Doctor Wine, Daniele Cernilli visited Orange County on his California Tour August 22, 2017 to introduce his new book, The Ultimate Guide to Italian Wine 2017 and to also introduce eight great tasting wines by a small group of very well-known Italian wineries who represent a selection of his favorite wines. The tasting at Pizzeria Ortica featured eight of the country’s finest from six growing regions spanning the country, top to toe.
Industry pros in attendance included:
Roger Richards – Wine Lab
Joel Caruso – Zinc Cafe & Market and Bar Mateo
Raphael Tuch – Shady Canyon
Evangeline Uldricks – Montage Laguna Beach
Michael Jordan – Jackson Family Wines and Word Wines
The Amazing Wines, some of Daniele’s favorites, tasted:
-Torre Rosazza from Friuli-Venezia Giulia – Pinot Grigio Colli Orientali Friuli DOC 2016 – www.torrerosazza.com
-Feudo Maccari from Sicily – Saia Sicilia DOC 2014 – www.feudomaccari.it
-Querciabella from Tuscany – Cianti Classico DOCG 2013 – www.querciabella.com
-Poliziano from Tuscany – Asinone Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG 2012 – www.carlettipoliziano.com
-Velenosi from Marche – Roggio del Filare Rosso Piceno Superiore DOCG 2012 – www.velenosivini.com
-Pio Cesare from Piedmont – Pio Cesare Barolo DOCG 2013 – www.piocesare.it
-Casanova di Neri from Tuscany – Tenuto Nuova Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2012 – www.casanovadineri.it
-Bertani from Veneto – Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOC 2007 – www.bertani.net
Daniele Cernilli, aka DoctorWine, highly acclaimed international wine critic on Italian wine, is the man behind The Ultimate Guide to Italian Wine, a guide dedicated entirely to Italian wines. In the past 20 years there has been a renaissance of Italian wines. Italy, as a wine producing country, went through a great transformation in both viti and viniculture techniques. During this time, great wines now worldly acclaimed came into the market and made everyone look at Italy from another perspective. Daniele Cernilli wants everyone to enjoy and fully understand the extent of these changes.
Event organizer, Allison Levine of Please The Palate hopes to bring many more Industry Wine Tastings to Orange County.
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