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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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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From founder to resigner. Les Crêtes leaves the Italian Independent Winemakers Federation, causing yet another earthquake within Fivi. The first of 2026. And the first since the change of guard at the top, with the election—in February 2025—of president Rita Babini, after Lorenzo Cesconi’s (troubled) term. That of the renowned Valle d’Aosta winery is an
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Some believe that dealcoholized wines are—at least in part—a response to trends toward a diet more focused on alcohol’s caloric intake and health. But looking closely at the issue, (nutritional) labels in hand, the result is paradoxical. And no one is talking about it. Dealcoholized wine may be lower in calories due to the alcohol
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A monument-vineyard in a “red zone.” This is Ronco della Chiesa from the Borgo del Tiglio winery, now threatened by bulldozers. After the landslide that hit Brazzano di Cormons on the night between November 16 and 17, 2025, the future of one of the most symbolic vineyards of Collio Friulano depends on slope stabilization projects.
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“We’ll be back very soon with a new look.” There’s no better image than that of the Consorzio Vino Marsala website to convey, almost prophetically, the current state of the renowned Sicilian fortified wine denomination. A sector that, after years of stagnation and a phase that led to liquidation, is trying to get back on
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The Terre d’Oltrepò crisis, a historic wine cooperative in Oltrepò Pavese based in Casteggio, enters a decisive phase. The liquidation commissioner has filed with the Pavia Civil Court a petition for judicial declaration of insolvency. In simple terms, a judge is being asked to officially certify that the cooperative is no longer able to regularly
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Marsala DOC remains one of the most complex great Italian wines to explain. It is often reduced to a stereotyped image: a sweet, “cooking” wine. Linked to the past rather than the present. In reality, production regulated in the province of Trapani—excluding the municipalities of Alcamo, Favignana, and Pantelleria—creates an intricate universe. Here, style, color,
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The latest vintages of Amarone della Valpolicella crafted by the member wineries of the Famiglie Storiche present a nuanced picture, made up of different interpretations united by a growing search for balance between concentration, freshness, and stylistic precision. Tastings of the 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 vintages have highlighted wines capable of
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The rare Turkish grape variety Kolorko has the same genetic profile as Hungarian Furmint. The discovery was announced at Wine Paris 2026 by José Vouillamoz, one of the world’s leading grapevine geneticists, together with Seyit Karagözoğlu, founder of Paşaeli Wines, a winery active in western Turkey. DNA analysis revealed a genetic match between Kolorko and
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