DiWineTaste Podcast - English

Arnaldo Caprai winery is a fundamental protagonist of the Montefalco wine scene, a story originating and growing up under the banner of the magnificent Sagrantino, the great grape and wine of Umbria. Montefalco Sagrantino Valdimaggio 2016 conquers and confirms DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of best wine of April 2021. A great wine, perfect union between the power of the famous Umbrian grape with the elegance of refined personality.

Fattoria Varramista, a very interesting winery in Tuscany, amazes for the beauty and elegance of its wines and, in particular, for the expression of Syrah which, with Varramista 2015 - not least, 2005 and 2001 vintages - stands out in the Olympus of the magnificent wines of Italy. The short vertical of Varramista 2001, 2005 and 2015 undisputably conquers DiWineTaste five diamonds and the title of best wine of March 2021.

Torgiano Rosso Riserva Rubesco Vigna Monticchio is - without a shadow of a doubt - one of the most representative wines of Umbrian enology, for decades a magnificent representative of the Italian excellence in the world. Vintage 2015 brings in our glasses a magnificent Sangiovese rich in elegance and class, a refined expression of the famous Monticchio vineyard, an extraordinary cru of the Denomination of Controlled and Guaranteed Origin Torgiano Rosso Riserva.

South Tyrol is a magnificent land of excellent wines, not least those produced with aromatic white grapes, as in the case of the wine awarded the title of best for the month of January 2021. Kellerei Kaltern - Cantina di Caldaro - conquers for the second time this title, in addition to DiWineTaste Five Diamonds, with a wine produced with dried Moscato Giallo grapes.

Salvatore Molettieri, the giant of Aglianico, tells the territory of Taurasi and the greatness of the Aglianico grape through the personality and uniqueness of his wines. The amazing Riserva Cinque Querce 2012 is confirmed at the top of the excellence of the Taurasi denomination, a complex and elegant Aglianico, the result of a qualitative and productive path that has brought Salvatore Molettieri to the top of Italian and world winemaking.

Donnafugata is one of the most significant and representative wineries in Sicily, founded in 1983 by the far-sightedness of Giacomo Rallo and his wife Gabriella Anca with the precise aim of undertaking an innovative wine-making quality project. High quality wines, celebrated and consolidated for decades now, important representatives of Sicily such as this magnificent Etna Rosso Fragore 2016 in which is expressed the beauty and potential of Nerello Mascalese, one of the most interesting grapes of this region.

Elena Walch is one of the "primadonnas" of the Italian wine scene, considered by all to be "the queen of Gewürztraminer". Her wines have always been an emblem of quality and elegance, class and refinement. The beautiful Gewürztraminer Concerto Grosso is no exception and it is the best wine of the month for October 2020.

Macondo is a small winery run with exacting care by Lorenzo Catasta who, in 2016, decided to make wine from his father's vineyards, planted 50 years ago. Bianko - this is the name of the only wine produced by Macondo - is made from the blend of Trebbiano Toscano and Pecorino grapes, aged for 22 months in barrique, expresses a magnificent sensorial complexity and richness, an endless sequence of clean aromas, as to deserve DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of best wine of September 2020.

When in 1998 the very first vintage of Morgante's Don Antonio was poured in the glasses of wine lovers all over the world, it got an extraordinary success in a very short time thanks to its impeccable quality. Among the first wines from Nero d'Avola to become famous beyond the borders of Sicily, after many years the charm and excellence of Don Antonio remain a flagship wine for the whole Italian enology.

La Regola 2016 - a wine taking its name from the winery making it - fully expersses the class and elegance of Cabernet Franc, a not so easy grape both to cultivate and to vinify, it is however appreciated by wine lovers for its vegetal character in which can be perceived green bell pepper. La Regola 2016 conquers DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of best wine of June 2020.

San Leonardo is - undoubtedly - among the best wine of Italy and of the world. Created in 1980s by the talent and intuition of Marquis Carlo Guerrieri Gonzaga, this renowned wine from Trentino is capable of surprising, year after year, vintage after vintage, with a renewed and extraordinary magic of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmènère and Merlot.

Campi Flegrei Piedirosso Vigna delle Volpi 2016 by Agnanum, brilliant example of the potentials of this wine area near Naples, has been awarded with the title of best wine for April 2020. A majestic interpretation of Piedirosso - the ancient and exclusive red berried grape of Campania - gives the senses incredible sensations of elegance and class, besides the typical qualities of black pepper and the lively crispness.

Tenuta Sant'Antonio - winery committed to the production of Valpolicella and Soave wines - with its stunning Amarone della Valpolicella Campo dei Gigli 2015 conquers DiWIneTaste five diamonds and the title of best wine for March 2020. A magnificent Amarone made from Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Oseleta and Croatina grapes, a wine of extraordinary class and elegance.

By the blending of Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, majestically aged in cask, is produced Alto Adige Terlano Classico Bianco Riserva Nova Domus, a wine of extraordinary class and elegance, a perfect balance of sensations and aromas, an amazing magic by Cantina Terlano.

The extraordinary Brunello di Montalcino Vigna Poggio Ronconi 2014 of Citille di Sopra conquers the title of best wine of January 2020 and DiWineTaste five diamonds. A difficult vintage majestically interpreted by the winery of Torrenieri - few kilometers from Montalcino - confirming the high wuality level of the winery led by Fabio Innocenti.