…especially when choosing what wines to buy. Many of us are probably often choosing the same type of wines made with the same grapes because if we find something we like it is easy to continue drinking more of that. Therefore, I want to challenge you to the “Drink Wine…

…rooting for the underdogs in the wine world. November and December are always the months when all the wine lists from various wine publications, wine bloggers, and wine influencers come out. The Top 100, Top 50, Top 10, his or her’s comments on this or that Top list, and on…

…for a cozy and comfy Thanksgiving weekend Thanksgiving and wine go together as the occasion to open up and try new or familiar labels with friends and family. But for those who only celebrate Thanksgiving occasionally with American friends, what is Thanksgiving really about? In brief, the Thanksgiving weekend is…

…what are the pros and cons of wine scores? There has been a discussion among Italian wine writers and wine critics about the scoring system and how it’s applied. Not only whether it is good or bad but how there nowadays is a tendency to give between 90–100 points to…

Vallepicciola is an estate located in the Castelnuovo Berdardenga area not far from Siena, on the rolling hills of Tuscany. When we talk about Castelnuovo Berdardenga, it generally, brings our minds to Chianti Classico as it is the southernmost subzone — UGA — of the Chianti Classico appellation. In mid-January…

…and strengthen the brand in a recent short film The Chianti Classico Collection 2023 just took place a month ago, and the Chianti Classico consortium had a lot of new things to showcase. The consortium had commissioned a local web and video production agency to develop and shoot the film…

Meet the Pioneer Vine Grower Percy Månsson of Domän Sånana Recently, I got the article Meet Swedish Wine’s Top Trailblazer Percy Månsson From Domän Sånana published in The Vintner Project. It talks about Percy Månsson in southernmost Sweden who was the first to plant vines in Sweden in modern times…

When calls the heart…ehm, rather, when Puglia and Radici del sud calls, you go…and, even more so when there is wine to taste. The opportunity to go for three days to Puglia is, of course, even more, precious in this period of pandemic longue durée (see more about my discussion…

We have officially entered 2021 and we all hope for a better year and for the pandemic to slowly fade away. We need a lot of positive vibes and push ourselves to get into the right positive mindset. Wine can be a good way of finding the right mood. Come…