The release of a new vintage of Sassicaia is quite an event in the fine wine world, but the approach from the Incisa della Rocchetta family eschews hype and fanfare in favour of self-assured understatement. Richard Woodard reports.
Italian Winemaker Michele Chiarlo, Known for Barolo and Barbera, Dies winespectator.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from winespectator.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Carignan may be native to Spain, most prevalent in France, and gaining respect in Chile and California, but it’s in Sardinia where this workhorse grape is a becoming a flagship variety – and there are good reasons for that.
Cecilia Beretta was established in the 1980s, on the eastern edge of Valpolicella, integrating the prized Mizzole and San Felice vineyards owned by Pasqua since the 1940s. The estate was named after the daughter of Conte Giuseppe Berretta, a seventeenth-century agronomist and poet, who was one of the first female art patrons of the time. […]