Vertical Tasting

by Ian D’Agata

The rare Mayolet grape of Italy’s Valle d’Aosta gives delightfully fresh, moderately aromatic red wines that are quite unlike any other Italian wine you can think of. Ian D’Agata writes us a vertical of the Di Barrò Mayolet wine, the first time a complete vertical of the present decade’s wines has been published.
by Ian D’Agata

by Ian D’Agata

by Ian D’Agata

by Ian D’Agata

by Ian D’Agata

Paolo Saracco is the recognized master of Moscato d’Asti. His wines are the equivalent of what Rolls-Royce is to cars or Beluga to caviar. Editor-in-Chief Ian D’Agata first organized a vertical tasting of these wines something like six years ago: this is the second such vertical tasting he has put together, and it confirms the outstanding impressions the wines had left everyone with in the audience back then.
by Ian D’Agata

The Beichun grape variety is little-known outside of its national confines but is the source of some interesting, promising wines in China. Editor-in-Chief Ian D’Agata tells us more about it while also penning the first ever vertical tasting report of a Beichun wine.
by Ian D’Agata

The Barolos of G.B. Burlotto have become cult wines or something close to it, with the Monvigliero cru bottling especially a  modern day wine icon, fetching extremely high prices. Editor-in-Chief Ian D’Agata, whose recent book “Barolo Terroir” has won multiple international awards, recently tasted three vintages of the estate’s four cru Barolo wines.
by Ian D’Agata

by Michael Apstein