Oenology and Viticulture

Professor Francesca Venturi, at the University of Pisa

difference between technical taster and tasting (assagiatore – degustatore)

TECHNICAL TASTING: is performed with verified and standardized procedures (for example, charts), in which the culture of the Subject (technical taster or judge) is “restrained” so that…

4 Steps into the Sensory World of Wines

Sensory analysis in tasting and technical tasting is something fascinating. At first glance, one might think that learning the tasting technique or evaluating a wine does not require knowing the neurophysiological or psychophysiological mechanisms that allow us to learn or evaluate.

Botrytis Cinerea

Botrytized wine (moulded wines)

Consulting any wine dictionary we will find the word “botrytized”, the definition is of this type: “a wine is said to be “botrytized” if it comes from grapes attacked by ‘noble rot’, better known as Botrytis Cinerea”.

Made in Italy Oenological tradition

Made in Italy is something that is appreciated all over the world and important for our economy, of course everyone always refers to the finished product (example in our case the wine bottle), but we do not think that the most important part of made in Italy is that of those who allow us to have…

Little-known but high-quality Italian vines

italian native wines

A certainty regarding the peculiarities of Italian wine is this, the wealth of native vines that places us in a position of absolute primacy, unattainable. I would like to underline, an even greater wealth, which is a sort of subset in which all Italian varietals are enclosed and we are talking about…

Translate »