Playing the Rive Card

July 24, 2020

The mass market success of Prosecco is indisputable, now surpassing Champagne as the world’s best-selling sparkling wine by volume. This phenomenon alone would infer that such a rising tide would lift all boats in the region, with all tiers of the quality pyramid experiencing commercial vitality, which is the case. However, Prosecco seems more than content to inhabit the mass market in the US rather too enthusiastically, and with a purported production target of one billion bottles, the goal is certainly quantity over quality.

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The Pristine Rosso Cònero

June 18, 2020

In Monte Cònero lies the scene; a nearly 2,000 foot promontory that sharply breaks the continuity of the Adriatic coast south of Ancona. These chalk and limestone cliffs, that were once part of the sea-floor, seem to elevate from, and tumble into the constantly changing emerald hues of the sea simultaneously; like a giant white bordered ember that smolders on the water. In a short distance, a multifarious array of astonishing landscapes unfolds cheek by jowl to the ocean. The salty, iodine scents of the sea battling with the musky scents of the land imbued with a particular Marche infused macchia Meditteranea.  

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