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Emergent Spanish wine regions: Emporda
Emporda is another of the Torres-identified "emergent" Spanish wine regions.La Costa Brava, the coastline that runs along Spain's northeastern shore, is best known for its beaches and resorts and less...
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Emergent Spanish wine regions: Jumilla
Jumilla is a 19,000 ha DO in Murcia, a small region on the coast of southeast Spain. Its specialty is wines made from the Monastrell variety (80% of the region's plantings).Jumilla DO within the...
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Esca grapevine trunk disease: History, economic impact, monitoring and...
Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) -- caused by bacterial and/or fungal pathogens -- occur worldwide and, once established in the vineyard, are (i) incurable and (ii) new infections are difficult to...
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La Colombera: A Timorasso disciple
Walter Massa is clearly the Messiah in the Timorasso story but a group of five or so early adherents can lay claim to the role of disciples in that they heard the message in the 1990s and followed...
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Borgogno and La Spinetta: Big-Name entrants on the Timorasso stage
Much as Burgundy has Côte de Nuit and Côte de Beaune for a great red and great white wine, respectively, Piedmont potentially has the opportunity for such a juxtaposition of Barolo/Barbaresco and Colli...
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Historic Barolo producer Vietti introduces a Timorasso wine
In a Levi Dalton podcast following the announcement of the sale of Vietti to the Krause family, Luca Currado posited the arrangement as a partnership rather than a sale, saying that it provided the...
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The Geology of Timorasso's Colli Tortonesi DOC
The most recent activity in European mountain-formation began with the initial compression caused by subduction of the European plate under the African plate in the Jurassic period. Collision between...
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In pursuit of that white wine to complement my red: Roagna Derthona...
Franco Ziliani (Italian blogger and wine critic) has proposed a number of factors that are driving named Langhe producers towards Timorasso wines:They are impressed by the work of Massa and his...
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The Timorasso grape variety: Characteristics, history, and growing environment
If Nebbiolo stalwarts such as Vietti, Roagna, Borgogno, and La Spinetta are procuring vineyards outside of their core areas, to make a white wine from a recently re-discovered grape variety, then...
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Non-Langhe Timorasso believers: Scarpa, Cascina Degli Ulivi, Broglia
A number of Langhe producers have procured vineyard land in Colli Tortonesi DOC in order to pursue the possibilities associated with Timorasso wine. But they are not the only "non-native" Piemontese...
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What a difference the years make: Marina Coppi 2011 and 2015 Fausto Timorasso
The latest wine I that I have tasted in my Timorasso exploration is the Fausto from Vigne Marina Coppi. The winery is shown in the map below as being located in the town of Castellania. Climate in this...
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Walter Massa: The Timorasso Messiah
When I was a kid growing up, I never imagined that one day I would be writing glowingly about Massa. But, here I am today, and that is exactly what I am doing. And the Massa of whom I speak? Walter...
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Cascina Gentile (Capriata d'Orba, Alessandria) and its Timorasso Derthona wine
I was prompted to this exploration of the Timorasso variety and wine by the entry of a number of my favorite Langhe producers into the space. As I dig deeper, though, I am finding that "non-native"...
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Prevalence and effects of skin contact in Timorasso wine production
As shown in the table below, a significant number of Timorasso producers macerate the must on the skins prior to alcoholic fermentation. Why are they doing so? and why is the Timorasso cultivar a prime...
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Rocks and soils of Timorasso's Colli Tortonesi DOC
I have previously treated the geology of Colli Tortonesi DOC but, while the treatment was comprehensive, the final product was unconsolidated. I address that shortcoming in this post.The...
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Reis Derthona: On the trail of a six-person, non-native, Timorasso startup
They have known each other since high school (and, for two of them, since they were five years old). They have lived and studied together in Turin and are familiar with each others strengths and...
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Morasso: The Timorasso wine from Cascina Montagnola (Viguzzolo, Colli...
Morasso is the name of the Timorasso grape in the local Tortonesi Hills dialect. Now that could be a fond dimunitive or an expression of the farmers' feelings about planting this notoriously...
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Cantine Volpi (Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte) and Timorasso wine production
At its core, Colli Tortonesi's Cantine Volpi is committed to sustainability and community, qualities brought into focus by a recent locally beneficial initiative. While conducting background research...
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Gian Paolo Repetto: Managing the Timorasso forest (the Consorzio) and a tree...
Gian Paolo Repetto has regularly risen to the top of his chosen fields but has also managed to retain the humility and considerations of his origins. He was born on a farm in Colli Tortonesi and went...
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Azienda Agricola Mandirola Enrico (Casasco, Colli Tortonesi): A historic...
Walter Massa is widely credited with rescuing the Timorasso variety from extinction while Mandirola Vini, a Casasco-based winery, is in the corner waving “Over here!!! Over here!! According to a post...
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