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Articles, tastings and in-depth features on Franciacorta.
Franciacorta millesimati by Chiara Ziliani, pleasant surprises
I had heard about the winery of Chiara Ziliani, although, shamefully, I had never tasted her Franciacorta. Finding myself at Vinitaly, what better opportunity to fill this gap? I therefore stopped by the stand and tasted the various Franciacorta produced...
James Dean, Aston Martin DB5 and Coupè Monterossa
Monterossa is a historic winery in Franciacorta: headquartered in Bornato, 75 hectares of vineyards, 500,000 bottles per year, 4.5 million euros in revenue. Managed by Emanuele Rabotti, son of founder Paolo, it also "boasts" the presence, among its shareholders, of Oscar Farinetti who owns 33% of the company.
What is prosecco millesimato? Trend or better quality?
Sometimes we find ourselves faced with a bottle of sparkling wine whose label bears the word "Millesimato". Let's try to understand what it means. The term Millesimato is given to sparkling wines – limiting ourselves to Italian ones – produced from the vinification of grapes from a single vintage...
Ferghettina, Franciacorta More Than Emerging
Ferghettina can no longer be considered a surprise. We must now speak of an established winery, one of the main reference points of Franciacorta and its prized wines. The estate was born at the dawn of the 1990s and spans 130 hectares spread across nine municipalities of the denomination, on the sun-drenched hills overlooking Lake Sebino...
Anna Maria Clementi, the timeless cuvée
A winery that needs no introduction. Among the pioneers of Franciacorta, Ca' del Bosco demonstrates every year that its spumanti represent an archetype of production in this territory, wines always capable of surprising and moving at the same tim...
The Great Beauty and Sorrentino's Toast
Perhaps not everyone knows that...Italy's first rosé was born thanks to Guido Berlucchi and his winemaker Franco Ziliani, who made, we can say, the first taylor made wine. The wine was created almost ad hoc for a famous and renowned Milanese antique dealer...
A stroll among the best Italian wines
A few days ago we attended the annual event that Luca Maroni hosts for enthusiasts in the capital, an event that this year too was held in the magnificent setting of the Complesso monumentale di Santo Spirito in Sassia. We tasted...
Oltrepò and Franciacorta, discover the wines of Lombardia
LOMBARDIAN BUBBLES FROM FRANCIACORTA TO OLTREPO' PAVESE The territory of Franciacorta is bounded to the east by the rocky moraine hills of Rodengo, Ome, Gussago and Cellatica, to the north by the southern shores of Lago d'Iseo and the last fo...
The Antica Fratta Winery and Its Bubbles
Year-end toast, discovering the Franciacorta Antica Fratta Satén, Brut, Dry or Doux? The eternal indecision! The various nuances that Franciacorta can take on are many and delicate, and sometimes a daring pairing can be fatal. In a ...
FRANCIACORTA: New Year's Eve and the Bubbles Made in Italy
"Having crossed a gorge between wooded ridges and fields where the vine has spread a network of leafy garlands, we looked out over a vast, verdant basin. See how fertile, lively, and joyful my Franciacorta is!" Like Tullio Dandolo, many writers ...