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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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Variety Show: Spotlight on Glera (AKA Prosecco)

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Stefano

Today’s grape in the limelight of our Variety Show is Glera, formerly known as Prosecco. 1. From Prosecco To Glera: What’s In a Name? Up until recently, Prosecco was the name for three things: the wine, its main grape variety and the … Continue reading →

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A New Column: Variety Show

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Stefano

Today we are going to launch a new column called Variety Show. Each post in this series will feature a different grape variety from around the world. Each post will contain cool facts, cutting-edge DNA profiling data and ampelographic notions about … Continue reading →

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New Resource: The Grape Variety Archive

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Stefano

I would like to share with you all a pretty cool new wine-related resource that just recently went live on this blog and on Clicks & Corks: I am talking about a new page called Grape Variety Archive that combines … Continue reading →

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Vertical Tasting of Marisa Cuomo’s Fiorduva

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Stefano

During a recent trip to Milan, I participated in a pretty exciting (well, at least if you are into Italian wine!) event organized by the Milan chapter of the Italian Sommelier Association: a vertical tasting of six vintages of Fiorduva, … Continue reading →

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