VERONA APRIL 10-13 2016 WHY VINITALY IN 2016: • IT’S THE 50TH EDITION-1ST ONE WAS IN 1967. Since then, this is the event that more than any other has marked the evolution of the wine system on a national and international scale, helping to make wine one of the most exciting and dynamic realities of Made in Italy.). • THE largest event dedicated to… Read more →
Last week I had the opportunity to visit one of the most traditional wineries of Uruguay: Juanico (Familia Deicas). History: Before becoming the property of the Deicas family, the Juanico winery land had many other owners. Notably among these was Don Francisco Juanico, who in 1830 broke with the traditional farming methods of the area and constructed an… Read more →
This week I had the opportunity to visit one of the oldest wineries in Uruguay: Bodegas Carrau, Colón Winery – Montevideo. It was built in 1887 and was recovered by the Carrau family as the starting point of the project to export fine wines from Uruguay. Its colonial house and the beautiful park and vineyard, make it… Read more →
Reinaldo de Lucca, #winelover The winery started at end of 19th century. Reinaldo de Lucca’s grand parents arrived from Italy and his grandfather bought the land. The winery was producing wine from old vineyards of Tannat*. His father continued developing the winery. Reinaldo studied agronomy engineering and went to the U.S., then he went to France to study viticulture.… Read more →
Magnus Reuterdahl, Antonio Rallo (Donnafugata – President Sicilia DOC) – Luiz Alberto A €2,500.00 t-shirt… Amazing hearts and a lot of generosity from the Sicilia DOC producers. Here is the link to the video when we received a very generous donation of €2,500.00 at the Donnafugata winery in Marsala, Sicily this past October. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ Sicilia DOC donation to the “#winelover against… Read more →
#winelover, if you, like me, are a #EtnaWineLover… You don’t want to miss this! 🙂 Here is the link: Antonio Benanti and the future of Etna wines… Cheers, >>> Founder of the #winelover community >>> Master of Wine candidate >>> Member of the Circle of Wine Writers >>> Italian Wine Ambassador >>> I combine my passion for wine with social media >>> Follow me on… Read more →
Patrick Farrell MW talks about “#winelover against cancer” on VinVillageRadio Segment-1: http://filesource.abacast.com/wsradio/vinvillageradio/120115/segment1120115.mp3 He also talked about his device: Bevwizard. Segment-2: http://filesource.abacast.com/wsradio/vinvillageradio/120115/segment2120115.mp3 Don’t miss great interviews at VinVillageRadio with #winelover ROB BARNETT! CEO & Founder of VinVillage.com. Cheers, Luiz Alberto, >>> Founder of the #winelover community >>> Master of Wine candidate >>> Member of the Circle of Wine Writers >>> Italian Wine Ambassador >>> I combine… Read more →
Two bottles of Clos Saint Alphonse 1986 (magnums) were kindly donated by Chateau Ksara from Lebanon. The wine was made from grapes of very old vines of Carignan, Syrah and a hint of Cabernet Sauvignon and was aged for 18 months in new French oak barrels. You can help a great cause and put your hands on a bottle… Read more →
Dear #winelover community, In October we started the #winelover against cancer campaign to raise awareness for breast cancer, now in November we are supporting the #Movember campaign raising awareness for prostate cancer. I think they are both great initiatives and it’s amazing how much support we are getting throughout our #winelover community with these causes. However, as an organic wine… Read more →
I was searching the net for my presentation about Italian wines at the Duxbury Food & Wine Festival on Saturday.. and look what I found! The video of my interview after I became an Italian Wine Ambassador… pretty #cool! 🙂 Cheers!! Luiz Alberto, >>> Founder of the #winelover community >>> MW candidate >>> Member of the Circle of Wine… Read more →