Posts tagged “Montepulciano D'Abruzzo”

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A Tour of Wine Grapes: Montepulciano

A Tour of Wine Grapes: Montepulciano

Montepulciano 🍷 Montepulciano (mon-tay-pull-chee-anno”) is an Italian grape, mostly found in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Although the Montepulciano grape shares its name with the Montepulciano region in Italy, the grape is from the Abruzzo region...

Behind the Cork™ - Villa Gemma Montepulciano D'Abruzzo Riserva

Behind the Cork™ - Villa Gemma Montepulciano D’Abruzzo Riserva

Masciarelli (Mass-shee-ah-RELL-ee) Winery is located in the Abruzzo region of Italy on the eastern coast, just east of Rome on the Adriatic Sea. It was established in 1981 from the entrepreneurial intuition of Gianni Masciarelli. Today, Miriam Mascia...

Behind the Cork™ - Marina Cvetic Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva

Behind the Cork™ - Marina Cvetic Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Riserva

Masciarelli (Mass-shee-ah-RELL-ee) Winery is located in the Abruzzo region of Italy on the eastern coast, just east of Rome on the Adriatic Sea. It was established in 1981 from the entrepreneurial intuition of Gianni Masciarelli. Today, Miriam Mascia...

Behind the Cork™ - Masciarelli Montepulciano D'Abruzzo

Behind the Cork™ - Masciarelli Montepulciano D’Abruzzo

2020 Masciarelli Montepulciano D’Abruzzo ($15) This Montepulciano wine from Masciarelli (Mass-shee-ah-RELL-ee) winery exemplifies the style, quality, and value associated with wines from the Abruzzo region of Italy. Masciarelli produced their first ...

Behind the Cork™ - Masciarelli Colline Teatine Rosato

Behind the Cork™ - Masciarelli Colline Teatine Rosato

2022 Masciarelli Colline Teatine Rosato ($14) Mention the Abruzzo wine region of Italy to fellow wine lovers and chances are the conversation will swiftly turn to Masciarelli (Mass-shee-ah-RELL-ee). Few wineries have done more in recent decades to a...

Behind the Cork™ - Caldora Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Behind the Cork™ - Caldora Montepulciano d’Abruzzo

2020 Caldora Montepulciano d’Abruzzo ($15) Caldora is located in Abruzzo on the Adriatic coast in East-central Italy. Caldora has a special arrangement with the many growers who own over 1,500 hectares of land in the two coastal provinces of Teram...

Ever Wonder about Montepulciano Wine?

Ever Wonder about Montepulciano Wine?

Montepulciano (mon-ta-pull-channo), as you might guess by its name, is an Italian wine. You might also guess that it’s from a region or town of Montepulciano, Italy. There, you’d be wrong. Montepulciano is a beautiful medieval town in Tuscany, in ce...

Behind the Cork™ - Art of Earth Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Behind the Cork™ - Art of Earth Montepulciano d’Abruzzo

2019 Art of Earth Montepulciano d’Abruzzo ($12) This Art of Earth Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is a certified Organic wine. And it’s a 2019. Those two factors make this a very unusual wine. In a good way! First, this Art of Earth is a wine made from org...

Behind the Cork™ - 2016 Ferzo Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

Behind the Cork™ - 2016 Ferzo Montepulciano d’Abruzzo

2016 Ferzo Montepulciano d’Abruzzo ($26) This Montepulciano is from the southern Abruzzo region of Italy. It’s just being introduced to the U.S. and worth looking for. The name, Ferzo, refers to patches of fabric that are stitched together to creat...

Behind the Cork™ - 2017 Citra Montepulciano D'Abruzzo

Behind the Cork™ - 2017 Citra Montepulciano D’Abruzzo

2017 Citra Montepulciano D’Abruzzo ($10) This wine is 100% Montepulciano from the Abruzzo region of Italy. Hand-harvested grapes are vinified in stainless steel tanks with a long maceration at a controlled temperature. The must is frequently pumpe...

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