Wine personalities: Stefano Borsa

Protagonisti del vino: Live Wine 2015

Un grazie grande così a tutti quelli che hanno reso possibile la riuscita di Live Wine 2015 e in particolar modo alle migliaia di visitatori che hanno scelto di venire a conoscere il vino vivo e i grandi artigiani che lo fanno. Ci rivediamo l’anno prossimo! Foto Alessandro Morana

Protagonisti del vino: Francesco Carfagna

Francesco Carfagna possiede una delle vigne più spettacolari che si possano immaginare: sulla meravigliosa Isola del Giglio, terrazzata e a picco sul mare, con affaccio sull’Isola di Montecristo. Da questo piccolo paradiso provengono il suo vino bianco da uve Ansonaco (o Ansonica) e il suo rosso da uve miste. L’azienda agricola si chiama Vigneto Altura e l’anima […]

Wine personalities: Giovanni Scarfone

Giovanni Scarfone in his small winery, Bonavita, produces a few thousand bottles of the historical “Faro”, a DOC wine typical of the Messina area with ancient origins; however only but a few vignerons are nowdays producing it. This unusual wine is made of Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio and Nocera grapes and Giovanni’s Faro stands out both for its […]

Wine personalities: Stefano Bellotti

Stefano Bellotti from Cascina degli Ulivi, in southern Piemonte, for many does not need introduction, but we shall recall that he was one of the pioneers of biodynamic agriculture in Italy converting his farm back in 1984. Nowadays he is also the president of the Italian chapter of Renaissance des Appellations, the group founded in […]

Wine personalities: Sofia Pepe

Sofia Pepe, daughter of the evergreen Emidio Pepe, belongs to the second of the three generations that run the legendary Abruzzo winery at present. Tireless ambassador of her father’s wines, Sofia has a worthy duty to keep up with her family: continue to produce wines of utmost artisan quality and extreme longevity. Enough to say that the first […]

Wine personalities: Stefano Borsa

Stefano Borsa, as in the film by Jonathan Nossiter “Natural Resistance” where he appears talking little bit saying a lot, is an Oscar-winning supporting actor. He is never in the frontline, since he does the hard work, the one that someone’s gotta do it, and he does it with beautiful results. With his contribution, together […]