Top 100 wines of Copertino
Discover the top 100 best wines of Copertino of Copertino as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Copertino and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Copertino
The wine region of Copertino is located in the region of Pouilles of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Apollonio or the Domaine Apollonio produce mainly wines red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Copertino are Sangiovese et Primitivo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Copertino often reveals types of flavors of cherry, black fruits or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or spices.
In the mouth of Copertino is a powerful. We currently count 28 estates and châteaux in the of Copertino, producing 41 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Copertino go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb.
Discover the grape variety: Sangiovese
Originally from Italy, it is the famous Sangiovese of Tuscany producing the famous wines of Brunello de Montalcino and Chianti. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. According to recent genetic analysis, it is the result of a natural cross between the almost unknown Calabrese di Montenuovo (mother) and Ciliegiolo (father).
News from the vineyard of Copertino
Vinopolis founder Duncan Vaughan-Arbuckle dies aged 83
Wine merchant and entrepreneur Duncan Vaughan-Arbuckle has passed away aged 83. Vaughan-Arbuckle was the founder and director of Vinopolis, the award-winning wine-themed visitor attraction which was located on London’s Bankside from 1999 to 2015. According to his daughter Desdemona Freeman his interest in wine began when he started trading food and wine in the mid-1970s. ‘He came from the business side of things but wine was clearly his favourite subject,’ she told Decanter. What he found partic ...
Wartime Cognac
The French shipment of 600 bottles of De Haartman & Co Cognac – plus 15 boxes of Bénédictine liqueur – is believed to have been destined for Tsar Nicholas II, but was intercepted in the Baltic Sea and sunk by a German submarine in May 1917. Now Cognac house Birkedal Hartmann has refilled 300 of the recovered bottles with Cognac dating from the early 1900s, using packaging identical to the original, and is selling them for €9,000 each. The wreck of the SS Kyros was discovered by Swedish explo ...
Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine La Ferme St-Martin, Beaumes de Venise
Onwards, upwards. The roads get narrower, the corners get tighter. I step out of the car when I finally reach the winery and the air is so much fresher here. I go to take a sip from my water bottle and a gust of wind makes it whistle. I stand with Thomas Jullien and we look over the vineyards. It’s not yet spring, and the vines look little more than sticks. ‘It’s a lunar landscape at the moment,’ he says, as a friend’s flock of 300 sheep has just passed through to graze on every scrap of green b ...