I remarke  to a friend, after an amazing visit to Plan dell' Orino in Montalcino, Italy with owners/winemakers Jan Hendrick Erback and Caroline Pobitzer, who gave us a tour and tasting at their modest winery. "They're sacrificing their lives for grapes!" searching for the perfect terroir. Pian dell'Orino. Loc.Piandellorino,189. MORE >>

met Bernard and interviewed him for my A Taste of Luxury television show nearly ten years ago in Boston, where he was in town hosting a very elegant wine and food pairing dinner at the Museum of Fine Arts. You probably already know Clos du Val, the winery that Bernard co-founded many years ago. More About Bernard Portet. MORE >>

The kids went to viticulture school and their equipment and wine making is super clean. And they're interning with wineries all around the world. They taste at each others places now - Roumier, Grivot, and others, they go to each others' places for lunch and to taste. BW : It's a generational change. BW : Yes. MORE >>

The winery’s claim to fame is that in 1939, one of their members accidentally created this famous Amarone (dry) wine when he was trying to make Reciotto ( a sweet wine) and forgot to stop the fermentation. It was curious to discover that according to Mr. Bissoli, every country seems to have a “taste profile.&# And New York? MORE >>

So we don’t know the taste and profile of the different villages. ” He noted that the origin of the winery is given only by where their cellar is located, adding “But the grapes could come from 100 kilometers away!” Telmo Rodriguez was in full cry when I met him in New York City recently. Just a few brands? MORE >>