The growth or stability of Piedmontese wines and the consequences of the war situation
Posted on: 18-04-2022
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| Karina Imschoot
The year 2021 has brought great satisfaction to Italian wine: more than EUR 7 billion in value for exports in 2021: 12.4% more than in 2020. The giants remain, in order of importance, Veneto, Piedmont and Tuscany, which alone account for 67% of the total value generated. However, Veronika Crecellius of Meininger's Wine Business International assesses that, apart from the successes, the sharp price increase of wines, both IGT and DOC, that occurred in the middle of last year, when the harvest...
Favorita, top quality in the sandy gronds of the Roero Valley
Posted on: 09-04-2022
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| Karina Imschoot
Recent genetic research has confirmed the similarity between the grape known in Piedmont as Favorita, but also known locally by other names, such as "Formentin", because the beautiful golden yellow (or amber) colour of the ripe berry is reminiscent of the intensity of wheat at harvest (forment in Piedmontese is wheat, formentin is buckwheat), and the Vermentino variety, closely related to Pigato, both grown on the Ligurian Riviera. This classification of the Favorita vine as a Vermentin...
Wines from Alto Piemonte are underrated sources of elegant, long-lived wines
Posted on: 16-03-2022
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| Karina Imschoot
What is the history of a winegrower selling his ready-made wine to Bruno Giacosa to a stubborn but successful enologist producing wine under his own name?
Posted on: 13-03-2022
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| Karina Imschoot
Dolcetto of the Clavesana Cooperativa: the final harvest result of 200 small producers
Posted on: 17-02-2022
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| Karina Imschoot
In Knack magazine of 9 February 2022, an article by Bruno Van Spauwen on Dolcetto was published. Indeed Dolcetto has nothing to do with "dolce". The name Dolcetto refers to the vineyards in the Dogliani area and to the hard work of those who have the drive to raise the image of Dolcetto many steps higher. It is very necessary to make a distinction between those who are producers with a focus on export and therefore belong more to a purely family-run business, including those ...
