Tasting Amarone at Montresor with PiereLuigi Earlier this year, I had the chance to visit Montresor’s historic winery in the Veneto region. I have always loved Amarone and Montresor’s Amarone della Valpolicella is no exception. While there, I also tasted their Capitel della Crosara Valpolicella Ripasso. These two wines, though linked by the same region and grape varieties, have distinct...
February saw us tasting Italan wines with Claudio.... Claudio, wine supplier and Lekker Wines Italian wine friend, originally from Verona, kindly came up from the big smoke (loaded with Italian cheese and Wild Boar Salami) to chat to a full house with the fire roaring and the glasses gleaming in the newly redecorated and modernised Dalesbridge Bar. Tasters enjoyed a...
The story behind the label: Teroldego Rotaliano 435HT... Teroldego is an important indigenous grape from Trentino in the north of Italy. It is a thick skinned grape which produces very deep coloured red wines. 2 friends from Mezzocorona, a town in the province of Trento decided to make this wine from Teroldego, and with the help of a third friend...
Tasting Amarone at Montresor with PiereLuigi Earlier this year, I had the chance to visit Montresor’s historic winery in the Veneto region. I have always loved Amarone and Montresor’s Amarone della Valpolicella is no exception. While there, I also tasted their Capitel della Crosara Valpolicella Ripasso. These two wines, though linked by the same region and grape varieties, have distinct...
February saw us tasting Italan wines with Claudio.... Claudio, wine supplier and Lekker Wines Italian wine friend, originally from Verona, kindly came up from the big smoke (loaded with Italian cheese and Wild Boar Salami) to chat to a full house with the fire roaring and the glasses gleaming in the newly redecorated and modernised Dalesbridge Bar. Tasters enjoyed a...
The story behind the label: Teroldego Rotaliano 435HT... Teroldego is an important indigenous grape from Trentino in the north of Italy. It is a thick skinned grape which produces very deep coloured red wines. 2 friends from Mezzocorona, a town in the province of Trento decided to make this wine from Teroldego, and with the help of a third friend...