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Posted By Joel on February 20, 2009
Do you think about the place where your bottle of Italian wine came from, who made it, how it was made? If you stop to consider these things you will begin to taste the unique cultural message which Italian wine offers. The wine will tell you about the land where it was created. It will invite you to drink the traditions and histories of the people that made it. That is good wine. It’s always been like this, more or less.
Some would have you believe that understanding Italian wine is a technical undertaking. It’s not like that, believe me. It is impossible to understand Italian wine without an awareness of the culture, people and place that created it. Only after we have a sense of these things does the technical stuff add value.
That its wine regions are beautifully different, distinct and many is Italy’s strength and its difficulty. Her dazzling array of wines will both charm and bewilder you. I suggest one approach: get to know Italian wine by your own sensory perceptions and experiences: you will create a real, personal wine culture independent of the professional wine press.
Don’t worry; the wines have their own way of deciding the itinerary for you… Are you coming?


Yeah, this beautifully classic wine is that honest. Without trying to be overly complicated or up-market serious, this wine hits the target at which many Valpolicelle have aimed and missed.
Located in Tuscany nearby Castagneto Carducci, Podere Sapaio was established in 1999. Under the good guidance of consulting enologist Carlo Ferrini, Podere Sapaio produces two wines, Volpolo and Sapaio (Bolgheri Rosso Superiore DOC), different interpretations of the Bolgheri territory.
“Three Words…To Start”, reads the company’s website menu bar. The three words – Charm, Love, Passion – introduce the storyline by Rosalba Vitanza, telling of the tradition and beginnings of still young Tenuta Vitanza located in the Tuscany region of Italy, an estate which has already distinguished itself as a producer of high quality wines.