Blog | 7 Maggio 2018 | Fabio Ciarla
Enough’s enough, in Italy - the world’s third largest producer - consumption of rosé wines is stable or decreasing, whereas in other markets it’s rising, often into double digits. Why? My personal take is that it’s a matter of ignorance;…
Blog | 28 Marzo 2018 | Fabio Ciarla
Without a doubt, Frascati represents a piece of the history of Italian wine, but it’s also something akin to a faded nobility unable to redeem itself once and for all from a cumbersome, albeit precious, past. In recent times, the…
Better to be honest from the outset: I was recently struck by Frank Merenda’s long article, “Can Melegatti be saved as it destroys its own brand?” I’ve been experiencing similar personal feelings, so I admit that in some way I’m…
Blog | 26 Ottobre 2017 | Fabio Ciarla
The “trabocchi” (typical fishing systems found along the Abruzzo coast), pecorino cheese, the writer Gabriele D’Annunzio, Montepulciano wine and the sea, medieval monasteries and 20th-century art. How can all of this be found in Abruzzo? How can it all be…
Blog | 24 Febbraio 2017 | Fabio Ciarla
First a carbon footprint project and then, in just two years, an environmental sustainability strategy based on a proposal that can be used by small and large companies alike. The Consortium of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is at the cutting…