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Eleva Winery in Valpolicella, Veneto: History, Terroir, Oseleta and a Story That Goes Beyond Wine
Eleva Winery in Sant’Ambrogio in Valpolicella, Veneto, is owned by Prof. Davide Gaeta and enologist Raffaella Veroli. I got to know Prof. Davide Gaeta a couple of years ago thanks to a fellow wine writer. I was collaborating with the Barrel Hunter Club in Canada and looking for a smaller organic winery in Valpolicella with ... Read more The post Eleva Winery in Valpolicella, Veneto: History, Terroir, Oseleta and a Story That Goes Beyond Wine appeared first on Grapevine Adventures .
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Poggio Stenti: A Montecucco Winery Rooted in Family Values and Tradition in the Alta Maremma
The Orcia River runs quietly through the valley, slightly north of Poggio Stenti winery and south of Montalcino, an almost unnoticed border between two wine worlds. On one side, the slopes rise toward Monte Amiata and the perhaps more rural world of the Alta Maremma; on the other, the vineyards of Brunello stretch across the ... Read more The post Poggio Stenti: A Montecucco Winery Rooted in Family Values and Tradition in the Alta Maremma appeared first on Grapevine Adventures .
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The Quick and Dirty Guide to Greek Wine: A Conversation with Andrea Lemieux at The WinesOfItaly Show
Last autumn, in November 2025, I had Andrea Lemieux – The Quirky Cork – as a guest at The WinesOfItaly Show. This was the second time as a guest on my livestream, and it’s always a pleasure to talk wine with Andrea. Last time, in 2022, she presented her debut book, The Essential Guide to ... Read more The post The Quick and Dirty Guide to Greek Wine: A Conversation with Andrea Lemieux at The WinesOfItaly Show appeared first on Grapevine Adventures .
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Growth Mindset and Resilience in Wine: From Olympic Ski Slopes to Sicilian Wine Slopes
What is better than watching the Winter Olympic Games comfortably from the couch, feeling a bit like you are part of the athletes’ competitions, and learning about growth-mindset resilience? It sounds silly, I know. As I watched the ski slopes at Milano-Cortina 2026, I realised these Olympic lessons can be applied directly to the wine ... Read more The post Growth Mindset and Resilience in Wine: From Olympic Ski Slopes to Sicilian Wine Slopes appeared first on Grapevine Adventures .
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Trasforma l’uva in parole…corso online gratuito per produttori di vino
Saper scrivere e strutturare una storia, un post o una newsletter è fondamentale oggi per una strategia di comunicazione e di storytelling a lungo termine per la tua cantina. Le regole del marketing stanno cambiando quasi ogni settimana. È chiaro che anche il contenuto stesso, il nocciolo della storia, è essenziale per “parlare” con il ... Read more The post Trasforma l’uva in parole…corso online gratuito per produttori di vino appeared first on Grapevine Adventures .
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The WinesOfItaly Show Meets Masari Winery (Veneto)
This episode of the WinesOfItaly Show was a collaboration with Susannah Gold and our Substack project All That Wine. Susanna and I explore a lesser-known wine region in Veneto: the Valle d’Agno, northwest of Vicenza. Our guest, Massimo Dal Lago, co-founder of Masari Winery, guides us into the heart of this valley, where volcanic soils ... Read more The post The WinesOfItaly Show Meets Masari Winery (Veneto) appeared first on Grapevine Adventures .
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Poggio Severo Arrives: Lisini Expands Its Brunello di Montalcino Legacy
On a summer day back in 2018, I was picked up by Carlo Lisini and, together with a couple of other wine writers, headed to his family winery in Montalcino for a vertical Brunello tasting in style. Today, the winery is run mainly by cousins Carlo and Ludovica and their children, though all the cousins ... Read more The post Poggio Severo Arrives: Lisini Expands Its Brunello di Montalcino Legacy appeared first on Grapevine Adventures .
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The Wine Bars in Florence I Recommend to Friends
There have been several articles in the media lately listing wine bars to visit in Florence, including in La Repubblica and Wine Enthusiast. This is interesting because it shows how the wine bar scene has grown a lot in the last few years. Up until about 10 years ago, there were a few good wine ... Read more The post The Wine Bars in Florence I Recommend to Friends appeared first on Grapevine Adventures .
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Se comunicare il tuo vino online ti sembra complicato, questo sondaggio è proprio per te
Sei un produttore di vino e magari eri in cantina oggi, davanti alle botti, quando ti veniva il pensiero: Dovrei postare qualcosa. Ma cosa? Non mi viene in mente niente da scrivere. Se solo sapessi come fare un piano… Scrivo in inglese? Boh. Oppure mando una newsletter? Ma non ho una promozione di vino pronta… ... Read more The post Se comunicare il tuo vino online ti sembra complicato, questo sondaggio è proprio per te appeared first on Grapevine Adventures .
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A New Year, Wine on Our Own Terms: Italian Wine, Culture, and the Future of Drinking
Last year, I started the Substack publication All That Wine together with Susannah Gold to dive deeper into the beautiful world of wine. We did a couple of livestreams with producers last year; the articles about them will be published soon. I just published the first newsletter article of the year over on All That ... Read more The post A New Year, Wine on Our Own Terms: Italian Wine, Culture, and the Future of Drinking appeared first on Grapevine Adventures .