Producer Insight

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by Ian D’Agata

Brigaldara is one of the best wineries of the Valpolicella area. Owned by the Cesari family since 1929, the estate makes some of the purest, more graceful examples of Valpolicella and Amarone (especially) around, providing a welcome alternative to many of the area’s wines that boast much riper mouthfeels, thicker textures, and higher alcohol levels but that when made by lesser lights can be over the top.
by Ian D’Agata

A great Alsace estate that speacializes in classically dry terroir wines.
by Ian D’Agata

Bandol is a unique part of Provence, where not just wonderful Rosé wines but very fine reds and whites are made as well. Domaine Tempier is a benchmark Bandol estate that deserves credit not just for its wines but for having moved to save and promote Mourvèdre.
by ian D’Agata

The Speri winery in Valpolicella is one of the best in the business. Editor-in-Chief Ian D’Agata continues his interviews with the quality leaders of the Valpolicella (previously published: Tedeschi). After all, it’s people like Speri, Tedeschi, Brigaldara, Tommasi, Tenuta Sant’Antonio, Bussola, and Masi, besides the great Quintarelli and dal Forno, that are keeping the region afloat with great wines that nobody will be talking about for all the wrong reasons. In this brilliant interview, Editor-in-Chief Ian D’Agata sits down with Paolo Speri and digs deep into the winery and the family that runs it.
by Ian D’Agata

by Ian D’Agata

Ian talked with the owner of one of Italy’s and the world’s very best wineries, not just her Amarone wines, but also some other interesting stuff.
by Ian D’Agata

by Ian D’Agata

How the winery incorporates modern vineyard and winery practices to its terroir which leads to a set of beautiful Cabernet Franc wines.
by Ian D’Agata