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.

Domaine Mayard Côtes du Rhône un rosso francese da bere d'un fiato

Domaine Mayard Côtes du Rhône: a French red to drink in one go

The Côtes du Rhône 2024 from Domaine Mayard tells the story of a French red wine to drink in one go, crafted by a new generation of winemakers in the Rhône Valley. The wine is born in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, where Arthur and Hugo represent the sixth generation of the family. The project combines historical roots and […]

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Rosset Terroir c'è un fuoriclasse Sopraquota 900. Vino icona della Valle d Aosta da uve Petite Arvine da un vigneto di montagna

Rosset Terroir, there’s a champion Sopraquota 900

Getting there is no walk in the park. The path climbs steeply. Vertical. Your breath shortens. Your legs tire. Every glance back reveals another postcard-perfect alpine view of Valle d’Aosta. Around you, only stone and mountain silence. It’s from these slopes that Sopraquota 900 by Rosset Terroir is born, a symbolic wine of Valle d’Aosta

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Vini Tokaj dolci e spumanti Ungheria fa ordine tra tipologie eliminate alcune e spumante solo metodo classico

Sweet and sparkling Tokaj wines: Hungary reorganizes wine styles

The European Union published the application for the amendment of the product specification for the protected designation of origin Tokaj / Tokaji in the Official Journal on March 6, 2026. This historic Hungarian wine region is famous for its sweet botrytized wines. The request was submitted by the Council of Wine Communities of the Tokaj

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Dodas dodici cantine del Canton Ticino unite per il Merlot ticinese

Dodas: twelve Canton Ticino wineries unite for Ticino Merlot

Dosas. Meaning Twelve, in the Ticino dialect. Twelve wineries from Canton Ticino join forces to promote one of the symbols of Swiss winemaking: Ticino Merlot. The association brings together twelve independent producers with the goal of telling the story, through their wines, of the diversity of Ticino terroirs and the stylistic richness of this grape

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Barolo, fine di un'era «Difficile produrre Nebbiolo longevo come in passato» maurizio anselma famiglia anselma sul futuro del barolo e delle langhe 1

Barolo, the end of an era? “It’s difficult to produce long-lived Nebbiolo as in the past”

Barolo is changing. Not by market choice. But by necessity. This is according to Maurizio Anselma, owner of the Famiglia Anselma di Barolo winery, who has been observing the effects of climate on Langhe viticulture for years. Higher temperatures, varying vintages, and more delicate grapes are pushing producers to review agronomic practices and winemaking techniques.

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Georgia, nuova legge vite e vino. E i produttori riducono le macerazioni Vladimer Kublashvili enologo winemaker Winery Khareba vini qvevri

Georgia’s new vine and wine law: producers are reducing maceration times

The Parliament of Georgia has discussed and approved a series of amendments to the national law “On Vine and Wine” in the agrarian committee. The stated goal is to support the development of commercial viticulture and winemaking and align regulations with modern market demands. A crackdown on commercial vineyards intended for Georgian wine production for

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Bordeaux 2016, 10 anni dopo in 6 grandi vini coniugati al futuro Clos Fourtet 2016, Château La Gaffelière 2016, Château Smith Haut Lafitte 2016, Château Poujeaux 2016, Château Larrivet Haut-Brion 2016 (1)

Bordeaux 2016, 10 years later in 6 great wines shaped for the future

Ten years after the harvest, Bordeaux returns to examine one of the most celebrated vintages of the last decade. The Wine Paris 2026 masterclass “Bordeaux: ten years later, what has become of the promises of the 2016 vintage?” focused on six great Bordeaux 2016 wines, revisited in light of their evolution in bottle. A dive

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56 vini dealcolati alla cieca pregiudizi, realtà e qualità a Mundus Vini

56 dealcoholized wines blind tasted: prejudices, reality and quality at Mundus Vini

Tasting dealcoholized wines in a structured and rigorous context like Mundus Vini 2026 means suspending prejudices and ideological positions. Blind tasting requires focusing exclusively on what’s in the glass: clarity, aromatic precision, balance, taste coherence, persistence. Nothing more. The overall impression is that of a rapidly evolving category, but not yet homogeneous in terms of

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Migliori Barbaresco 2023 punteggi Winemag Grandi Langhe 2026. Tutti gli score all'anteprima del grande rosso piemontese, alle OGR Torino

Best Barbaresco 2023: Winemag Scores | Grandi Langhe 2026

Barbaresco 2023 arrives at Grandi Langhe 2026 with one of the most complex vintages in recent years in Piedmont. The Winemag scores on the best Barbaresco 2023 capture a vintage less uniform than the previous one, but capable of expressing quality peaks of absolute importance in the Langhe. Nebbiolo from Barbaresco contended with an irregular

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Migliori Barolo 2022 punteggi Winemag Grandi Langhe 2026. Scores in centesimi Barolo 2022 anteprima e andamento vendemmia 2022 punteggi davide bortone winemag

Best Barolo 2022: Winemag scores | Grandi Langhe 2026

The presentation of Barolo 2022 at Grandi Langhe 2026 marks the “official” market entry of an anticipated and much-discussed vintage. The scores assigned by Winemag to the tasted samples offer an initial qualitative snapshot of a vintage born under extreme weather conditions, with prolonged heat and widespread water stress. BAROLO 2022 HARVEST: HEAT AND ACCELERATED

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