If you want to know what the third dimension feels like in a glass of white wine, you should try Guido Zampaglione's Montemattina. Although - and this needs to be mentioned briefly - the wine is not really white. Nor is it yellow or gold. Rather, it shines in the most beautiful copper colour. Thi...
Every few weeks, Guido Zampaglione gets into his car and drives through the night from Gamalero in southern Piedmont to Calitri, in the hills east of Avellino. 894 kilometres lie between the two places, but what wouldn't you do for a great love - and it seems to be unconditional between Guido and...
Cortese once differently. At Baccabianca, the berry is taken from everything they have. Every phenol, every pigment and aroma article of the grape skin finds its way in Guido Zampagliones wine. After spontaneous fermentation, it matures in the steel tank for years and for even more years in the b...
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The Igiea is a pure -sorted Barbera from the Alto Monferrato. However, since this must not be on the label, because in Italy as in all other European countries, a somewhat messed up idea spread how a grape variety and a region should manifest in a wine, Guido Igiea, his wife, has this ...
Freisa, the protagonist in this blend with an 80% share, is one of the most exciting grape varieties in Piedmont. As a close relative of Nebbiolo, it has very similar attributes - subtle aromas, robust acidity, plenty of tannin and immense ageing potential - but has one actually positive characte...
Dolcetto plays the main role and no other variety talks to them. It is being expanded in old letters, fermented with its own yeast, the maceration time is long (40 days), read the reading manually and the work in the vineyard geared towards minimal yields (2500kg/ha). The wine only sees sulfur in...