Top 10 best-performing wines on Liv-ex in 2019
Liv-ex just released the top 10 best-performing wines in 2019. Burgundy no longer dominated the list, while Italy made gains with four top wines. Find out the top 10 wines here.
Category: Italy
Vinitaly maps out ‘Wine To Asia’
More than 400 exhibitors have confirmed attendance for the ‘Wine to Asia’ trade fair in China’s Shenzhen next year, a new international wine trade show launched by Veronafiere SpA and China’s Pacco Communication Group Ltd.
Sarah Heller MW to lead a masterclass on Sangiovese in HK
A masterclass on the diverse characters of Sangiovese cultivated in different subzones of Montalcino and Montepulciano is set to take place on October 29 in Hong Kong led by Vinitaly International Academy (VIA) educator Sarah Heller MW.
The clash of Sangiovese
In its spiritual home of Tuscany, Sangiovese’s quality seems to be preordained in the order of the more fleshed Brunello di Montalcino, Chianti Classico, and then the least known Nobile. Blind tasting results in Hong Kong however proved otherwise.
Italy’s Avignonesi winery launches amphora-aged wine
Avignonesi, the leading Italian Nobile producer in Montepulciano in Tuscany, has unveiled a new wine aged in terracotta container or amphora called ‘Da-Di’, the Chinese name for earth.
The Noble Wine Returns
Vino Nobile, the noble wine that was once lauded as “king of all wines” by poet Francesco Redi in 17th century, is making a sure return to its old glory, as a recent blind tasting in New York with 11 key sommeliers, wine buyers and writers has affirmed.