The Wine Voyager

04/24/2022

2018 Furore Rosso: Marisa Cuomo

This is a wine from the iconic Amalfi Coast producer Marisa Cuomo. We visited this producer in the summer 2018. The wine is absolutely excellent and enjoyable.

This is a red wine from the Amalfi Coast DOC appellation. It’s producer is the iconic Marisa Cuomo that we visited in the summer 2018. The wine is made from a blend of Piedirosso and Aglianico that’s typical of the appellation. The color is ruby with a medium viscosity 13.5% abv. The nose is fas...

04/24/2022

Montemajor Terre del Serpente : Negroamaro 2020

This is a wine that is associated to the Irpinia producer Nativ that we visited numerous times. An excellent wine

This is a red wine from the producer Montemajor, this is a producer associated to Nativ that we visited numerous times and it is quickly becoming an iconic producer in Irpinia. The wine is made from the negroamaro grape that is indigenous grape of Apulia. The wine is a dark ruby and a medium high vi...

04/24/2022

2015 Blu Onice : Nativ

A very good wine from the Irpinia producer Nativ that we have visited multiple times.

This is a red wine from Irpinia it’s made from Aglianico grape. The producer is Nativ located in the Irpinia region. We visited them numerous times the last in December 2022. The wine is a dark ruby with purple highlights the viscosity is medium high 14.5% abv. The nose is intriguing with notes of...

04/18/2022

Apicella - Tramonti Bianco 2020

A very good white wine from a producer we visited numerous time and last in December 2022.

This is a white wine from the producer Apicella in Tramonti ( Campania region). Tramonti is one of the three sub zones of the Costa di Amalfi Doc. I visited this winery numerous times between 2017 and last in December 2021. The wine is a blend of Falanghina and Biancolella two ubiquitous grapes in t...

04/18/2022

Apicella Colli di Salerno 2016.

A very good red wine from a producer we visited numerous time and last in December 2022.

This is a red wine from Giuseppe Apicella; a producer in the Tramonti sub zones of the Amalfi Coast Doc. We visited them numerous times and last in December 2021. The wine is made of Piedirosso grape. The color is a tenuous ruby almost translucent with a medium viscosity ( 13% abv). The nose is intr...

04/01/2022

Sogno di Volpe : cantine Ariano 2020

A very good refreshing white wine made from Bombino Bianco. We visited the producer during the summer 2021 in one of our visit to Apulia.

This is a white wine from the winery Ariano. We visited this winery in July 2021 during the trip through Apulia. The producer is well known for producing organic wines. See the blog related to the this visit. The wine of made from the grape Bombino Bianco which is wide spread in the region. the wine...

03/24/2022

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03/24/2022

A very successful evening at the Rari Nantes club in Naples ( Italy ).
The evening was dedicated to the Campania region and its wines.
Thanks to the producers that decided to sponsor the evening with their exceptional wines.

NATIV : From the Irpinia area of the region.
We enjoyed the following wines ;
RUE DELL’Inchiostro
Blue Onice
VICO STORTO

Il VERRO from the Caserta region with its excellent Pallagrello Nero, Coda di Pecora and Casavecchia

Cantine Apicella from
The Amalfi Coast region : Tramonti with their exceptional wines :
Tramonti Rosso
Tramonti Bianco
and their Piedirosso Colli di Salerno

All was paired with the outstanding food from Mimi’ a well known restaurant in Naples near the Stazione Centrale.

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03/24/2022

Zibaldone Conti Leopardi 2015

A good wine from a Montepulciano and Cab blend from our visit to Marche in 2019.

This is a red wine special edition produced by conte Leopardi winery in the Marche region near Recanati. We visited this winery in the late spring of 2018. The wine is a blend of Montepulciano and Cabernet Sauvignon. It’s a special edition named Zibaldone from the famous book written by Giacomo Le...

03/16/2022

Grancare 2017: Cavalier Pepe

A good wine that had passed its pick and was in its descending curve.

This is a Greco di Tufo Wine from the producer Cavalier Pepe that we visited numerous times through the years. The wine is a deep yellow straw with golden highlights, it shows a age in the bottle. The viscosity is medium high for a white wine ( 13% abv ). The nose is intriguing , the fruit forward a...

03/16/2022

Don Paolo 2010: Sorrentino

Excellent wine from the foothills of Mount Vesuvius. The 12 years aging added complexity at the over all experience.

This is a red wine made from Aglianico grape from the the Mount Vesuvio foothills. The producer is Sorrentino that we visited in the summer of 2020. The wine is 12 years of age. The color is still dark ruby with the rim not true to the core ( 12 years in the bottle ) with a medium high viscosity (14...

03/16/2022

2019 Magis - Sacco

A very good wine from Apulia. We visited the winery in July 2021.

This a wine from producer Sacco that we visited in July 2021. It’s made from uva di Troia that is typical from that region in Apulia. The color is a deep ruby with a medium viscosity. The nose is excellent with notes of black cherry, red berries and spice ( licorice ). The palate is very harmonium...

02/20/2022

Terre dei Fusi Terredora di Paolo 2009.

A very good wine …

This is a red wine from the Campania region and from the Taurasi production area in Irpinia. The wine is made from the Aglianico grape. The color is dark ruby ( despite the 13 years aging in the bottle , the color held steadily ) the rim isn’t true to the core .. the major hint to the age of the w...

02/16/2022

Lareith : Lagrein Riserva 2017

One of my favorites .. from Trentino Alto Adige a very good wine

This is a red wine from Trentino Alto Adige. The grape is Lagrein typical of the area. It is light ruby; translucent. The viscosity is medium (13% abv) . The nose is very attractive with notes of red fruits ( strawberries ) and notes of prunes tertiary notes of dark chocolate. The palate confirms th...

02/16/2022

Cantina Andrian: Gewurstraminer 2019

A good gewurstraminer from a great wine region

This is a white wine from Alto Adige. It’s made with the gewurstraminer grape. The color is a pale straw, the viscosity is medium low (12.5% abv ). The nose is very restrained with typical inviting hints of exotic spices, tropical fruit, white flowers and vegetable and herbaceous accents. The entr...

02/16/2022

Cavalier Pepe : la loggia del Cavaliere 2013

An excellent wine from our friends at Tenuta Cavalier Pepe

This is a red wine from a producer We visited many times . Tenuta Cavalier Pepe. The wine is made from the Aglianico grape and it’s a TAURASI DOCG. It’s is a dark ruby with purple highlights and the rim isn’t true to the core showing some bottle aging. The viscosity is medium high (14% abv ). ...

02/16/2022

Belisario : Lacrima di Morro d’Alba 2018

A good wine from our visit to Marche in 2019.

The wine is a red wine from the Marche region made from the Lacrima di Morro grape. The color is a dark ruby with purple highlights, the viscosity is medium 13.5% abv. The nose is intriguing with floral notes of roses,fruit forward blaxk fruits, plum, dark chocolate as tertiary notes. The palate con...

01/10/2022

2015 Domain Laroche Chablis 1r cru Montee de Tonnerre

From
Our visit in Chablis in June 2019. An excellent wine which reflects the beauty of their location

This is a white wine from Chablis in Borgogne. The producer is among the best in the region. Laroche. It’s made from Chardonnay grape. The color is yellow straw with some golden highlights. The color is excellent despite 6 years of aging in the bottle. The viscosity is medium (13% abv). The nose i...

01/10/2022

2020 Alamos : Torrontes

From my cellar … for a possibly future visit in Argentina

This is a white wine from Argentina made with the torrontes grape. I have been always fascinated by the wines made from this South American grapes. There is a large resemblance with Sauvignon BLANC. The wine is light yellow straw with greenish highlights. The viscosity is medium. The nose is intrigu...

01/10/2022

2017 Pascal & Mireille Renaud : Pouilly Fuisse

From
Our visit at Pouilly Fuisse in June 2019. A little disappointing

This is a white wine made from Chardonnay, it’s from the Macon subregion in Burgundy. We visited this winery in the spring of 2019. The color is a deep yellow straw with golden highlights. I believe the intense color is the result of above average oxidation due to exposure to heat. Th viscosity wa...

01/10/2022

2011 Serpico : Feudi di San Gregorio

From our visit the Feudi winery in 2017.. their grand cru wine

This is a red wine from Feudi di San Gregorio; it’s one of their gran Cru wines. It’s made with Aglianico from a vineyard called Serpico. The wine is a dark ruby with the rim not true with the core given the bottle aging.the viscosity is medium high (14.5% abv). The notes of blackberries, prunes...

01/10/2022

2015 Etna Rosso: Gambino - Petto Dragone

From our visit at the Gambino winery in March 2019.

01/10/2022

2016 “E’ Iss” Tenuta San Francesco - Tramonti

From our visit to Tenuta San Francesco winery in 2018

This is a red wine from Tramonti a sub zone of the Amalfi Coast DOC. produced by Tenuta San Francesco. We visited this winery in August 2018 ( see the blog of the visit on www.thewinevoyager.con ). The wine is made with the Tintore grape a truly indigenous grape to Tramonti. It is a dark ruby with t...

01/10/2022

2017 Feudi di San Gregorio : Dal Re

From our visit to the Feudi winery in February 2021

This is a red wine made from the Aglianico grape from the Campania region. The producer is the largest one from the region ( Feudi di San Gregorio ). We visited this winery multiple times and the last one in February 2021. The wine is a dark ruby with purple highlights with medium viscosity (13.5% a...

12/24/2021

A perfect day at the cantine Apicella in Tramonti. A beautiful town between the Amalfi Coast and the Monti Lattari. Such an hidden treasure that it was also forgotten by Phylloxera

We were welcomed by the owner Prisco Apicella. The hospitality was superb and we learned so many beautiful stories about some of the indigenous grapes like Tintore, Pepella and Ginestra. Tintore’s flower is just a female flower so it needs the pollen of other species to germogliate. Piedirosso is the one. Tintore is a grape local to Tramonti that was introduced to the national registry by Prisco himself. He had to win over and fight against the long and painful Italian bureaucracy.

Apicella winery although a small reality produces excellent wines. We tried the Tramonti Bianco and Tramonti Rosso that could be considered every day wines and they were excellent. The Tramonti Bianco impressed me for its floreal notes of jasmine and lemon zest .. with a great minerality and persistence on the palate. The Tramonti Rosso was a basket of cherry and raspberry.. with smooth tannins and a long finish.

But their grand Cru was the “ A’ scippata” a wine made primarily with tintore grape aged in oak for more than 1 year. The name come from the vineyard that was created by cutting a forest that was in the original lot ( scippata .. cut down , taken away ).
The wine was superb especially the 2017 vintage that was one for the ages. With a nose intense and attractive with black fruits. Tobacco and dark chocolate and a very harmonious palate with still tannins that would allow the wine to age other 20 years.

We had the great news that the winery would be one of our honor guests to the event that we are about to organize in the Campania region dedicated to the grapes less known to the mainstream but yet excellent and deserving to be part of it.

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12/07/2021

IOVI TONANT - Masseria Frattasi 2015

A good wine not in its best vintage though. From our trip to the Taburno region near Montesarchio in 2018.

This is a red wine from the Taburno DOCG in the Campania region. It’s a Riserva for its longer aging in wood. It’s name comes from the historical event of the “Forche Claudine” one of the most infamous Roman defeat in 300 BC. The color is a dark ruby with purple highlights and a viscosity me...

12/06/2021

Ariano Nero di Troia 2019

A good wine from our summer 2021 trip to Apulia.

This is a wine made with uva di Troia an indigenous grape from Puglia. The wine is ruby in color with a medium viscosity (13.5% abv ). The nose is appealing with notes of red fruits and secondary notes of chocolate and spices. The palate shows a wine of middle body and medium persistency with to be....

08/21/2021

VILLA DEI PRETI

This a wine from the Lazio region from Castelli Romani and FRASCATI DOCG. Pm:88

This is a wine from the Frascati DOCG area near Rome in the Lazio region. we visited this area in June 2021( it’s part of the Castelli Romani ). It‘s a white wine made from a blend of Grechetto, Malvasia del Lazio and Malvasia di Candia. the wine is very light yellow straw color with green highl...

08/21/2021

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07/26/2021

Soon we are going to start a YouTube channel dedicated to the wines of Italy and the world … 15 -20 minutes sessions to learn about the fascinating world of wine … no more marathons of on line lessons .. but just bites dedicated to a particular wine or part of a region … So follow us

05/28/2021

On Thursday June 3rd at 7:30 PM. We will continue our long in depth journey into the Italian producing wine regions. This time is Campania. We will learn the great wines of Irpinia and Sannio and the excellent withes and reds of the Amalfi Coast and the Caserta region.
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05/13/2021

Terredora di Paolo : Il Principio 2013

Another great wine from the Irpinia region in Campania.

This is a wine made from Aglianico grape ( the ubiquitous grape indigenous of Campania). This is produced in Irpinia the largest DOCG area in Campania. The producer is Terredora di Paolo which we visited in February 2021. The wine is dark ruby with the core not true to the rim ( showing bottle aging...

05/13/2021

Marisa Cuomo 2016 - Costa di Amalfi

An excellent wine from the iconic Campania producer Marisa Cuomo.

This is a rose wine from the iconic producer in the Amalfi Coast DOC Marisa Cuomo. We visited this producer in August 2018. The wine is made with the Piedirosso and Aglianico grapes. The color is a very brite light garnet the viscosity is medium high 13.5% abv. The nose is very intriguing and inviti...

05/13/2021

2016 Garofoli - Rosso Conero

An excellent wine from Marche .. from the visit in 2019

This a red wine from Marche. From the Conero region. It’s made from the grape Montepulciano. The producer is Garofoli one of the major producer in the region. It’s dark ruby with purple highlights the viscosity is medium (13,5% abv). The nose is truly inviting with black fruits aromas, dark choc...

05/13/2021

L’Atto Cantine del Notaio 2016

A good wine from Basilicata from our visit in 2018

This is a wine from Basilicata in the Venosa town. We visited this winery in December 2018. It’s a red wine made with the Aglianico del Vulture grape. The Vulture is an ancient volcano now extinct. The wine is deep ruby with orange ring and the core not true to it. It shows some bottle aging. The ...