Davide Bortone

Cronista di nera convertito al nettare di Bacco, nel mondo dell'informazione da oltre 15 anni, tra carta stampata e online, dirigo winemag.it. Collaboro inoltre come corrispondente per una delle testate internazionali più autorevoli del settore, in lingua inglese. Edito con cadenza annuale la "Guida Top 100 Migliori vini italiani" e partecipo come giurato ai più importanti concorsi enologici internazionali. Oltre alle piazze tradizionali, studio con grande curiosità i mercati emergenti, seguendone dinamiche, trend ed evoluzioni. Negli anni ho maturato una particolare esperienza nei vini dei Balcani e dei Paesi dell'Est Europa, tanto da aver curato la selezione vini per un importatore leader in Italia. Nel 2024 mi è stato assegnato un premio nazionale di giornalismo enogastronomico.

European wine tariffs, USWTA in Washington "They harm Americans." U.S. Wine Trade Alliance to the Office of the United States Trade Representative

European wine tariffs, USWTA in Washington: “They harm Americans”

Tariffs on European wine would harm U.S. businesses, workers, and wineries. That’s the message brought to Washington by the U.S. Wine Trade Alliance, which appeared before the Office of the United States Trade Representative as part of the Section 301 investigation into policies against forced labor. Not a novelty, but a confirmation of the industry’s

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Best Tavel AOC 2025, 2024, and 2023: All the scores. The best wineries producing the typical deep rosé of the Rhône

Best Tavel AOC 2025, 2024, and 2023: All the scores

Best Tavel AOC 2025, 2024, and 2023: All the scores for the typical deep rosés of the Southern Rhône region, in a phase of profound transition for local vignerons. The temptation to “lighten” the color of the wines to make them less extractive and capture new market segments, following the Provence model, is great. But

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Tavel, the deep rosé at a crossroads in France: will the dictatorship of pale rosé win? Doubtful producers: is pale pink better, like in Provence?

Tavel, the deep rosé at a crossroads in France: will the dictatorship of pale rosé win?

Among the best rosés on the market in the world today, Tavel occupies an anomalous place. It is one of the few French rosés to have a historical, territorial, and gastronomic identity so defined as to be immediately recognizable. But today Tavel does not present itself with the color that the international market has learned

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European wine, new risk of US tariffs USWTA mobilizes American sellers. The U.S. Wine Trade Alliance is mobilizing American importers

European wine, new risk of US tariffs: USWTA mobilizes American sellers

European wine is back under pressure in the United States. It risks ending up within a new tariff measure built around the issue of forced labor, despite no direct accusations against the wine industry on this front. The dossier stems from Section 301 investigations launched by the USTR, the Office of the United States Trade

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Oltrepò Pavese, Colle del Bricco gold at Grow du Monde reopens the Riesling Italico case Khione 2024 gold medal grow du monde 2026 moravia

Oltrepò, Colle del Bricco gold at Grow du Monde reopens the Riesling Italico case

With nearly 400 samples entered, the 2026 edition of Grow du Monde, held in Moravia—the production heart of Riesling Italico in the Czech Republic—will be remembered as a record-breaking one. Records in numbers, participation, and attention from the public and professionals: sommelier, buyers, producers, and journalists arrived from various countries to measure the state of

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ProWein Sparkling Report: Premium, Emerging Regions, and Zero Alcohol

The global wine market is slowing down, but sparkling wines are not. Or at least they’re holding up better than many other categories. This is the picture emerging from the first Sparkling Report published by ProWein, a new market analysis dedicated to the global sparkling wine sector and made available free of charge by the

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