Category Archives: Wine

#OperaWine 2015: My Wine Tasting Notes for Central Italy

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Stefano

With some delay, here is part 3 in my series about my tasting experience at the OperaWine 2015 event in Verona last month. On this post we will focus on my tasting notes for the wines from Central Italy. As you will see, lots of … Continue reading →

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Wine Review: Three 2013 Alsatian Pinot Blancs… Or Should I Say One and a Half?

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Stefano

Disclaimer: this review is of samples that I received from the producers’ US PR agency. My review has been conducted in compliance with my Samples Policy and the ISA wine tasting protocol and the opinions I am going to share on the wines are … Continue reading →

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An Overview of France’s Alsace AOC Appellation

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Stefano

Since I have recently received three samples of Pinot Blanc wines from Alsace which I am going to review on one of the next posts, today I am going to provide a brief overview of northeastern France’s Alsace AOC appellation … Continue reading →

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#OperaWine 2015: My Wine Tasting Notes for Italy’s Northeast

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Stefano

Here is part 2 in my series about my tasting experience at the OperaWine 2015 event in Verona last month. On this post we will focus on my tasting notes for the wines from Italy’s northeastern region. For my general … Continue reading →

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An Exciting Project and Powerful Tool: Italy’s DOCG Appellation Database

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Stefano

We are pretty excited to share the news of a new wine project and powerful tool that we just rolled out on Flora’s Table: an overview of all of Italy’s 74 DOCG appellations (those that are at the top of the Italian appellation system … Continue reading →

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#OperaWine 2015: The Event and My Wine Tasting Notes for Italy’s Northwest

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Stefano

On March 21 I had the opportunity to attend OperaWine 2015, an exclusive wine tasting event that serves as the preamble to the Vinitaly event in Verona, Italy. OperaWine is jointly organized by Wine Spectator and Vinitaly and it aims … Continue reading →

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Wine Review: Domaine Chante Cigale, Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC, 2009

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Stefano

Our previous post provided a general overview of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the territory, the appellation and the main winemaking practices, so if you missed that you may want to go back and take a look at that before reading this post, which … Continue reading →

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An Overview of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape Appellation and Its Wines

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Stefano

As a prelude to our next post in which we will temporarily leave Italy and review a French Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine, in this post we will provide a brief overview of the southern French wine region that goes by the same … Continue reading →

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Variety Show: Spotlight on Primitivo… Or Zinfandel?… Or Tribidrag?

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Stefano

Today’s grape in the limelight of our Variety Show is Primitivo, a black-berried grape variety that has sparked a long-lasting controversy as to whether it is the same variety as Zinfandel or a different one. With the help of the … Continue reading →

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Variety Show: Spotlight on Aglianico

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Stefano

Today’s grape variety in the spotlight is… Aglianico, together with its clone Aglianico del Vulture. 1. Aglianico’s Origins And History Aglianico is a black-berried grape variety that is indigenous to Southern Italy. The earliest written evidence of this variety dates back to … Continue reading →

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