If you usually hang out at winebars, you know what I am talking about. One of the worst violences committed to the wine is the wild swirling of the glass. If you are unluck, you can also witness a sacrilegious Champagne shake.   Let's see how and why to swirl the wine glass:   In order to know how to swirl the wine, not looking too goofy, it is necessary to know why you should do that.     Well, the reason why swirling the glass is getting more oxygen into the wine, it helps the wine to open up to the nose and giving off the...

Mancano pochissimi giorni al taglio del nastro di Vinitaly 2018 e tanti sono già gli appuntamenti con gli eventi fuori salone a Verona e provincia. Per la 52°edizione di Vinitaly bisognerà attendere ancora qualche giorno (da Domenica 15 a Mercoledì 18 Aprile) ma il fuori salone inizia già oggi. Ecco i principali appuntamenti del “fuori Vinitaly” legati all’iniziativa Vinitaly and the City 2018 che, dal centro storico di Verona, si spinge per il secondo anno a Bardolino, sulle rive del Lago di Garda, e per la prima volta a Soave e...

An important change for Pinot Grigio IGT that, starting with the vintage 2017, is becoming DOC delle Venezie. Well, a “super “ Doc we should say, since it covers such a large area. Pinot Grigio is the 4th grape variety grown in Italy, but the real protagonists are the regions of Triveneto (Veneto, Trentino e Friuli Venezia Giulia) growing about the 85% of the total italian production of Pinot Grigio and the 43% of the global production. Big numbers that led the Pinot Grigio from being an IGT to a Controlled Denomination of Origin and Prowein 2018 was the springboard for...

Bottling is the last phase of the wine making process and these are for us wine-makers very busy days. Actually, this is the last phase of wine making but it also represents the beginning of a new one with the evolution and development of the bottled wine. Our winery relies on an external partner for the bottling process. They reach our winery with a mobile bottling truck and, under our supervision, the bottle our wines. Our partners help us to reduce the stress of errors from bottling. They are only specialized in bottling and trucks come complete with a small crew of operators....