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Celebrate the Best of the Northeastern French Wine Region with Alsace Rocks!

The Alsace Rocks campaign aims to bring out multiple interpretations of how Alsace wines ‘rocks’ as they are of exceptional quality. The region's diverse terroir and soils, including its natural ‘rocks’

Grape Stories

International Awards for Austrian Wines

Over recent months, Austrian wines have continued to outshine competition from around the world. In international trade magazines and at renowned wine competitions, they have been picking up enthusiastic votes, top ratings, gold medals and coveted trophies.

Who's who

The guardian angel of Barbaresco

He made Piedmont wine famous around the world and is the top international representative of Italian expertise in the vineyard, and it is all thanks to his contagious energy and his experience. Angelo Gaja tells his tale.

History of Wines

The Wine History in Ancient China: Grapes cultivated and wine development

The Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, Confucius, the Yellow Emperor, Pharmacopoeia: testimonies over the centuries that certify oenology in the Orient.

History of Wines

Read the Wine Word and History through the Ancient Wine Book Images and Stories

You can reread centuries of history using the lens of Bacchus’ nectar, which hence becomes the subject of speeches on and considerations of ancient and modern characters.

History of Wines

The Wine Route of Marco Polo on The Silk Road

Il Milione informed 13th-century travellers on the customs and habits of the Orient. They discovered wine’s omnipresence. But not made from grapes...

Wine & Travel

Your Rita Forever: an authentic work of art in red and the lead role in vertical

The Suvereto winery nurtures unbridled love for wine; such as the Merlot of Redigaffi, an authentic work of art in red and the lead role in our vertical.

History of Wines

A Topsy-turvy World, Festive Dithyramb Bacchus in Tuscany

The world of the dithyrams of Francesco Redi, lyrical compositions that extol inebriation brought by wine, in the name of fantasy and “doing whatever you like”

In My Cellar

A Rising Grape from Austria

Blaufränkisch wine tasting dinner deeply impressed every diner. Head of Austrian Wine Marketing Board, Willi Klinger, ambitious and passionate, en route to promote Austrian wines all over Asia.