May 04 2013
I’ve been rather busy the over the last days, so excuse me for not having written that much. Nevertheless, I tasted a few wines. I tried the 2012 Colle Stefano Verdicchio a couple of times and today I want to share my tasting notes with you. Just so you know, this is a 5/5 star …
Mar 27 2013
It is about time that I finally publish this wine review but I have been quite busy over the last months so excuse the delay! A sweet wine from the Veneto Northern Italy, especially the Veneto, is famous for many great red and white wines like Amarone della Valpolicella or Soave Classico. However, many high-quality …
Feb 16 2013
Outstanding sweet wine A few days ago, I tweeted that I was going to try Trabucchi d’Illasi’s Recioto di Soave (2006 vintage). I have previously reviewed quite a lot of wines from this Venetian winery, including their 2006 Amarone della Valpolicella (3 bicchieri Gambero Rosso). Trabucchi keeps impressing me over and over again. In my …
Feb 09 2013
Memories from a winery visit Almost two years ago, I visited the small city of Padua in Northern Italy. We stayed at a guest house located in the country side. Right next to where we stayed was a small winery and by small I really mean small. Of course I decided to visit them. Azienda …
Feb 02 2013
Recently I tried another wine from Tenute Loacker, which to frequent readers will be no stranger. A while ago I stumbled over a bottle of 2011 Raetinello – a young red wine from Loacker’s Schwarhof estate in South Tyrol. Raetinello is produced with 100% Schiava grapes. Schiava is an autochthonous grape from South Tyrol. Since in …
