Uncork Italy 10: Tasting Tregole
This week… We’re taking a break from Sangiovese for Luca & Luca to try Tregole’s IGT Merlot along with a rooftop BBQ of two different meats: “Manzetta Prussiana” and a Tuscan Chianina. Click the link below to join us! Watch the Video Buy Tregole Wines Buy Tregole wines at exclusive Uncork Italy prices by clicking below! You’ll be buying direct from the wine producers in Italy themselves. Wine Word of the Week Braciata!A ferragosto si fa una braciata con Tregole!On…
Uncork Italy 9: So you want to be a Chianti Classico Winemaker?
This week… This week Lauren interviews Sophie of Tregole and we learn exactly what it takes (and how much it costs!) to become a producer of Chianti Classico wines. Watch the Video Sophie talks to Lauren about her personal journey to become a producer of Chianti Classico, the differences she saw between winemaking abroad (specifically Australia) vs. Italy and the steps you need to follow to get into the Chianti Classico Consortium and get that famous “black rooster”…
Uncork Italy 8: Introducing Tregole
This Week… We head to our third and final vineyard in the Chianti Classico! This one run entirely by a young winemaker named Sophie in Castellina in Chianti, near Siena. Her winery is called Tregole (named for the “tre gole” or three valleys) on which their Sangiovese and Merlot are planted. To read all our previous newsletters and see the videos connected to them, click here and use the password “TUSCANY” to gain access to both the blogs and the videos.…
Uncork Italy 7: Italian Wine Meets Italian Food
This Week… This week we’re celebrating why Italian wine goes best with Italian food as we pair a Solatione selection with Lauren’s favourite ever Italian pasta (watch the video and you’ll see what we mean!). Video In this week’s video we taste one of Solatione’s wines paired with a classic Italian dish (and Lauren loses her mind with happiness). Here’s what’s in the video: Tasting the wine with an Italian dish! Why 2015 is the most recent Solatione Vintage Chianti…
Week 6: Solatione Wine Selection
This week… This week, we’re looking at the effect of climate change on the vines and giving you the chance to buy a special Solatione wine selection available (at a discount) exclusively to Uncork Italy members. Watch the Video Luca interviews Fabio in the Solatione vineyard. Click the button below to watch! Uncork Italy 6: Solatione Part 2: Climate Change in the Vineyard from Uncork Italy on Vimeo. Buy Solatione Wine By clicking this button below you’ll see…
Week 5: Sun, Frost & Solatione
This Week… We’re introducing our next winemaker in the north of Chianti Classico from a tiny winery isolated in the hills run by a brother and sister team. Their father fought his parents to buy the land and they are fighting climate change to continue his legacy. Watch the Video Watch our interview with Francesca & Fabio of Solatione winery. Password: “TUSCANY” (all caps). Uncork Italy 5: Sun, Frost & Family at Solatione Winery from Uncork Italy on…
Week 4: Fietri Tasting And Italian Wine Labels
This Week… We’re finally drinking some wine! In our video, Luca, Lauren & Luca are tasting one of our favourite Fietri wines and we’re giving you the chance to buy them directly from Fietri with our discounted Uncork Italy prices! Then we explain a teeny bit about Italian wine labels and why sometimes they really don’t matter.To catch up on previous newsletters, click here (password as always is TUSCANY). Watch the Video Lauren, Luca & Luca up close and personal trying…
Week 3: War & Sexual Confusion in the Vineyard
Welcome to week 3! Missed the first weeks? Click here to catch up. Password is always: TUSCANY (all caps). This week we start to answer the question of what makes a wine “organic.” The answer lies in breeding an army of enemies against vine parasites, setting up spies around the vineyard and subjecting local insects to something called “sexual confusion.” I guess, all’s fair in love and wine. Watch the Video And learn about some organic/biological wine methods. As usual the…
Week 2: Dirt, the Bible & The Chicken Brothers
This week we’re getting our hands dirty (haha) and talking about territory: the actual dirt and rocks that make up the soil of Chianti Classico AND numerous battles over the territory. We’re going to talk about Noah getting drunk in Tuscany (yes, you read that correctly), how Medici dictators influenced Chianti forever, and how two guys literally named “The Chicken Brothers” created a huge mess for the Chianti Classico Consortium.
Week 1: Chianti Classico & Fietri
Ciao a tutti and welcome to Uncork Italy – the newsletter dedicated to Italian wine. We are Lauren, Luca & Luca, one Californian and two Tuscans living in Italy who are passionate about Italian wine (with varying sommelier certifications between us). We’re going on a journey through Italy to learn as much as we can about Italy’s wine Renaissance and we’re taking you with us!