What I’m trying to do here is to put on a google map all the wineries (and all the wines) that have achieved at least one award from the main (according to me!) Italian wine guides. In the last decade we have seen a multiplication, and in some instance, a radical change in Italian wine critic: some guides have chosen to follow a distinctive wine style (Espresso for more off-the-beaten-track wines,traditional style, etc., AIS Italian Sommelier and Gambero Rosso have a wider selection of wines made in different styles; Veronelli seems to have given more importance to non-appellation wines when it comes to Tuscany), others have chosen a wider and more holistic approach on wine production (Slowfood’s Slowine takes into …continua
Tag: pitigliano
Espresso Italian Wines Guide 2012 awards us with 2 “Eccellenza” wines!
September 12, 2011
Vino @en
Well, this is a good news, right in the middle of the harvest. We have just been notified that 2 of our wines, Capatosta, Morellino di Scansano Riserva 2009 and Vallerana Alta Ciliegiolo 2009 have received the maximum award from the “Guida dei Vini d’Italia” of the L’Espresso. This wine guide is considered to be stricter and more selective than …continua


