article thumbnail

Tasting Wine With Sergio Zingarelli

Sante

” Italo Zingarelli (1930-2000) Photo courtesy of Rocca delle Macìe. Working together, Italo and Sergio replanted the vineyards and restored the farmstead. Grapes must be harvested only from the winery’s vineyards along with upgraded requirements for alcohol, extract and a minimum aging of 30 months.

Vineyard 130
article thumbnail

Day 766 Tasting Wine With Sergio Zingarelli

The Wine Knitter

” Italo Zingarelli (1930-2000) Photo courtesy of Rocca delle Macìe. Working together, Italo and Sergio replanted the vineyards and restored the farmstead. Grapes must be harvested only from the winery’s vineyards along with upgraded requirements for alcohol, extract and a minimum aging of 30 months.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

'Tis The Season!

Sante

Each vineyard lot is hand-harvested, fermented and aged separately. His first wines were released in 2000 and his bio reads like a movie script (more to follow in another post). Bollamatta is a sparkling wine made with 100% Sangiovese grapes sourced from Bibi’s 50 to 80-year-old vineyards spread across Tuscany.

Vineyard 130
article thumbnail

Passion, Dedication & Sparkling Wine!

The Wine Knitter

However, it is not only the impressive wines; it is the man behind the wines and the particular region of Italy where his vineyards are located. His ancestors owned vineyards and farmland inland in the hills of Reggio Calabria. .” Long story short, I did try his wines and was quite impressed. David harvests five hectares (12.3

Vineyard 114
article thumbnail

Day 765 Tis The Season!

The Wine Knitter

Each vineyard lot is hand-harvested, fermented and aged separately. His first wines were released in 2000 and his bio reads like a movie script. It was founded in 1980 by Marquis d’Aulan. They have been producing sparkling wines for almost 40 years using the classic Méthode Traditionnelle technique to make the wines.

article thumbnail

Alentejo, A Magical Wine Region

The Wine Knitter

For over 2000 years, blending has been a tradition for Alentejo winemakers. Vidigueira It is the most southern of the Alentejo sub-regions with more than a 2000-year history of winemaking. Paulo Laureano Vinhos ​ View of vineyards at Paulo Laureano Vinhos. ” Paulo purchased 100 hectares in Vidigueira in 2006.

Vineyard 115
article thumbnail

Umpqua Valley Wine

A Wine Story

Melrose Vineyards is located on the bench of the South Umpqua River where once stood an early French Settlement. Melrose Vineyards’ owners (Wayne and the late Deedy Parker) arrived in 1996 to make Umpqua Valley Wine. The original vineyard of 82 acres was planted in the summer of 1996. Umpqua Valley Wine: Melrose Winery.