Cantina Maciot: the good wine from biodynamic agriculture
My arrival in Monferrato Astigiano It is now evening, after almost eight hours travelling by car, we are about to reach our destination: a farmhouse immersed in the Piedmontese cou...
The scent of wine: exuberance rhymes with “little substance”
By Simona Abate ( from the lesson of Sandro Sangiorgi’s Course of Knowledge , at Porthos Associazione Culturale – Rome) www.porthos.it The exuberance of the smell of a ...
Natural Wine: wine made by human culture
According to us at Winejoy, natural wine is the result of a high level of culture, so we can only link the concept of natural wine to that of cultural heritage. When natural wine i...
Wine: brief historical notes
One of the oldest living beings in nature is the wild vine that appears on earth 60 million years ago, while the wine one, “Vitis Vinifera” makes its appearance “...
The wine and I: the need to have a Master
In recent years, let’s say from 2016 onwards, my attention has turned to the world of natural wines with more conviction than in the past. I noticed that conventional wines were ...
Ruché: parish wine
Origins We are in Piedmont and precisely in Monferrato Astigiano, an almost exclusively hilly territory within the territories of Alessandria and Asti. Ruché from Castagnole Monfe...
Bubbles: let’s make it clear
It is not easy to juggle when you decide to buy a Spumante, as not everyone knows that there are various types of this wine and confusion is around the corner. Besides, is a sparkl...
From teetotal to sommelier: my story.
My passion, today love, for wine began in 2013… just two months after having completed “my first forty years”. A degree as accountant and a certificate of the Bri...
A consumer’s duty: to demand quality
Everything starts from us, from our degree of quality recognition… from the knowledge of the procedures that are the basis of the production of a wine, how it is transformed,...
Biodynamic agriculture: a hope for the earth
A hope for the earth now burned by chemistry. Biodynamic agriculture is a very ancient method that was born in the 1920s thanks to Rudolf Steiner, Austro-Hungarian thinker. Like al...