LIQUID ASSETS: INVESTING IN WINE
Adam Thomas2024-07-30T10:15:52+00:00Chosen with care like art, fine wine can be a great investment. But what are the best ways to get started? Suzanne Denevan-Brown kick-starts our new series
NEW DREAM: JERMANN’S RAMÂT PINOT GRIGIO
Adam Thomas2024-03-05T13:48:05+00:00VOICES catches up with Felix Jermann to see how the new Ramât wine links to the Friuli estate’s past, present and future
CREAM OF THE CROP
Adam Thomas2024-03-04T18:38:33+00:00With the release of the 2017 La Poja, we speak with Marilisa Allegrini, CEO of the Valpolicella winery, to discuss the estate’s focus on cru and vineyard-designed wines as exemplified by the prized vintage
A CASE FOR TEXTURED WHITE WINES
Adam Thomas2024-03-05T13:53:34+00:00John Irwin puts forward a compelling case for rethinking “textured whites,” singing the praises of these once snubbed wines – including the much-maligned Gewürtztraminer
UNSUNG HERO
Adam Thomas2024-03-04T18:49:30+00:00Randall Grahm, one of California’s more innovative vintners, shares his thoughts on the much underrated Rossese/Tibouren variety, and his pioneering outlook for The Language of Yes and Popelouchum
UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN
Adam Thomas2024-10-18T09:15:28+00:00Swiss transplant Barbara Widmer has put down strong roots at Brancaia in the Chianti hills, where she aims to create wines that are an original expression of the local terroir. Nargess Banks visits the estate
GROUND CONTROL
Adam Thomas2024-06-22T17:49:37+00:00Soil mapping is transforming winemakers’ knowledge of their land. Pedro Parra, whose work on the Brunello di Montalcino wines has led to the creation of the award-winning Argiano’s Vigna del Suolo 2018
IN CONVERSATION WITH MARILISA ALLEGRINI
Adam Thomas2024-03-05T14:11:20+00:00Following the 2023 Naples Winter Wine Festival’s record breaking auction, raising $26 million to support children in need, we meet with one of the event’s main supporters and a pioneering woman in wine, the co-director and CEO of Allegrini Group
RATTI’S HERO
Adam Thomas2024-01-25T13:54:43+00:00His father Renato put Barolo on the map. Now Pietro Ratti is transforming the revered wine for new generations. Nargess Banks meets the vintner at his Piedmont vineyard
CHASING MAVERICKS
Adam Thomas2024-01-25T13:53:10+00:00Trusting his instincts and with an inventive, rebel spirit, Silvio Jermann has been creating unique and cultish wines at his Friuli winery, as he tells Nargess Banks