ARTICLES
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“Like a Memory of the Sea” (Ronchi di Castelluccio Recent Releases)
When describing what makes his family’s wines (and those from Italy’s Romagna in general) unique, Ronchi di Castelluccio‘s Aldo Mario Rametta keeps coming back to one thing: the soil. “The soil is like a memory of the sea,” he says…
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“Built from Nothing” (Domaine Bousquet Recent Releases)
Last October, when I met up with Domaine Bousquet‘s Anne Bousquet in NYC’s Baires Grill for what seems to have become an annual catch-up on their new releases, I realized that there waws one question that I’d never asked her.…
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Old Vines, New Steps (Pedroncelli Recent Releases)
“Old vines are great, but they’re, well, old.” Late last year, I had the pleasure of catching up (via Zoom) with Julie Julie Pedroncelli, who (after her father officially retired at the age of 90) is now President of Pedroncelli,…
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“The Opposite Direction Than Everybody Else” (Eugenio Collavini Recent Releases)
“There’s no air conditioning, and I am sweating!” The affable Luigi Collavini from Eugenio Collavini says that he’s uncomfortable in his family’s warm wine offices during our online tasting back in August; but you wouldn’t notice it on our Zoom…
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