Chiara Condello: classicism, daring and reviving Predappio
Italy's economic woes took their toll on Predappio. Today, Chiara Condello has enthused collectors and critics, and is helping revive regional winegrowing.
Carema: heroic viticulture, sudden demise, and a fervent revival
Some two thousand years ago, the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus, instructed the construction of Via delle Gallie, a significant road enabling Roman military and political expansion towards the Alps.…
Regenerative Viticulture: the ‘new viticulture’ or a backward step?
Humans have been farming for at least 12,000 years, advancing from nomadic hunter-gatherers to settled farmers independently in numerous disparate territories. Nomads domesticated animals first, followed by the founder crops…
Oddero: historical foundations, substantial contributions and greater heights
Between 1835 and 1846, Barolo went dry. Before then, winemakers vinified nebbiolo as a sweet wine. And while grapes had been cultivated in Piedmont for many centuries prior, it was…
Wine’s paradox of polarity
Today, ‘conventional’ and ‘natural’ wine are more alike than any urbanite millennial or snooty boomer would dare admit, each woefully depriving. Natural wine—atavistic and pure—laments intervention, believing wine to be…
Burlotto: Arctic expeditions, Monvigliero and the ‘jewel of Verduno’
Giovan Battista Burlotto bravely reorientated his family business. Today, Fabio Burlotto has taken G.B. Burlotto to new, exemplary heights.
2018 Barolo: challenging conditions and gratifying wines
The vintage maketh the wine, at least perhaps in part. It is, of course, true that the growing conditions of any given vintage—as well as those of the previous year—impact…
Flavescence dorée: incurable phytoplasma meets Piedmontese grit
Progress notwithstanding, winegrowers face continued pressure from a multitude of pests and diseases. Some can be prevented, treated and managed by winegrowers; meanwhile, others resist all effort, proving more virulent…
