Italy
The story of Andrea Franchetti is one that begs to be told. A descendant of a wealthy Italian family, he could have lived anywhere in the world, but he chose Val d’Orcia, in the Tuscan countryside near Lacio. It is an arid and desert-like area, but with clay soil, ideal for...
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One of the most sought-after Italian wines from one of Sicily’s top wineries. It hails from organically-grown vineyards planted at 1,000 metres altitude in the Etna valley. This is a sublime wine with perfectly mature fruit, compact and well delineated, which has absorbed the...
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Located in the village of Negrar, in the midst of the Valpolicella valley, among vineyards dotted with olive and cherry trees, the Azienda Agricola Quintarelli is a true reflection of tradition and purity taken to the extreme, in conjunction with the more “modern” personal...
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Terre di Leone is a small winery that has gained renown in the last few years as one of the leading producers of Valpolicella and Amarone. Although a relative newcomer by European standards, its wines have gone from strength to strength, establishing a new, easy-drinking,...
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Bruno Giacosa is nicknamed "the teacher" in Italy and he heads the school of wine made with a view to the long-term. These are wines specifically intended to grow over time, where nerve and breeding, slow evolution and steady aromatic development, are the dominant traits. To...
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The Montezemolo family is one of Piedmont’s oldest noble families. Although they deserve enormous credit for their wines, their name is also closely associated with the famous "Scuderia Ferrari".
The work in both the vineyards and the winery is meticulous, resulting in...
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Located in the village of Negrar, in the middle of the Valpolicella valley, amid vineyards interspersed with olive and cherry trees, is the Azienda Agricola Quintarelli. This azienda is a veritable reflection of ancient tradition and extreme purity, allied with the more...
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Angelo Gaja is one of the most well-known figures on the international scene among Italian wine producers and his wines have not stopped receiving excellent reviews since he began his small modernist revolution in the eighties, casting out the classicism inherent in staid and...
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