Great Notes from Wine Enthusiast for Vadiaperti
Following a huge year as a Wine & Spirits’ Top 100 Winery, Vadiaperti keeps the hits coming. Wine Enthusiast reviews winemaker Raffaele Troisi’s stunning 2015 Fiano wines.
Insider’s Tip: 2015 Southern Rhône Whites
Southern Rhône white wines — showcasing the vibrant, sultry flavors of grapes such as Grenache Blanc, Clairette, Marsanne and Roussanne, among others — are complex and flavorful, with good body, acidity and balance.
Face to Face with Nerello Beauty and the Etna Beast
Steel clearly runs in the blood of the Murgo clan. But for good reason, as they’ve cultivated vines and olives under the fiery gaze of Etna for more than a century. Many times the volcano has destroyed their vineyards and property, and regularly covers the family home in layers of ash. Yet as the brothers told us, this is the price one pays for the privilege of growing vines on Etna’s slopes.
Egly-Ouriet is the “Very Top of the Pecking Order in Champagne”
Really stunning notes and scores from Antonio Galloni (Vinous Media) for the newest crop of Domaine Egly-Ouriet Champagne from Ambonnay. North Berkeley Imports is proud to have been one of the first importers of Egly-Ouriet Champagne to the United States, championing early on the authenticity and desirability of grower Champagne.
Journey to the Center of Campania, or Preserving Time in a Bottle
In May, our team visited Azienda Agricola Mustilli, an organic family estate in the medieval village of Sant’Agata dei Goti, inland from Naples in Campania. The family invited us to walk 50 feet underground into their 1,000-year-old, hand-carved wine cellar. This is what we saw.