Nasco: Another Ancient Grape Those of you that follow me on Twitter have probably noticed that I recently drank an excellent wine produced from the rather unknown, ancient Nasco grape. Today I want to share with you my tasting notes about the 2004 Meloni Vini Nasco di Cagliari. It was one of the most unusual …

When Maremma meets Loacker Yes, it is time for another Tenute Loacker wine review. Slowly Italian wineries release their new vintages, which always causes great excitement. Loacker has convinced me with a load of excellent Tuscan & South Tyrolean wines for many years. Only recently, I had the pleasure to try their newly released 2008 …

The Slow Food Movement Slow Food is an international non-profit member-supported organization that was founded under the name Agricola in Bra, Italy, in 1986 by Carlo Petrini to counter fast food and fast live. In 1989, the organization adopted the name Slow Food. Today Slow Food has more than 100.000 members in 150 countries that …

After having a conversation with Suzanne about Ben Rye, a Passito di Pantelleria, and possible dessert pairings, I decided that this was a good occasion to write a more detailed post about pairing desserts with wine. Suzanne writes a fantastic food blog. Why don’t you give it a visit? Maybe you find your favorite recipe …

One of the Best A few days ago me and a few coworkers enjoyed a very good wine from Abruzzo. The Plateo is produced by Italian winery Agriverde. Plateo is classified as Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC. The wine is produced with 100% Montepulciano grapes and ages for a long time- 24 months in stainless steel followed …

Montecucco – Another Tuscan Appellation In the heart of Tuscany lies the city of Cinigano but the area is better known as Montecucco DOC – another Sangiovese-based Tuscan appellation. Tenuta di Montecucco cultivates over 700 hectares (1730 acres) of land. Next to wine the winery also produces olive oil and grappa. Furthermore, Tenuta di Montecucco …

This guide was the most red post on Vino in Love in 2012! Therefore I decided to enhance it even more. The post was still written in the old wordpress.com style because I simply had no time to update it any sooner. But now the guide has gotten a complete overhaul! I hope you enjoy …

Over half a year ago I posted a series of winery reviews. Here you find a list of all wineries that have been reviewed so far. These reviews differ in many aspects to the regular wine reviews that you find on Vino in Love. The aim of each article is not to present you one …

The History of Super Tuscans Today I want to take you to a trip to the Tuscan coast. To be exact to the comune Castagneto Carducci. The surrounding area is better known by the name Bolgheri. In fact, Bolgheri is a suburb of Castagneto Carducci. Only recently I bought (and tried) a “Super Tuscan” from …

Trentino-Alto Adige consists of the two autonomous regions Trentino and South Tyrol (Alto Adige in Italian, Südtirol in German). It’s the only Italian region where German is next to Italian the official language. The capital of the region is Trento. Trentino-Alto Adige is located in north-east Italy. Wine making has long history in Trentino-Alto Adige. …

Le Nez du Vin Recently I acquired the masterkit of Le Nez du Vin from Jean Lenoir. Now if you’re not familiar with Le Nez du Vin or with the work of Jean Lenoir then let me give you a quick overview. Jean Lenoir is born in Burgundy and a pioneer when it comes to …

Where and what is San Marino? It wasabout time that I finally publish this article. There have been too many things going on in the last weeks so I was not able to finish it faster. The Republic of San Marino is an independent country, which is completely surrounded by Italy. The city-state borders Emilia-Romagna …