Website: https://www.benanti.it/en/ One of the key wineries in Etna is Benanti, having had a hand in the modern renaissance of the region. The winery as we know it today started with Dr Giuseppe Benanti, a pharmacist who set up his own winery named Tenuta di Castiglione on the northern slopes of Mount Etna. His choice… Read More »
I don’t taste the cask samples of the new vintage of Bordeaux en primeurs, for quite a few reasons, but I do like the opportunity to assess the new vintage once it’s in bottle. 2021 wasn’t a vintage that got the trade terribly excited. It was viticulturally challenging: there was frost at the beginning of… Read More »
A vintage piece on the charismatic viticultural revolutionary who has transformed the way the wine world looks at pruning. By Robin Lee In the first piece in a week-long series devoted to viticulture and viticulturists on worldoffinewine.com, we have dug into the archives to publish Robin Lee’s inspiring profile of the charismatic viticultural revolutionary, Marco… Read More »
Single malt exports crossed the £2bn mark for the first time in 2023 due to increased demand for premium spirits in Far East emerging markets, despite a global decrease in Scotch whisky sales. The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) released new data indicating a 9.5% drop in exports to £5.6bn as retail and bar demand slowed… Read More »
Website: https://www.tenutaterrenere.com/en/home-english/ Marco de Grazia’s Terre Nere is one of the star producers in Etna. All the grapes are sorted in the vineyard, and then they destem, crush and press the whites. For the five whites, two are matured in stainless steel while the others are matured in second-use barrels. The reds are divided into… Read More »
More than 100 lots from Le Gavroche, ranging from rare wine cellar gems to pictures and silverware, will be auctioned online via Christie’s from 10 to 24 April. Two-Michelin-star Le Gavroche completed its final service for the public on 13 January, bringing the curtain down on a 57-year journey in heart of London’s Mayfair. ‘The… Read More »
Website: https://www.sciaraetna.com/ Stef Yim used to be a sommelier in Los Angeles. During his tenure in restaurants, he developed a fascination for wines produced from volcanic soils. He aspired to create his own wine, which led him to purchase a couple of tons of grapes from Lake County in California for his initial attempt. In… Read More »
Visit: www.frankcornelissen.it Frank Cornelissen recently showcased his 2019 single-vineyard wines in London, a culmination of 22 years of intense research, discussion and refinement. He also introduced a new concoction: Perpetuum. According to Frank, this new addition is a result of his continued pursuit of precision and representation of the local terroir. Frank revealed that the… Read More »
Charlie Broder on the outstanding Italian-focused wine program at Terzo in Minneapolis. By The World of Fine Wine Team With entries now open for the 2024 World’s Best Wine Lists awards, we asked some of the 2023 winners about their approach to building an award-winning list. This week, Charlie Broder, director of operations at Broders’… Read More »
Château Angélus, a prominent St-Emilion estate, has unveiled an exceptional bottle design for its 2022 vintage to herald a ‘new era’ for the estate. The design boasts 20 carat gold and mother-of-pearl inlays. A decade following its previous ‘black and gold’ bottle, Angélus revealed that the new limited-edition bottle stands as a ‘fitting showcase’ for… Read More »