Back in October `22, I was invited for a virtual tasting of various Lugana DOC whites, organized by Civilta del bere and Alessandro Torcoli. Longtime 1WD readers might recall Torcoli, who I met in Argentina when judging the Argentina Wine Awards, and for whose Italian magazine I once wrote an overview of the entire U.S….
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Contact Points (A Decade Of Cà Maiol’s Molin Lugana)
Walter Contato knew potential when he saw it. Like an inordinate number of Italians before and after him, this successful Milan-born businessman took holidays in the sometimes-too-charming-for-words (as in, how-the-hell-are-we-gonna-get-the-car-through-these-narrow-Medieval-streets?!?? levels of charming) Lake Garda town of Sirmione. As an inordinate number of successful white businessmen seem to want to still do, Contato eventually decided…
Long Notes (Selva Capuzza Recent – And Not-So-Recent – Releases)
Like most musicians (ask me how I know), Luca Formentini has a day job. That job would be helping to helm his family’s wine business in Brescia: Selva Capuzza. As far as day jobs go, the one with an office that’s actually a picturesque vineyard spot about four kilometers from the shores of Lake Garda,…
Less Is More (Marangona Lugana Recent Releases)
Alessandro Cutolo kind of looks like a viking. Aside from close proximity to a body of water (in this case, the Italian Lake Garda), however, the heavy-handed Old Norse warrior comparison fizzles out completely. Because at the crossing of the Veneto and Lombardia regions, Cutolo, as owner and winemaker of Lugana’s Marangona, crafts elegant, svelte…