UNFILTERED Archives: Italy

The 2024 NYC Grand Portfolio Tasting

The 2024 NYC Grand Portfolio Tasting
Every two years we bring winemakers, brewers, and distillers together under one roof for our Grand Portfolio Tasting. This tasting presents an exceptional opportunity to taste over 900 spirits, wines, sakes, and ciders while meeting the artisans behind the bottles....

Four Under-the-Radar Rosé Regions

Four Under-the-Radar Rosé Regions
We’ve traversed the globe in search of radiant rosés to brighten up the season. Explore Sicily, Greece, Basque Country, and FLX by their regional characteristics, with examples of producers and styles that we’re loving. While we do enjoy rosé throughout...

The Petite Portfolio Tasting: NYC 2023

The Petite Portfolio Tasting: NYC 2023
Nine tastings in nine cities in just four days! Our big event of the year took on a new form this 2023 with the launch of our Petite Portfolio Tasting(s)! Over 60 of our producers from all over the world...

Barolo & Barbaresco: Past & Present

Barolo & Barbaresco: Past & Present
Piedmont producers Chiara Boschis, Elisa Scavino, Silvia Altare, Claudio Fenocchio, and Giorgio Rivetti joined us recently in NYC for a seminar featuring their wines, both past and present! To both our delight and chagrin, Piedmont is no longer the wine-lovers...

Introducing: Bucciarelli of Castellina in Chianti

Introducing: Bucciarelli of Castellina in Chianti
An aura of mystery surrounds Bucciarelli: We found the wines deeply transporting and utterly transfixing. Enticed again and again for another taste, their aromatics beguiled us as layers of complexity enveloped our palates and left us thinking that Michelangelo had...

Piedmont Harvest Report: A Return to the Classics

Piedmont Harvest Report: A Return to the Classics
Every year many wine-lovers eagerly await the release of the current Piedmont vintage. The 2018 Barolos and 2019 Barbarescos are out and we’re here to tell you everything you need to know! Days of Tar & Roses While Barolo and...

Pomona – The Goldilocks Terroir of Castellina in Chianti

Pomona – The Goldilocks Terroir of Castellina in Chianti
ABOVE: Monica Raspi with her dachshund Zoe, as featured in Wine Spectator’s New-Generation Chianti Classico, Part 3: Pomona’s Monica Raspi. There are many extremes in the Chianti Classico appellation—from the heights of Radda with its muscular and high-toned wines, to the...