Filippo Bartolotta

Wine areas

Italy's Wine Areas

Italy’s got 400 Wine areas!! Discover the all

Radda in chianti

Chianti Classico

The production area of Chianti Classico extends in Tuscany, traversing the heart of the region and including parts of the provinces of Florence and Siena.

Scenic view of Montepulciano, Siena, Italia

Nobile Montepulciano

The Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG covers the entire township of Montepulciano, except for the portion lying in Val di Chiana.

toscana

Curiosities, food and wine pairings and much more

Cascina Luisin Rabajà-Bas Vecchie Viti: Barbaresco’s Quiet Rock Star

Eight hectares in one of the world’s most coveted wine regions, between 30,000 and 40,000 bottles a year, and tannins that never need to announce themselves—even in youth. A 2019–2024 vertical of Rabajà-Bas Vecchie Viti. Rabajà is one of the most desirable pieces of land in the wine world. And yet, most buyers who come […]

Stegher, Cantina Bolzano: Four Centuries of Handwork on a Porphyry Slope

A single-vineyard Alpine Chardonnay, with tiny yields and a family that has cultivated the same slope for four centuries. On paper, it sounds like Burgundy. On the label, it says cooperative. A 2018–2023 vertical. Stegher is a cooperative wine. In Alto Adige, however, that description is anything but diminishing—and highly instructive. The grapes come from […]

Rosset Terroir Petite Arvine: Six Vintages of a Grape Grown on Just Twenty Hectares in Italy

Italy’s smallest wine region, a grape that arrived only in the 1970s, and three hectares planted above the appellation’s altitude limit. A 2019–2024 vertical of Sopraquota 900. Let’s start with the proportions, because without them none of this makes sense. The Aosta Valley is Italy’s smallest wine region: approximately 450 hectares under vine and less […]

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