DiWineTaste Podcast - English

Fattoria La Valentina is one of the primary representatives of Abruzzo's enological greatness, in particular with its wines from Montepulciano grapes, a true reference point for the entire region, a magnificent wine capable of revealing the extraordinary potential of the primary red grape of Abruzzo. Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva Binomio 2016 conquers DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of b...

The winery successfully run by Paolo and Noemia d'Amico stands out with excellent productions with wines made from grapes grown between Latium and Umbria. Among these, Atlante 2015 offers an interpretation of remarkable quality, a magnificent red wine produced with 100% Cabernet Franc from the vineyards cultivated in Umbria, yet another confirmation of the enological quality of this winery and of...

The great Brunello di Montalcino Riserva PS 2015 by Siro Pacenti winery conquers, for the second time, DiWineTaste five diamonds and the title of best wine of the month. A Brunello - a Sangiovese - of monumental elegance and class, an extraordinary wine of incredible and impeccable greatness, to be counted - without a doubt - among the greatest vintages and interpretations of Sangiovese from the l...

The Durella grape - known in Veneto as Durello - is proving to be one of the most interesting rediscoveries of the Veneto wine scene in the last decade, a variety which is well suited to the production of sparkling wines, including the classic method, with results of primary importance. Proof of this is the Lessini Durello Riserva Metodo Classico Extra Brut 2013 by Gianni Tessari, who for years ha...

Franciacorta Dosaggio Zero Gualberto 2010 - just like the 2008 and 2009 vintages - wins the DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of best wine of the month. This magnificent wine - dedicated to the founder of Ricci Curbastro winery - is pure finesse and elegance, in perfect balance between the beauty of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, an absolute reference in the panorama of Franciacorta bubbles.

Vernaccia di Oristano is one of the most extraordinary wines of the Italian wine scene. A wine of extraordinary and unattainable complexity, Silvio Carta's Vernaccia di Oristano Riserva 2006 wins with full merit DiWineTaste Five Diamonds and the title of best wine for the month of May 2021. A magnificent result shared, ex aequo, with 2004 vintage.

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 gra...

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...

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 Denomin...

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...

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 wh...

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 cl...

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 e...

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...

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.

Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi Classico Superiore Balciana 2016 - undoubtedly the flagship wine of Sartarelli winery - conquers again DiWineTaste five diamonds and wins - for the second time - the title of the best wine of the month. A great wine, ,extraordinary expression of Verdicchio and of Castelli di Jesi area, a masterpiece of quality capable of giving emotions to the senses vintage after v...

Siddura's Moscato di Sardegna Passito Nuali vintage 2016 conquers DiWineTaste five diamonds and it is the first wine from Sardinia to deserve the title of best wine of the month. A wine of great elegance and class, sublime sensorial finesse, Nuali is the result of the excellent potentials of the territory of Gallura and impeccable production, from vineyard to bottle.

A great Trentodoc, produced with Chardonnay, refermented and aged in bottle for at least 84 months, conquers the title of best wine of October 2019 as well as confirming the five diamonds ranking obtained with vintage 2008. The magnificent reserve sparkling method by Endrizzi, of impeccable balance between effervescence, crispness and charming roundness, certainly is one of the best bubbles in Tre...

Adarmando 2017, excellent white wine from Umbria, confirms DiWineTaste five diamonds and the title of best wine of the month. A great wine produced with Trebbiano Spoletino - emerging variety of Umbria - capable of reaching sensorial highs of remarkable quality, is an endless symphony of aromas and flavors, of class and elegance.