The wine region of Colli Aprutini is located in the region of Abruzzes of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Masciarelli or the Domaine Emidio Pepe produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Colli Aprutini are Pecorino, Chardonnay and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Colli Aprutini often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, microbio or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, acacia or floral.
In the mouth of Colli Aprutini is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 43 estates and châteaux in the of Colli Aprutini, producing 99 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Colli Aprutini go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal.
The De Marchi family established the 56ha estate back in 1956, and it is now firmly established as one of the region’s leading producers. Isole e Olena played a key role in reviving the quality of Chianti in the 1970s, and its flagship wine – Cepparello, a barrique-aged Sangiovese from old vines – is regarded as one of the original Super Tuscans. A Piedmont lawyer called Francesco De Marchi founded the business, but his visionary son – Paulo De Marchi – has driven its rise to prominence. He is r ...
With the signing off by the Austrian minister of agriculture, sustainability and tourism, Elisabeth Köstinger, Wagram becomes Austria’s seventeenth DAC (Districtus Austriae Controllatus), following Wachau and Ruster Ausbruch in 2020, and Carnutum in October 2019. ‘This was not an easy nut for the winemakers of the Wagram region to crack,’ said Chris Yorke, CEO of the Austrian wine marketing board, Austrian Wine, ‘but after comprehensive discussions and much thought, the Wagram ...
The Barton family announced yesterday (19 January), ‘We have the immense sadness to inform you that our beloved Anthony Barton passed away at the age of 91 years old.’ Known as the ‘gentleman’ of Bordeaux wine and admired for his sense of humour and charisma, Anthony Barton was also widely respected for modernising family estates Léoville Barton and Langoa Barton – the respective 1855 second and third growth châteaux in the St-Julien appellation. Barton was credited, too, with maintaining ...
