Producer Insight

Q&A: Paolo Speri of Valpolicella’s Speri Wines

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

Burgundy’s Famous Domaine Méo-Camuzet and Its Wines

Méo-Camuzet has been a prominent Burgundian family for very long time, owning some of the best terroirs in the heart of Burgundy. With the natural understanding of viticulture and wine, and the more than thirty years of practice gained on the job, Jean-Nicolas Méo's has developed his own style based on that of his mentor Henri Jayer, which, combined with the prestigious terroirs left by his family and the other plots the terroir of which he has since mastered, has culminated in Méo-Camuzet making benchmark wines and the estate’s lofty status in Burgundy today. In this article, Siwei Zhu gave us an in-depth presentation of the essential wines and terroir of this important domaine.