The wine region of Val Polcévera is located in the region of Ligurie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Andrea Bruzzone or the Domaine Andrea Bruzzone produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Val Polcévera are Vermentino et Ciliegiolo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. In the mouth of Val Polcévera is a powerful.
We currently count 2 estates and châteaux in the of Val Polcévera, producing 7 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Val Polcévera go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or mature and hard cheese.
I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...
In 1932, the Italian government expanded the boundaries of Chianti to incorporate neighbouring territories where grapes and chianti-style wines had long been produced. And in 1967, four years after the enactment of the Italian DOC system (Denominazione di Origine Controllata), the first official Chianti DOC was created, including seven sub-zones: Colli Fiorentini, Colli Senesi, Rùfina, Colli Aretini, Colline Pisane and Montalbano, plus the original Chianti Classico. The entire area was elevated ...
Following the recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the Decanter World Wine Awards will be cancelling the entries for any Russian wineries which have entered the competition, and their wines will not be judged. As a gesture of support for our Ukrainian entrants, we will be waiving their fees. We realise that the world’s winemakers have more that unites than divides them, but we feel we have to make a stand. All of us at Decanter and the DWWA are hoping and praying for a peaceful resolution to th ...
