Perchè Io NON boicotterò #Vinitaly2016...

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Una lettera ad Alfonso Cevola, che ha scritto un blog sui vini d'Italia ed un post su Vintaly 2015:

Ciao Alfonso,

Quando ho letto il tuo post avviandomi al Vinitaly Martedì mattina, ho twittato di essere concorde con "la maggior parte" dei tuoi commenti. Tuttavia camminando per la fiera, più tardi quel giorno, ho capito di avere agito in modo impulsivo. Probabilmente ancora frustrato dal fatto che la sera precedente, a causa del traffico congestionato nel centro di Verona, il nostro tragitto in autobus dalla fiera a Piazza Bra era stato più lungo del solito. Prima della fine della giornata, ho rimpianto la mia immaturità e ho cancellato il tweet.

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Taste Like A Pro - Wine Quality, The Degree Of Excellence...

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Reproduced from Year 3, Issue #13 of Spirito di Vino Asia...

Our readers noticed that we score wines on a 100 points scale.  In this column, we aim to clarify the criterions used in our evaluations and provide them with keys to increase their confidence when buying wine.  Here, we focus on Quality.

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Leonardo Mustilli, 1st To Bottle Monovarietal Falanghina

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Leonardo Mustilli of the high quality Cantine Mustilli was the 1st to bottle a monovarietal Falanghina wine... His best is "Vigna Segreta"...

Falanghina is a very ancient grape that was probably brought by the greeks in the olden days. Some say its name come from the latin "phalanga", the word to describe wooden poles the greeks used for wine training. It almost came to extinction in Campania until Leonardo Mustilli decided in 1979 to seriously consider how to make fine wines out of the grape. Since, several producers have caught on and planted the grapes in various terroir around the region producing some very interesting and rewarding whites.

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NoninoTonic, A Wonderful Example Of Innovation...

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Many questions of the MW (now) paper 4 on business are focused on topics along the lines of: "what can be done to revitalize this or that segment of the wine industry". As the wine industry is sooo conservative, surely, one of the key answer must be: INNOVATE.

Here is what Grappa Nonino did with their Grappa. 

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"Dino 2013", a Beautiful "Amphora" Wine By Chianti's Fontodi...

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Actually for me, the real beauty of this wine is in its spirit,  it is a wine about a family, about a land, and about the circle of life.  When he created “Dino”, Giovanni Manetti did not only create a new wine for Fontondi, he created a tribute.  Named in honor of his father who passed away in the early 2000, it links the winery back to its roots. where it all began.

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