The 5 seminars in Milan

During the presentation weekend of the Essential Guide to the Wines of Italy 2024, we organized five seminars: Sassicaia-San Leonardo and Supertuscan on Saturday; Bubbles, Alto Adige and Barolo on Sunday.

Before presenting the seminars, we prefer to mention an important organizational issue: the purchase of a ticket for a seminar does not give access to the open tasting and does not include a copy of Doctorwine’s Essential Guide to the Wines of Italy 2024.

For each seminar, the cost of participation is €25.00 and includes only participation in the indicated seminar, after purchasing the ticket online (no tickets will be sold on site).

N.B. Seminar titles are links to the shop where tickets can be purchased.

Seminar “SASSICAIA vs. SAN LEONARDO” – Saturday, 30/09, 3:00-4:00 p.m. (doctorwine.co.uk)

We start Saturday afternoon, 3 to 4 p.m., with two great Bordeaux wines compared: Sassicaia, from sunny Bolgheri, and San Leonardo, from cooler Trentino.

These are the vintages that will be tasted:

Tenuta San Guido – Bolgheri Sassicaia 2020 – 2015 – 2010
San Leonardo – Vigneti delle Dolomiti San Leonardo 2018 – 2015 – 2010

Basically for both the current vintage and two (the same) older vintages, for a small vertical to help understand the soul of these two iconic wines.

Seminar “SUPERTUSCANS” – Saturday, 30/09, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (doctorwine.co.uk)

Following this, also on Saturday afternoon, at 5:30 p.m., there will be a seminar devoted to Supertuscans, ranging from a Pinot Noir to pure Sangiovese and ending with Merlots and Cabernets, passing through blends. A never-before-seen cross-section of “experimental” Tuscan production: top-level Igts.

The following wines will be tasted during the seminar:

Podere Monastero – Tuscany Pinot Noir La Pineta 2021
Principe Corsini – Villa Le Corti – Toscana Sangiovese Per Filo 2022
Vallepicciola – Toscana Sangiovese 2020
Ambrogio and Giovanni Folonari Tenute – Toscana Sangiovese Cabreo Mytho 2019
Castellare di Castellina – Tuscany I Sodi di San Niccolò 2019
Antinori – Tuscany Tignanello 2020
Vicchiomaggio Castle – Tuscany FSM 2019
Tua Rita – Toscana Merlot Redigaffi 2020
Fattoria Le Pupille – Toscana Rosso Saffredi 2020
Tenuta Sette Ponti – Toscana Rosso Oreno 2021
Il Colombaio di Santa Chiara – Toscana Cabernet Bacicolo 2020
Podere Forte – Tuscany Cabernet Guardavigna 2019
Castello del Terriccio – Tuscany Red Lupicaia 2018

“BOLLICINE” seminar – Sunday, 01/10, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (doctorwine.co.uk)

On Sunday we leave in the morning, at 11:30 a.m., to enjoy a sort of aperitif of the highest order with the seminar dedicated to Bubbles from all over Italy, with the lion’s share played by Prosecco Superiore, Trentodoc and Franciacorta.

These are the wines that will be tasted together:

Bortolomiol – Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore Ius Naturae Bio 2022
Villa Sandi – Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore di Cartizze Brut La Rivetta
Altemasi – Trentodoc Riserva Altemasi Graal 2016
Cesarini Sforza Spumanti – Trentodoc Riserva Aquila Reale 2013
Cantine Romagnoli Villò – Il Pigro Dosaggio Zero 2020
Monsupello – Brut Cuvée Cà del Tava
La Madeleine – Nerosé 60 months
Ballabio – Farfalla Cave Privée Zero Dosage 2016
Enrico Serafino – Alta Langa Riserva Zero 140 months 2010
Guido Berlucchi – Franciacorta Riserva Cuvée Franco Ziliani Dosaggio Zero 2008
Mosnel – Franciacorta Ebb Extra Brut 2007 Reissue 2023
Fratelli Berlucchi – Franciacorta Casa delle Colonne Brut 2014
Ca’ del Bosco – Franciacorta Annamaria Clementi 2014

“ALTO ADIGE” seminar – Sunday, 01/10, 2:30-3:45 p.m. (doctorwine.co.uk)

He could not send a seminar dedicated to South Tyrolean wines, which in this year’s tastings amazed us by the very high level they achieved. We will test this together with these wines:

Rottensteiner – AA Santa Maddalena Classico Vigna Premstallerhof Select 2022
Merano Winery – AA Pinot Noir Riserva Zeno 2020
Cantina Produttori San Michele Appiano / Kellerei St. Michael Eppan – AA Pinot Noir Riserva The Wine Collection 2019
Muri Gries – AA Lagrein Riserva Abtei 2020
Winery Bolzano – Gries Santa Maddalena – AA Lagrein Riserva Taber 2021
Kaltern Winery – AA Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Quintessenz 2020
Cantina Terlano / Kellerei Terlan – AA Terlaner I Grande Cuvée 2020
Colterenzio – Schreckbichl – AA Chardonnay Lafóa 2021
Nals Margreid – AA Chardonnay Riserva Baron Salvadori 2020
Kurtatsch Winery – AA Chardonnay Riserva Baron Salvadori 2020
Tiefenbrunner – AA Sauvignon Riserva Vigna Rachtl 2020
Elena Walch – AA Gewürztraminer Vigna Kastelaz 2021
Cantina Kellerei Tramin – AA Gewürztraminer Epokale Spätlese 2016

“BAROLO” seminar – Sunday, 01/10, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (doctorwine.co.uk)

We close on a high note on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. with a breathtaking Barolo series. An opportunity not to be missed for anyone who is a lover of the great red Piedmontese wine.