Sabino Loffredo, winemaker, Pietracupa, Montefredane, Campania His Greco di Tufo is one of Italy’s 10 greatest white wines (Photo ©Tom Hyland) I’ll get right to it – Italian white wines are among the finest whites in the world. If you’ve been tasting them over the past decade, you know that to be true (unfortunately, there … Continue reading Italy’s 50 Best White Wines
Orlando Pecchenino, Dogliani, with a bottle of his 2010 Bricco Botti, one of 2013’s best Italian wines (Photo ©Tom Hyland) January always means starting fresh as well as remembering what came before. So it’s time for my annual look at the best Italian wines of 2013, but instead of offering a complete list (that will be … Continue reading The Best Italian Wines of 2013 – A different view
Piero Mastroberardino (Photo ©Tom Hyland) My recent 18-day trip to Italy was filled with so many great wines; this is part two of my report, focusing on the best whites I tried from Campania. One important thing that the newly released 2012 whites from Campania and other great white wine regions such as Marche and Alto … Continue reading Campania Whites – Best Wines from my recent trip (Part Two)
Cork of Villa Raiano, one of Campania’s finest wine estates (Photo ©Tom Hyland) I love the white wines of Campania, so it was a great pleasure to be invited to Bianchirpinia 2012, which was held in Avellino recently. This event, centered around anteprima tastings of the new releases of the 2011 vintage of Greco di Tufo and Fiano … Continue reading Campania’s Vibrant Whites
Come learn Italian wines by tasting some! Francesco Carfagna, Az. Agr. Altura, Isola del Giglio (Photo ©Tom Hyland) As we turn the calendar from June to July, we come to the half way point of 2012. So I’d like to share a few thoughts on the best Italian wines I’ve tried this year, both from my … Continue reading Year’s Best from Italy – To Date
Antoine Gaita, Villa Diamante (Photo ©Tom Hyland) Per leggere quest’articolo in italiano, clicca qui. Last week in Part One of this series on Campania whites (read here), I wrote about the wines of Donnachiara, Feudi di San Gregorio and Mastroberardino. In this post, I will deal with three artisan estates in Irpinia I visited during my recent trip. At Villa … Continue reading Campania Whites – 2010 and 2011 (Part Two)
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