A wine in honor of a goddess...
Turriga is today an Italian icon thanks to vision, determination, and the valorization of Sardinian’s patrimony...
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As the size of China's upper-middle-class is about to explode, luxury marketing is a more interesting model to adapt strategies for the wine industry in China...
Read MoreTaste Like A Pro - On Vintage Variation...
Readers of Spirito diVino noticed that we score wines on a 100 points scale. To reach our conclusion, we look for balance, persistency, complexity, precision of style, and finesse. In this issue, we look at how vintage variations give the wine a stylistic signature and its quality.
Read MoreTaste Like A Pro - Sparkling Wines
For the sparkling wines category, three main factors fundamentally influence the style of the final wine not only in terms of effervescence, but also in terms of body, aromatic profile and texture. The first relates to how the bubbles, also called the “mousse”, are obtained. The second is the choice of grape varieties for the base wine and the third concerns the sweetening of the final wine.
Read MoreTaste Like A Pro - The Magic Of Oak...
Oak usage in winemaking has had a bad rap lately. Perhaps it is justified in some cases, but one thing is sure, the technique is not recent. Hundreds of generations ago, oak was the main material utilized for fermentation, maturation, and transportation of wine. What has changed in recent times, for better or worse, is how oak is applied at various stages of winemaking.
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