Tag: Italian wine

Horizontal versus Vertical Lees Aging: A Case Study in Franciacorta

Note: Last fall, I was invited to visit the Italian sparkling wine region, Franciacorta (thank you, Jeremy Parzen (Do Bianchi) and the Franciacorta Consortium!).  The following is a post based upon some of the information gleaned on that trip.  Disclaimer:…

Who’s Your Daddy?: Gaglioppo di Cirò

The “Who’s Your Daddy” series takes a very brief look at the parentage of grapes, in order to get a better understanding of where particular varietals come from and how they are genetically related to one another.  So far, we’ve…