DiWineTaste Podcast - English

Montefalco Sagrantino Valdimaggio is the last born wine at Arnaldo Caprai winery exclusively made with the famous Umbrian red grapes. Released for the first time with vintage 2012, Valdimaggio has promptly conquered DiWineTaste Five Diamonds, confirmed in this 2014 vintage. A Sagrantino having great class and remarkable agreeableness, powerful and elegant, charming and fascinating, it conquers the title for the best wine of summer 2018.

Bocale winery, owned by Valentini family, is today one of the leading figures of the panorama of Montefalco wines and, in particular, Sagrantino, here produced in sry and passito (sweet) style, Their Montefalco Sagrantino 2013 conquers the title of the best wine of the month for June 2018, a wine having character and personality, in which it is full expressed the soul of red wines of this prestigious wine area of Umbria.

Among one of the most successful wineries of Montefalco - famous city of Umbria, Italy - Tabarrini is a well known producer for the quality of its wines and, in particular, its Montefalco Sagrantino wines, produced in three distinct crus as well as in the traditional sweet style. Montefalco Sagrantino Colle alle Macchie 2013, besides conquering, once again, DiWineTaste five diamonds, it is the wine of the month for May 2018.

Giovanni Manzone winery, established in 1925, undeniably is among the most interesting and prestigious expressions of Monforte d'Alba, a territory known for the full bodied and powerful Barolo wines. The magnificent Barolo Riserva Gramolere 2011 conquers once again DiWineTaste five diamonds and for the second time the title of best wine of the month. A great wine, a magnificent Barolo, spectacular interpretations of Nebbiolo in the land of Monforte d'Alba.

Sangervasio's Vin Santo, winery of Palaia, in province of Pisa, Tuscany, conquers DiWineTaste five diamonds and the title of the best wine of March 2018 with the excellent Colli dell'Etruria Centrale Vin Santo Recinaio 2005. A magnificent wine made from dried grapes, capable of expressing excellence in every sensorial aspect, produced with Trebbiano Toscano, San Colombano and Sangiovese.

In 1988, during one of the many dinners two friends used to have together, originated one of the greatest iconic and cult wines of Tuscan and Italian enology. Made by blending Sangiovese from Capannelle's vineyards and Merlot from Avignonesi's estates, 50 & 50 is a wine of remarkable elegance and finesse, a majestic representative of the so called "Super Tuscan" category and that, today as well as in 1988, continues to amaze for its impeccable quality.

Giacomo Bologna has been one of the greatest figures of Italian wine, one of those who had the courage to believe in the richness of his territory and grapes, giving a fundamental contribution to the relaunch of Italian enology. In particular, he has been successful in transforming a grape, considered by many as humble and capable of making ordinary wines, into a variety of remarkable value and quality. When in 1982 was released for the first time Bricco dell'Uccellone, the destini of Barbera changed forever. A great and majestic wine, Barbera d'Asti Bricco dell'Uccellone 2015 conquers DiWineTaste five diamonds and the title of the best wine of January 2018.

Ricci Curbastro is one of the most famous names in Franciacorta, prestigious Italian land for bubbles, one of the very first wineries to join and found Franciacorts Consorptium thanks to the work of founder Gualberto Ricci Curbastro. The best wine of December 2017 is in fact the faithful and right tribute to the founder of this winery, in a style, complexity and elegance unique: Franciacorta Dosaggio Zero Gualberto 2008. Mainly produced with Pinot Noir and the remaining part with Chardonnay, this wine expresses complexity, class and elegance as well as the rigorous and precise purity of dosage zero style - or pas dosé - giving life to a masterpiece worth five diamonds.

Caldaro Winery - Kellerei Kaltern - main protagonist of the wines from the are in which is found the lake with the same name, conquers DiWineTaste five diamonds and the title of best wine of November 2017 with the excellent Alto Adige Moscato Giallo Passito Serenade 2013. A very refined wine and of noble elegance, expresses an extraordinary finesse with a very rich bouquet of tropical fruits. A superlative sweet wine made of dried grapes of Gold Muscat (Yellow Muscat), impeccable in every sensorial and organoleptic aspect.

Monteverro 2013, produced by the winery of Capalbio having the same name, in Tuscan Maremma, is the best wine of October 2017. Made from the famous grapes of the so called Bordeaux blend - Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot - Monteverro 2013 expresses a magnificence elegance, with charming and impeccable aromas, ax extraordinary long finish. A great wine confirming the huge viticultural and wine making potentials of Maremma.

Ballabio winery of Casteggio, in province of Pavia, is committed, since 1905, to the production of sparkling wines, one of the most old wineries of Italy committed to the production of this wine style. With its Farfalla Zero Dosage - a classic method of refined elegance and class - conquers DiWineTaste five diamonds as well as the title of the best wine for September 2017. The creators of this spectacular bubble the Nevelli family - owners of Ballabio winery - and Carlo Casavecchia, the well known and talented piedmontese wine maker who, after having contributed to the relaunch of Marsala wine in Sicily, is now confirming, with this wine, his expertise and knowledge by giving us a classic method sparkling wine "zero dosage" of rare elegance.

Tedeschi is one of the historical families involved in the production of Valpolicella wines and Amarone, the famous red from Veneto, fruit of majestically dried grapes and turned into that magic called wine. Their Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva Capitel Monte Olmi 2011 - undoubtedly one of the most prestigious labels of the Italian wine scene - confirms DiWineTaste five diamonds and conquers the title of best wine for Summer 2017.

The magnificent white wine of Querciabella - Batàr 2014 - conquers for the second time the title of best wine of the month, in this case June 2017. A masterpiece of wine making produced with Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc in equal parts, majestically made in a perfect symphony of aromas and elegance.

Gran Masetto, the famous and celebrated red wine produced by Endrizzi winery of San Michele all'Adige, conquers - with vintage 2012 - DiWineTaste five diamonds and, for the third time, the title of the best wine of the month. A great wine made from Teroldego grape, an extraordinary expression of the magnificent autochthonous grape from Trentino.

Mirabella in one of the historical wineries of Franciacorta, founded in 1979 by wine maker Teresio Schiavi and engineer Giacomo Cavalli, it has always been a well distinguished winery in the Italian wine scene for the excellence of its bubbles. Franciacorta Dosaggio Zero Riserva D0M 2006 certainly is the proof of the quality produced in Mirabella's vineyards, a Franciacorta or remarkable elegance and personality, having an organoleptic profile joining complexity to class. DiWineTaste five diamonds and title of the best wine of the month for April 2017.