There are places where history is not only visible but palpable. Castel del Monte is undoubtedly one of them. High above the Apulian plateau, the famous octagonal castle rises like a stone vision from another era. Built in the 13th century by Emperor Frederick II, it combines elements of antiquity, the Islamic world and Northern European Gothic architecture into a...

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There are few names in Piedmont that convey such a clear sense of provenance as Produttori del Barbaresco. Since its foundation in 1958, the cooperative has stood for an approach that has become rare in today’s wine-growing world: uncompromising quality, deep trust in the terroir and a stylistic continuity that has developed over decades. Here, it is not about...

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Some wineries are born of circumstance. Others are born of conviction. Giodo clearly belongs to the latter category. Behind this small estate in Montalcino stands Carlo Ferrini, one of Italy’s most influential Oenologist. After decades spent working with big names from Tuscany to Mount Etna, he decided to embark on his most personal project: his own winery. Seven...

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Some wine stories begin with a plot of land. This one begins with a decision against everything familiar. In 1665, the Spanish Duke Oronzo Arcangelo, Count of Lemos, travelled to Salento. Red, iron-rich soils, shimmering light, ancient olive groves – he sells his property in Spain and settles in Salice Salentino. Thousands of hectares of vines, olives and cereals are planted. The foundation...

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In Langa, time is measured not in years but in generations. At the beginning of the last century, Giovanni Pelissero planted the first vines above Treiso, a quiet hillside village on the eastern flank of the Barbaresco region. The first bottle was filled in 1960, and in 1990 Giorgio Pelissero took over the estate and made a decisive decision: to grow only indigenous...

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Outside, winter is still keeping the landscape clear and cool. This makes it all the more appealing to think a little further ahead. Because while the days remain short, the first wines and olive oils of the 2025 vintage have long been in the bottle – and allow an early glimpse of what characterises this new wine year. So far, 2025 has presented itself as extremely balanced. A moderate...

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Some wines are not discovered by chance – you wait for them. For a new vintage from a trusted winemaker. For a rare bottling that only appears in small quantities. For that moment when a wine becomes available that perfectly matches your preferences. Our Winemaker Radar is now available for precisely this moment. With the Winemaker Radar, you are automatically informed as soon as a new...

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The new 2025 harvest marks the start of a special moment in the Italian culinary calendar every year. Freshly pressed, straight from the olive groves of Tuscany and Sicily, these extra virgin olive oils are at their purest. Intense in aroma, lively on the palate, characterised by flavours of artichoke, green tomato and fresh herbs. This is exactly how Olio Nuovo tastes in the first few months...

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January 1976, Burgundy: A young winegrower from La Morra returns from his first trip to France – and grabs a chainsaw. Elio Altare cuts down the fruit trees on the family estate, saws up the large old wooden barrels into firewood and begins his revolution: shorter macerations, French barriques, more elegant tannins. What the Piedmontese traditionalists branded as heresy became the birth of...

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In the barren granite hills of Gallura, where the wind of the Tyrrhenian Sea blows over the vines, the Ragnedda family wrote wine history: they transformed Vermentino, once ridiculed as an everyday wine, into one of Italy’s most noble ambassadors. Since the 1970s, Capichera has demonstrated the depth, minerality and elegance of this grape. The landscape here is wild and timeless: granite...

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Just imagine: Kilometres of dry stone walls made of green tuff, built by Ischitanian stonemasons, have been securing steep terraces and enabling heroic viticulture on the volcanic island of Ischia for centuries. These “Parracine” give their name to a new winery project that combines historical tradition with modern vision . Ischia, an island with over 2,500 years of wine history, combines...

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Umbrian lies in the shadow of its larger neighbors, Tuscany and Lazio – quiet, but by no means insignificant. Nestled between wooded hills, ancient monasteries, and medieval towns, this wine region surprises with its independence and expressiveness. In Montefalco, the powerful heart of Umbria, Arnaldo Caprai has redefined an entire region with his commitment to Sagrantino: deep dark,...

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Canalicchio di Sopra tells the story of a traditional family winery that has played an important role in the development of Montalcino into one of Italy’s most renowned wine regions for over 60 years. Primo Pacenti founded the winery in 1962 and is now part of the group of winegrowers who later founded the Brunello di Montalcino consortium. (...) The vineyards are spread over two...

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Fabio Motta began his winemaking career in Michele Satta’s wine cellar in Castagneto Carducci. Surrounded by the Tuscan maquis, olive groves and vineyards, the Lombard from Brianza spent five years working alongside the renowned Oenologistoenologist, who is now not only his friend and mentor, but also his father-in-law. With the purchase of four hectares of vineyards in 2009, Fabio and...

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“This winery is fascinating. Over the years, it has proven time and again that it is not only capable of producing outstanding wines, but also extremely innovative ones." Gambero Rosso Prologue: Querciabella, based on the Ruffoli hill near Greve in Chianti Classico, has been one of the most respected biodynamic wine producers in Tuscany for many years. Querciabella combines sustainable...

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Our latest newcomer is not only an absolute insider tip for fans of the Cabernet Franc grape variety, which is rare in Italy, but also sets new architectural standards: the new building of the 10-year-old winery in Bolgheri, not far from the Tyrrhenian Sea, will open this year. It was planned into an old disused quarry and thus sets completely new standards in terms of sustainability. Tenuta...

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The Friulian wine landscape is known for its first-class white wines. The Borgo del Tiglio winery is located in Brazzano di Cormòns, surrounded by the picturesque hills of the Collio. Nicola Manferrari’s eight hectares of vineyards comprise three sites: Ca' delle Vallade, Brazzano and Ruttars. The typical grape varieties Friulano, Malvasia, Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Riesling, Merlot and some...

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Vast mountains, rolling hills and snow-covered glaciers – the vines of Valle Reale are surrounded by unspoilt and protected nature in the greenest region of Italy. The winery is located in Abruzzo between the provinces of Pescara and L’Aquila, right at the intersection of the three national parks Gran Sasso, Monti della Laga and Majella, which have a significant influence on viticulture in...

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Powerful wines with a velvety structure and elegance are the hallmark of the Piedmontese family business Giovanni Rosso. Located in the well-known municipality of Serralunga d’Alba, the Rosso family has been cultivating its vineyards since the 1890s. Today’s success story really got rolling when Giovanni’s son Davide joined the company as head Oenologist in 2011. The then 21-year-old had...

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The history of this exceptional wine estate is extraordinary, even in Tuscany, which is certainly not short on history. The name San Giusto a Rentennano bears witness to its Etruscan origins. The oldest part of the magnificent estate was a monastery in the Middle Ages, first mentioned in 1204, and was later expanded into a fortress, whose towers and battlements still tower imposingly over the...

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Mattia Vezzola’s grandfather founded the Costaripa winery in 1936 on the western shore in the town of Moniga del Garda in the heart of the Valtènesi area, marking the beginning of an impressive success story. Mattia demonstrated his expertise as head Oenologist at the famous Franciacorta winery Bellavista for forty years. And as early as 1973, he pressed the first bottle-fermented...

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Pio Cesare was one of the first winegrowers to believe in the high quality and potential of Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera and other wines from Piedmont. The world-famous traditional winery, which he founded in the 19th century under his own name, is still based in the historic centre of Alba today. The walls of the cellars date back to the Roman Empire. Today, the traditional winery is in its...

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A narrow, winding road leads up to our new discovery, the picturesque winery of Luigi Maffini, which is undoubtedly one of the most renowned wineries in Campania, but is almost completely unknown outside Italy. His terroir-influenced wines are produced in the northern part of the up-and-coming Cilento region, which reveals a completely different and incredibly exciting side to Campanian...

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Anyone who believes that Sassicaia and Tiganello were the first so-called “Supertuscans” does not know the history of Carmignano. The wine-growing region of the same name in the province of Prato is one of the oldest wine-growing areas in Italy and is located in the north-easternmost part of Tuscany. Great blends of Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc have been produced here...

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Trying their hand at one of Italy’s most historic red wines is a pretty daring endeavour, even for the daughters of world-famous winemakers. For the three cousins Marta, Dominga and Enrica Cotarella, however, the Le Macioche winery in Montalcino was love at first sight – securing the approval of their prominent fathers Renzo and Riccardo Cotarella. “Our Brunello focuses on the Sangiovese...

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What the small Contrada Santo Spirito winery (the Etna branch of Feudo Maccari) has been doing almost unnoticed on Europe’s highest active volcano for some years now is quite remarkable. The motto of the owner family Moretti (Tenuta Sette Ponti, Tuscany) is quite succinct and seemingly simple: “We like authentic, unprocessed wines that are able to convey the aromas and flavours of the land...

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Behind the entrance gate of the Tenuta degli Dei lies the family business of Tommaso Cavalli, in which horses and vineyards play a prominent role. So it’s no wonder that countless vines are lined up along the gently sloping road into the valley and horses gallop across the paddocks. The picturesque estate is located in San Leolino in Panzano in Chianti, Tuscany, and was bought by Tommaso’s...

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Anyone who believes that Umbria’s wines are now not as attractive as Tuscan wines has not heard of Decugnano dei Barbi. Located just outside the medieval town of Orvieto, the winery is undoubtedly one of the most important in the region, if not the country. The first Metodo Classico from Umbria was produced here in 1978 and in 1981 the first sweet wine in Italy was produced from noble rot...

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The history of the Podere Il Carnasciale almost sounds like a fairy tale. Located between the Apennines and the Chianti-Classico region in Mercatale Valdarno, a town in the province of Arezzo, the farm has revived a largely unknown grape variety. The agronomist Remigio Bordini discovered about 50 years ago in the Colli Euganei near Padua in an old vineyard a vine that turned out to be a...

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From the dense Barolo from Serralunga d’Alba to the lively volcanic wines produced on the slopes of Etna – the Giovanni Rosso winery undoubtedly offers an impressive variety. Powerful wines with a velvety structure and elegance are the trademark of the famous family business. The success story of the winery, which was originally located only in Piedmont, really got going when Giovanni’s...

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Forget everything you previously thought about Soave wines. In addition to the outstanding qualities that have been produced for many years, a new elite of white wines is being created in some wineries that are putting an entire region in a new light. And with their precise, mineral and expressive white wines, they need not fear international comparison! One of these lighthouse wineries...

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Markus Prackwieser is undoubtedly one of those winegrowers who have a clear vision of their work. In 2000, the South Tyrolean took over the long-established estate from his father Johann, who until then had sold his entire harvest to co-operatives. The then 28-year-old Markus decided to break new ground and process his grapes himself. Today, he produces wines that authentically express the...

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No other winery in Bolgheri is as close to the sea as Tenuta Le Colonne. The sun-kissed vines thrive here just a few metres from the beaches of San Vincenzo and benefit from the fresh sea breeze. In the midst of this unspoilt nature, the winery in Donoratico, the southernmost district of Bolgheri, produces an extremely fine range of wines. The French grape varieties Cabernet Sauvignon,...

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Graziano Prà is one of a small group of talented winemakers who have shown the world that the Soave area can also produce top-quality wines capable of ageing. Since training as an enologist in the early 1980s and taking over the family vineyards, previously farmed by his grandfather and father, Graziano has been guided by the concept of transparency. “The task of the winemaker is to make a...

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There are wine regions that are just waiting to be discovered. The Masari winery is situated at an altitude of 380 metres in the beautiful hills of the Val d’Agno, the easternmost valley between Verona and Vicenza. Massimo Dal Lago and Arianna Tessari cultivate their vines here directly on the foothills of the Small Dolomites. This is an agriculturally unspoilt corner of Veneto with...

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For more than 100 years and now in its fourth generation, Massolino has been writing wine history. Around Serralunga d’Alba, some of the most famous single-vineyard Barolos in the world are created. With the acquisition of coveted vineyard sites, the co-founding of the consortium and the bottling of the region’s first single-vineyard Barolo, the Massolino name took its place in the world of...

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Olive trees, cypresses and terraced vineyards supported by ancient dry-stone walls ... the Antico Podere Gagliole estate is a little jewel that holds all the charm of Tuscany. More than thirty years ago, the Swiss Monika and Thomas Bär were enchanted by the beauty of the Chianti Classico region. On the Gagliole estate in Castellina in Chianti, they finally found their second home and a new...

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Anyone looking for sustainably produced wines who does not want to forego excellent quality, unique enjoyment and great storage potential is more than in good hands with this Tuscan prime example of biodynamic agriculture. Biodynamic viticulture has a very long tradition at Caiarossa, which is why chemical additives have been avoided from the very beginning. The name of the farm is derived...

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Which wine producer can truly claim to have revived the native grape varieties of their region? The Mastroberardino family, however, is fully entitled to do so, because without their extraordinary commitment to research and cultivation, Campania’s wonderful ancient grapes such as Fiano, Greco, Falanghina, Piedirosso, Aglianico or Coda di Volpe would probably have died out after the Second...

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Between the provinces of Verona and Vicenza, amidst the rural backdrop of forests and Venetian villas, Stefano Inama cultivates two close yet very different wine-growing areas. His vines thrive on the red clay and limestone subsoils of the Colli Berici and the extraordinary volcanic lava basalt soils of the Soave Classico area - so we are talking about volcanic wines from northern Italy,...

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In the region around the imposing towers of the medieval town of San Gimignano, oenologist Alessio Logi has dedicated himself to what is probably Tuscany’s most famous white wine. Vernaccia di San Gimignano is one of the oldest white wines in Italy, mentioned in records dating back to 1276 and in Dante’s Divine Comedy. This white wine is therefore characterised by a centuries-old history of...

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Between the provinces of Verona and Vicenza, amidst the rural backdrop of forests and Venetian villas, Stefano Inama cultivates two close yet very different wine-growing areas. His vines thrive on the red clay and limestone subsoils of the Colli Berici and the extraordinary volcanic lava basalt soils of the Soave Classico area - so we are talking about volcanic wines from northern Italy,...

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The Badia a Coltibuono winery is world famous for its Chianti & Chianti Classico. Situated amidst the typical hilly landscape high above the municipality of Gaiole, the winery’s headquarters are located behind impressive monastery walls. A place with an impressive history, because already about 1,000 years ago the monks of Vallombrosa, belonging to a Benedictine order, founded the “Abbey...

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Riccardo and his brother Renzo Cotarella are not unknown faces on the Italian wine scene. The two renowned oenologists have received significant recognition for their work at numerous successful wineries over the years. Meanwhile, at the Falesco family winery, the Cotarella family is undergoing an exciting generational change: Dominga, Marta and Enrica Cotarella – a new and third...

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Since the much too early and sudden death of Pio Boffa in the spring of 2021, his legacy of more than 40 years of enthusiastic work has passed to his daughter Federica. Together with her cousin Cesare Benvenuto and her uncle Augusto Boffa, she now leads the fortunes of the 140-year-old winery. The triumvirate is completed by oenologist Paolo Fenocchio. Pio Boffa has always paid great...

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Second fermentation at the highest level! More than thirty years ago, when Vernatsch still dominated the South Tyrolean wine world, Kettmeir set the course for an experiment that would become a passion over the years. Since then, spumante has been produced using the champagne method, with several years of yeast storage, from the classic grape varieties Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and Pinot...

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Traditional & future-oriented – that is not a contradiction here. The vineyards of Castello di Lamole extend between the typical Tuscan villages of Lamole and Pile, not far from Greve in Chianti Classico. The terraced vineyards look out over the Chianti hills. Year after year, the foundations are laid here for the terroir-strong, wonderfully classic wines of the house. From the...

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“Award-winning summer retreat." Nonino’s “L’Aperitivo Nonino” BotanicalDrink is the “Aperitif of the Year 2021” at the international “Spirit Award”. Out of more than 120 aperitifs and distillates from all over the world, the natural and vegan aperitivo is the first representative from Italy to adorn itself with this special award. And the verdict comes from a competent mouth, because the...

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Positively into the future. An exclusive shoulder view with Alvaro. Most certainly, Lis Neris is one of the best wineries from Friuli. Winery owner Alvaro Pecorari devoted much of his time to researching his vineyard sites and their varietal suitability. That he has succeeded in this in an impressive way is proven by the fact that his Lis Neris winery is now more than ever considered an...

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“Authentic & biodynamic – and firmly in family hands!" The Alois Lageder family winery produces lively and fresh wines from South Tyrol. With a holistic understanding of nature, creativity and a love of experimentation, Alois Lageder creates wines that reflect the diversity of South Tyrol. In the spirit of biodynamic agriculture, the winery is constantly developing its knowledge,...

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“A tour around centennial bush vines and a 18th century Palmento on Mt. Etna” Tenuta di Fessina was born in 2007 by a Silvia Maestrelli project. First woman producer and pioneer on the Volcano. The estate it is a 17th century Palmento hidden inside a double lava flow from two different eruptions, 1911 and 1809. Tenuta di Fessina core is located on the Northern slope of Mt. Etna, the...

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