Sardinia’s best known red grape is Cannonau, a relative of the Granacha grape that originally came from Spain. The grape is grown all over this island, a special variety of what is generally known as grenache, producing explosive, potent wines. The great majority of the vineyards, and the highest-quality wines, are produced in a triangle that stretches along an idyllic...

Sizzano is a municipality in the province Novara in Piedmont. Arond Sizzano are the winehills for the DOC of Sizzano wine that includes 20 hectars producing red wines. Sizzano is a blend of 40%-60% Nebbiolo, Vespolina and Bonarda. The wine is required to be aged in barrels at least two years with another additional year in bottle. The finished wine must attain a minum alcoho...

Chianti is that part of Tuscany that is bordered to the north by the suburbs of Florence, to the east by the Chianti Mountains, to the south by the city of Siena and to the west by the valleys of the Pesa and Elsa rivers. The first notarial document in which the name Chianti appeared in reference to the wine produced in the zone dates to 1398. With the 1964 Chianti Cardinale...

Chianti is that part of Tuscany that is bordered to the north by the suburbs of Florence, to the east by the Chianti Mountains, to the south by the city of Siena and to the west by the valleys of the Pesa and Elsa rivers. The first notarial document in which the name Chianti appeared in reference to the wine produced in the zone dates to 1398. The Marchesi di Antinori are...

Torraccia del Piantavigna has vineyards in both Ghemme and Gattinara, the two D.O.C.G. areas within the D.O.C. areas of the Colline Novaresi and Vercelli in Northern Piemonte. D.O.C.G. means ‘Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita’ and applies to only the 73 most tightly regulated areas of Italy where strict maximum yields, best practices and rigid quality-control...

Pierre Vieille is a village in the Cotes du Rhone. The entire Rhone Valley is frequently referred to as the Cotes du Rhone. This is also the name of the generic appellation that covers more than 100 communes in the region north of Avignon. The primary varieties cultivated here are Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault and Carignan. A number of villages have the right to call...

Giro is a red Italian grapes variety that originate in the Spain and nowadays most commonly found in the Sardinia, with a significantly present only in the province of Cagliari. He met the maximum spread during Piemontese domain, in 1700, and later in danger of disappearing because of phylloxera in the second half of the 800, since many preferred growers planting more...

Chianti is that part of Tuscany that is bordered to the north by the suburbs of Florence, to the east by the Chianti Mountains, to the south by the city of Siena and to the west by the valleys of the Pesa and Elsa rivers. The first notarial document in which the name Chianti appeared in reference to the wine produced in the zone dates to 1398. During the second half of the...

Chianti is that part of Tuscany that is bordered to the north by the suburbs of Florence, to the east by the Chianti Mountains, to the south by the city of Siena and to the west by the valleys of the Pesa and Elsa rivers. The first notarial document in which the name Chianti appeared in reference to the wine produced in the zone dates to 1398. With the 1968 Chianti Classico...

Fritz Kupelwieser planted the vineyard in 1878 near the Caldaro Sea in the north part of Italy, Alto Adige. Only carefully selected grapes from Alto Adige traditionally produced under strict quality standards are used for the wines. With the 1969 Pinot Nero Kupelwieser Lago di Caldaro, comes a personal present meant for a person who is very special to you. We deliver the...

Chianti is that part of Tuscany that is bordered to the north by the suburbs of Florence, to the east by the Chianti Mountains, to the south by the city of Siena and to the west by the valleys of the Pesa and Elsa rivers. The first notarial document in which the name Chianti appeared in reference to the wine produced in the zone dates to 1398. The castle of Nipozzano is the...

The wine house Lorenzo Bertolo e Figli has been for a long time a landmark for the production of refined Piedmont’s wines. Lorenzo Bertolo, founder and administrator has produced a company which started from the “Langhe” and from “Monferrato” and has selected the best plots of land of the typical areas of production, has taken care of the ageing in Slavonian oak barrels and...

The village of Carema lies in a sunny valley north west of Piedmont and marks the divide between Piedmont and the Aosta Valley. Carema wine is made of 100% Nebbiolo grapes. Vine growing in the valley of Carema is a millenary tradition and what results from hard work. The bottler of Pope Paul III born Alessandro Farnese, the author of a wine guide dated 1539, defined this...

The Lombardy region lies in North-Central Italy, between Piedmont to the west and Veneto to the east. It is not known, at least worldwide, for winemaking. But that doesn’t mean it lacks tradition or quality – in fact, production dates back to early Greek settlements on the Po River. And more recently, Franciacorta has become Italy’s finest producer of sparkling wine. The...

Gattinara is a red wine with Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita status produced from Nebbiolo grapes grown in vineyards in the hills in the north of the province of Vercelli, northwest of Novara, and westward toward the Alps with the town of Gattinara near its center. It is one of a few regions in Italy that have been awarded DOCG status and shares that...

The Bersano winery story starts at the beginning of the past century in Nizza Monferrato, the heart of the Barbera d’Asti district. Located in the Asti region, Bersano is currently the largest privately held winery in Piedmont with 10 estates and over 230 hectares under vine in the best areas of Monferrato and Langhe. The winery was founded in 1907 by Giuseppe Bersano, and...

The Monferrato zone lays claim to being Barbera's birthplace, and records of it growing there as far back as the 13th century. But the hills around Alba and Monforte d'Alba have proved they are capable of growing some particularly fine Barbera, as are parts of the Asti province. Century-old vines still exist in many regional vineyards and allow for the production of...

The Haut-Médoc is a Bordeaux sub-region, consisting of the area in the département of Gironde, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, north of Bordeaux. Ist name comes from (Pagus) Medullicus, or "country of the Medulli", the local Celtic tribe. Red Bordeaux from Médoc is generally made from a blend of grapes from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot...

The wine house Lorenzo Bertolo e Figli has been for a long time a landmark for the production of refined Piedmont’s wines. Lorenzo Bertolo, founder and administrator has produced a company which started from the “Langhe” and from “Monferrato” and has selected the best plots of land of the typical areas of production, has taken care of the ageing in Slavonian oak barrels and...

Chianti is that part of Tuscany that is bordered to the north by the suburbs of Florence, to the east by the Chianti Mountains, to the south by the city of Siena and to the west by the valleys of the Pesa and Elsa rivers. The first notarial document in which the name Chianti appeared in reference to the wine produced in the zone dates to 1398. The Marchesi di Antinori are...

The Bersano winery story starts at the beginning of the past century in Nizza Monferrato, the heart of the Barbera d’Asti district. Located in the Asti region, Bersano is currently the largest privately held winery in Piedmont with 10 estates and over 230 hectares under vine in the best areas of Monferrato and Langhe. The winery was founded in 1907 by Giuseppe Bersano, and...

The Melini family constructed their first winery in 1705 in Pontassieve, a village on the outskirts of Florence, and is one of the Chianti region’s oldest and most historic wineries. Founder Adolpho Laborel Melini used pasteurization in winemaking 33 years before Louis Pasteur wrote about the process. Melini introduced the fiasco strapeso, a tempered glass bottle that made...

Gattinara is a red wine with Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita status produced from Nebbiolo grapes grown in vineyards in the hills in the north of the province of Vercelli, northwest of Novara, and westward toward the Alps with the town of Gattinara near its center. It is one of a few regions in Italy that have been awarded DOCG status and shares that...

Chianti is that part of Tuscany that is bordered to the north by the suburbs of Florence, to the east by the Chianti Mountains, to the south by the city of Siena and to the west by the valleys of the Pesa and Elsa rivers. The first notarial document in which the name Chianti appeared in reference to the wine produced in the zone dates to 1398. During the second half of the...