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A Spaniard in Italy—Tuscan Tempranillo

Elisabetta Tosi
Feature Stories
5 min read
San Miniato is a delightful town in the province of Pisa, in Tuscany—it is also known as San Miniato al Tedesco meaning “of the German,” to distinguish it from another nearby San Miniato called “al Monte,” which is a convent in Florence about forty kilometers to the northeast. In this

2011 Saladini Pilastri Falerio Ascolani DOC

Becky Sue Epstein
Wine Reviews
1 min read
This white wine made with organic grapes you’ve probably never heard of is a great find at a great price.  Beginning with a combination of green apple blossoms and herbs, it’s at first reminiscent of a fruity Sauvignon Blanc.  But on the palate it has more mild, rounded flavors, as

Spritz, a Cocktail for the Italian Lifestyle

Elisabetta Tosi
Features
5 min read
“How about a drink?” “Yes please, a Spritz!” is the response of 100% of the students in the ancient university city of Padua, in northern Italy. The Spritz is in fact the favorite drink not only of the young people from here in the Veneto region, but also of many

Montalcino and the Hunt for Terroir

Marisa D'Vari
Feature Stories
4 min read
“It was the 1995 Soldera [Brunello] that did it,” laughs Jan Hendrik Erbach, co-owner of Pian‘dell Orino in Montalcino with wife Caroline Pobitzer. A rustically attractive man with the charisma of a TV talk show host and the Einstein-like brain of crack geologist, Jan’s passion for terroir is easily conveyed

Vinitaly Turns Over a New Leaf

Elisabetta Tosi
Feature Stories
3 min read
In Italy, we have a proverb: never change a formula that works. Vinitaly is the most important annual international wine and spirits exhibition in the world; this year there were 4,164 exhibitors from 120 countries, and 140,000 visitors. Vinitaly’s original formula—a combination professional exhibition and popular festival—has always worked, for

2004 Kaid Alessandro Comporeale

David Honig
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Color is starting to add some orange-hued brick around the edges. The first whiff on the nose makes it clear that this is more Rhone than Outback, showing blackberries, black olives, and very rare beef. Blackberries and olives show, too, on the palate, with tar, white pepper and a tiny

Zymé 2007 Valpolicella Classico Superiore

Remy Charest
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Celestino Gaspari, the late Giuseppe Quintarelli’s son-in-law, was also seen as his heir apparent in the winery, before he struck on his own and openend Zymé, his own estate, in 2003. One can imagine that the obligatory reference to the former master of the Veneto will fade away with time,

2010 Azelia Dolcetto d’Alba “Bricco Dell’Oriolo”

Gary Thomas
Wine Reviews
1 min read
Dolcetto’s reputation in some quarters as an easy-drinking, even insubstantial, wine is challenged here. This is an elegant example of what Dolcetto can be in the right hands. Perfumed, floral nose with black cherry and anise arising out of the glass. A complex mix that includes blackberry and a dusting