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WineNews from Planeta Vino ;-)

I am glad to share with you a few interesting pieces of news that I have received from the guys at Planeta, one of the truly outstanding Sicilian producers who have marked the rebirth of quality...

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Wine Review P2: Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi, “Tenuta dell’Ammiraglia” Range

Disclaimer: this review is of samples that I received from the producer’s US importer. My review of the wines has been conducted in compliance with my Samples Policy and the ISA wine tasting protocol...

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Wine Review: Planeta, Syrah Sicilia Rosso IGT 2007

Today’s review is of a Sicilian varietal Syrah made by excellent Sicilian winemakers Planeta. As usual, let’s first provide a brief overview of the Syrah grape variety. The Bottom Line Overall, I loved...

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Wine Review: Three First Drop Shiraz from Down Under

As most of you know, the wine-related part of this blog mainly focuses on Italian wine, although non exclusively as now and then I post about non-Italian wines that I have tasted and enjoyed: so far, I...

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MWWC#6 – Two Wines, Three Mysteries

Right before the winter holidays, creative fellow wine blogger Jeff (AKA The Drunken Cyclist) launched a fun initiative: a wine-based Secret Santa that he aptly renamed Secret Alcoholic. Basically,...

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An Overview of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape Appellation and Its Wines

As a prelude to our next post in which we will temporarily leave Italy and review a French Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine, in this post we will provide a brief overview of the southern French wine region...

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Wine Review: Domaine Chante Cigale, Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC, 2009

Our previous post provided a general overview of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the territory, the appellation and the main winemaking practices, so if you missed that you may want to go back and take a look at...

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