context in which they arise. They are the Cantine d'Autore, a project of tourist itineraries that emphasizes the importance of projects in which the production cycles are protected and enhanced by the wineries themselves, real artifacts that fit into a natural environment whose sustainability is enhanced by human intervention.
If you are looking for information on Roman wines, you will be quite disappointed. In fact, although Lazio is a region that produces a lot of wine, most of it is consumed at home. I don't think that, out of 100 people, there is even one that requestsor offers a Lazio wine outside the region itself.
With the “D.O.C.” designation of origin conferred to it in 1967, and subsequently raised to “D.O.C.G.” in 1984, Chianti is produced in a vast area of central Tuscany and includes the sub-areas of the Colli Aretini, Colli Fiorentini and Colli Senesi, Colline Pisane, Montalbano, Montespertoli and Rùfina.
Tired of the usual wine trade shows with the tasting benches under glaring neon lights, in hotel halls or in exhibition corridors? Are you in love with great wine but also unyielding warriors of sustainability and organic and biodynamic farming? If so, you will definitely not to miss Summa 2019.
Let’s start our journey at the Etna, from the vines of Carricante and Nerello Mascalese, which are grown on an active vulcano in one of the most beautiful islands in the world. Despite being closer to Africa than to Italy, this island can produce mountain wines that are up to the highest standards of the European vines that come from the small region of Valle d'Aosta, on the border with Switzerland.
‘A’ as in Amarone della Valpolicella. Let's start with a review of the most famous Italian wines in the world. Despite being considered by many too heavy and full-bodied (its alcohol level is between 15% and 16.5%), in recent years Romeo and Juliet’s iconic wine (the first vineyards are a stone's throw from the heart of Verona) has been given newfound elegance and drinkability.
Imagine the Natural Park of Monte Argentario plunging right into the depth of a clear blue sea. Or, if you prefer, you can start from Giglio Island. Project yourself in the middle of the Tuscan countryside, amongst endless prairies that extend north-east, gently leaving space to the dotted hills full of centenary pine trees and cypress avenues which in their turn allow ancient olive groves and vineyards to spread out with a seemingly divine geometry.