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Montefalco Rosso Doc is the category that best tells the story of the territory’s pursuit of immediacy. The 25 samples tasted have an average of 88.9 points, with peaks at 91. It’s not the denomination of absolute peaks. But it’s the one in which the attempt to build more accessible wines, centered on drinkability, fruit,
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Less and less Sagrantino di Montefalco and more and more Trebbiano Spoletino and Montefalco Rosso. With the shift from “Anteprima Sagrantino” to “A Montefalco“, the Consortium of Umbria’s renowned wine seems to have changed its skin, but above all its color. So much so that one wonders whether the new name of the event, launched
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The picture emerging from the 2025 Kalterersee Preview is quite clear. This is a vintage focused on immediate pleasure, with wines built more on “smoothness” than depth. PROFILE OF THE 2025 KALTERERSEE VINTAGE The samples show a common thread: fresh, often crunchy red fruit, accompanied by clean and direct aromatic profiles. The wines are approachable
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An ancient grape variety, with over 300 years of history, today extremely relevant in the wine scene. The latest creation from Cordero di Montezemolo is a Pelaverga born outside the municipality of Verduno, traditionally associated with this variety, and specifically in the municipality of Cherasco. The distance is minimal, just a few kilometers as the
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In the Austrian wine landscape, Winzer Krems remains one of the most solid and recognizable cooperative entities. The winery, based at Sandgrube 13 in Krems, brings together approximately 800 members and represents one of the main interpreters of Grüner Veltliner, Austria’s flagship grape variety. With the 2025 vintage, tasted as a preview by Winemag, the
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Schiava, feminine plural. It’s forbidden to imagine just a few singular details on the identity card of Caldaro Schiava. This is what the Kalterersee 2026 Preview tells us, held last weekend, organized by Wein.Kaltern. An opportunity to rediscover, through the 2025 vintage wines, common features such as “eye color”: that lighter or darker red that’s
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When identity is the fixed point, stylistic interpretations are merely details of the same painting. And teamwork emerges above all else, in a clear and unequivocal way. On the logical thread that links the vintages. On the unified reaction to climate adversity. On the very ability to make Timorasso recognizable, from steel to new wood,
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Langhe Doc now occupies an increasingly central position in the mosaic of Piedmont denominations. Established in 1994 with the aim of uniting and promoting a territory already world-famous—Langhe and Roero—it has progressively transformed into a key tool for interpreting the Langhe from a contemporary perspective, without losing its link to tradition and without the—often negative—aura
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Cembra Cantina di Montagna is expanding its TrentoDoc line with Oro Rosso Blanc de Noirs Riserva, a new Traditional Method sparkling wine made from Pinot Noir grapes that strengthens the “Oro Rosso” project. The Trentino cooperative, a benchmark for heroic viticulture in the Cembra Valley, thus introduces a new interpretation of the porphyritic terroir, which
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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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