The famous Japanese manga "Kami no Shizuko" - "The Drops of God", reaches the Brunello territory. In the pages of this comic one sees the streets of Montalcino, the wineries, some of the most popular bottles and even Stefano Campatelli director of the Consorzio del Brunello ...
The famous French winemaker tasted and highly rated the 2011 vintage wines of Donatella Cinelli Colombini ...
Cenerentola Doc Orcia 2077 achieved a score of 90/100 points from the famous wine magazine Wine Spectator....
A great opportunity for wine lovers! Cellar Tracker, the social network site where amateur wine tasters can express their opinions. 27 million bottles reviewed on line...
Luxury promotion of 30 prestigious Tuscan Wine Producers in the World Famous Harrods Department Store in London, amongst those are several wines from Donatella Cinelli Colombini ...
Good forecasts for the grape harvest at Casato Prime Donne in Montalcino. An homogeneous ripening for the Sangiovese grapes and good resistance towards the lack of rain, even better than for the vineayards at Fattoria del Colle in Trequanda...
Cross your fingers and do a rain dance! The coming weeks are crucial for the quality of the 2011 vintage. Our Brunello, Chianti and Doc Orcia vineyards have bravely endured the strong sun in the second half of August but now are desperate for a good drink of water ...
Chianti Superiore 2009 Fattoria del Colle has a very Tuscan character: intense, austere and elegant, it is the perfect companion for the entire meal....
We have great optimism for the vineyards. We have almost completed all the thinning out of the bunches of grapes. For the production of the Brunello, we have currently 60q of grapes per hectare....
Napa and Sonoma Valley, a journey through the cellars for the Master OIV students, described by Gardini Violante. Many wines and a few anecdotes about the infamous Opus One winery ...
The 2006 Brunello "Prime Donne" was awarded 94/100 by the Wine Spectator magazine and was described as being worthy of a star. The new vineyards of Montalcino are doing very well, the 2006 vintage was their first real year of production, but we can definitely look foward to even better harvests in future years. ...
Our first news about 2011 production. Grapes: not many grapes on the vines, and very advanced this year, so the next harvest will be earlier than expected....
Violante Gardini, is at Davis University California studying the wine business. Interesting lessons, cheerleaders, cows, weekly markets and dancing outdoors...
Two or more autochthonous varieties used together: its seems obvious but until a few years ago the blend with most success was made with Sangiovese together with international varieties, today though, on the other hand the need for identity, of originality, of a distinctive character, pushes wine makers towards new solutions which associate traditional varieties from the same territory, but there is lots more ...
Women and wine, the importance of women in the wine market is growing. Their knowledge of wine and their determination on the wine choice have to be well considered and studied starting from the sudy of a label up to price. ...
