In the immortal words of Kermit the frog, “it isn’t easy being green.” That’s especially true when you’re trying to hit sustainability targets in Italy’s rainiest—and therefore, one of its most disease-prone—winegrowing regions: Collio. During a (somewhat) recent media jaunt to the area, a handful of Collio’s winemakers described what it takes to make wines…
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Give… Us… Friulano!! (Dispatch From Collio, Part 1)
Back in November (whatever, STFU, I’ve got a toddler!), I was fortunate enough to take part in a lovely little media jaunt to Italy’s far northeastern corner, to the small (5k square miles or so) region of Collio within Friuli Venezia Giulia. For the next few weeks, I’ll be highlighting the, well, highlights from that…
Copping a Taste for the Mature (Thoughts on a Kopke Port Masterclass)
There are benefits to being the oldest Port house. And Kopke winemaker Carla Tiago seems (as per a recent virtual tasting of Kopke’s not-so-recent wines) to revel in at least one of them. Kopke was founded in 1638, and so is technically the oldest Port wine company (pretty much before Port as the regulation-heavy entity…
Once More Around the Burning Horn (Dispatch From Etna)
With this article, I’ll be wrapping up feature coverage of last year’s media jaunt to Sicily’s Etna (you can expect quite a few more mini-reviews, however, from producers not given the feature treatment here). Those features (including write-ups of Torre Mora and Passopisciaro) have been meant as a deeper dive into the current Etna wine…