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Saturday, November 4, 2023

Daniele Ricci: From Milan Toll Collector to Timorasso disruptor

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Colli Tortonesi Timorasso will be " the next big thing " to emerge from Piemonte and it owes its current position and future poten...
Friday, October 27, 2023

Muscat of Lemnos, Greece's sole Muscat of Alexandria wine

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Lemnos, the 8th largest of the Greek islands, has a long history of viticulture and winemaking, evidenced by mentions in the writings of Hes...
Monday, October 23, 2023

Il Poggio di Gavi: Another Gavi-DOCG-based producer of Colli Tortonesi Timorasso wine

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Wines from the Timorasso variety have historically been the preserve of " traditional" Colli Tortonesi producers but, as the pot...
Sunday, October 22, 2023

Is Bornova Misketi (Muscat of Bornova), the Muscat cultivar from Izmir, Turkey, the oldest variety in the world?

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I am in the early phases of a journey exploring the worldwide deployment of the Muscat cultivar so I was excited when a reader of my post on...
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

The Liatiko variety from Crete, Greece: Terroir, wines, and experiences

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In my Pandemic-era  InstaLive Chat with Yiannis Karakasis MW , he asserted that "Greek wine cannot become mainstream if we cannot expan...
Sunday, October 15, 2023

The Muscat (of Spina) wine of Crete, Greece

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The Muscat grape is one of the oldest and most widespread grape families in the world, splitting, as it did, from the main branch of  vitis ...
Monday, October 2, 2023

Revisiting the Chianti Classico UGAs

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I have previously treated the Chianti Classico zonation initiative, based largely on reporting from Decanter. I revist and expand on that e...