Thanks for all of your support over the last two years. This has been an immensely rewarding experience. Happy holidays to you and yours! Continue reading
Author Archives: Do Bianchi
Organic conversion in Franciacorta: Arturo Ziliani tells Guido Berlucchi’s story in an interview
Franciacorta Real Story asked Giudo Berlucchi CEO and enologist Arturo Ziliani (below) to talk about the winery’s decision to covert to organic farming. With the estate’s conversion and certification underway, more than 50 percent of Franciacorta is now farmed organically. When did Berlucchi make the decision to go organic? We launched our first experiments with … Continue reading
Boston Globe features Franciacorta (highlight from our 2016 campaign)
What a thrill to see wine critic Ellen Bhang’s Franciacorta write-up this year for the Boston Globe. “While Franciacorta is crafted in the same manner as Champagne,” wrote Ellen, “and uses the same grapes, including chardonnay and pinot noir, that’s where the similarity ends. Brescia’s alpine climate and the moderating effects of Lake Iseo result … Continue reading
Monica Larner’s Franciacorta feature from last year: Highlights from 2 years of Franciacorta Real Story
As we wind down the second year of our Franciacorta Real Story campaign, I’ll be posting some of the highlights from two years of tastings, media coverage, and dispatches from the appellation. What a wonderful experience this has been. Heartfelt thanks to the Franciacorta Consortium for believing in it and thanks from the bottom of … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving from Franciacorta (Real Story)!
Thanks for making this such a rewarding and fun campaign over the last two years! Happy Thanksgiving! Continue reading
Franciacorta: The perfect Thanksgiving wine?
Could Franciacorta be the perfect Thanksgiving wine? It’s sparkling. Sparkling is a sine qua non of any holiday celebration. It’s always fresh on the nose and on the palate. Where some sparkling wines don’t work as well with the wide spectrum of tastes you encounter at a Thanksgiving gathering, Franciacorta almost never has the “toasty” … Continue reading
Thank you, Atlanta, for a great tasting, the last in our 2016 campaign
There’s a lot to be said for going out in style… On Monday of this week, I hosted the last tasting in the 2016 Franciacorta Real Story campaign in Atlanta at one of the city’s top wine shops, Le Caveau. Between the editor-in-chief of Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles Gena Christman and the magazine’s owner Adam … Continue reading
“Majestic land of grapes and sparkling wine”: New York sommelier and wine buyer Nicolas Contenta on his trip to Franciacorta
“One of the most important things we learned right away about Franciacorta is the diversity in soil types,” wrote Emporio wine director Nicolas Contenta after he returned from a trip this fall to Franciacorta. “The wine makers can vinify up to 40 different expressions of chardonnay separately and combine those base wines in their own … Continue reading
Atlanta November 14: The last Franciacorta Real Story tasting of 2016
I am thrilled to announce that we will be holding the last event in our 2016 Franciacorta Real Story campaign at one of the coolest wine shops in the south, Le Caveau. Details follow. Please join me! FRANCIACORTA REAL STORY TASTING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 6-7:30 P.M. Le Caveau Fine Wines 5256 Peachtree Rd. Suite 102 … Continue reading
Thank you, Las Vegas! On to Atlanta for our last tasting in 2016…
Above, from left: Las Vegas sommeliers Elise Vandenberg (Milos), Kat Thomas (Hakkasan), Jeffrey Bencus (Lago), and wine blogger and collector Vashti Roebuck, who all came out to taste Franciacorta with me last Monday at Ferraro’s. Batali & Bastianich, Milos, Hakkasan, Four Seasons, Cosmopolitan, Lago, Ferraro’s… It was like a who’s-who of Las Vegas sommeliers and … Continue reading
