Wine Reviews

 ~ Castello Poggio Alle Mura ~   Recently I’ve been tasting through some wines from the much ballyhooed 2010 vintage.  Many producers I’ve spoken to have praised 2010 as the best vintage of the decade. Almost everything went right…

~ Sloping Vineyards in Barbaresco ~ In “Italian wine circles”, and you can conjur up an image of a definition for that term, there is one discussion that is certain to raise the hackles of the “purists” and that is…

~ Family Proprietor Silvia Vannucci ~ Along with Sagrantino di Montefalco, Carmignano may be the smallest DOCG zone of production in Italy, as there are approximately 250 acres to the entire area. Of these, about 37 belong to the estate…

 ~  Vineyards on the Montepeloso Estate ~   Hailing from the Suvereto area of Tuscany, near Bolgheri, Montepeloso’s next door neighbor is the famous Tua Rita, and they are benefiting from the same excellent terroir that has made Tua…

~ Entrance to Planeta’s Estate in Dorilli ~ Since 1995, the Planeta family has dedicated itself to making premium wines from the vast and various geographic climates that the often barren Sicily exhibits.  From simple wines like “La Segreta” to…