Category Archives: The Sommelier’s notes

The Sommelier’s notes

What are Wine “Deposits”?

Posted on by Francesco Properzi Curti
11
Jan

Often in wines, especially when talking about red wines and a few years after the harvest, imperfections can be identified during the visual examination due to residual substances or sediments, commonly called “posa” for their characteristic of settling at the bottom of the bottle. The formation of these deposits is caused by a natural process […]

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The Sommelier’s notes

The Bag in Box

Posted on by Francesco Properzi Curti
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24
Feb

Although the tradition tends towards the classic and romantic bottle of wine, with its label, cork, capsule and everything that revolves around the symbolic opening of the bottle, it is absolutely necessary to dispel the concept that in the bag in box, which are nothing more than containers with extraordinary storage capacities, cannot be used […]

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The Sommelier’s notes

The evolution of wine – Part 2

Posted on by Francesco Properzi Curti
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21
Jul

As we have seen, the processes after the vinification, meaning the phases of maturation/ageing and refinement, are absolutely necessary for the success of a wine which, once produced, needs to stabilize itself by ageing inside a container where it has the opportunity to evolve its organoleptic characteristics. Maturation will lead to its transformation, modifying in […]

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The Sommelier’s notes

The evolution of wine – Part 1

Posted on by Francesco Properzi Curti
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19
Jul

In the field of oenology, all the processes that wine undergoes from the moment of its production – i.e. once vinification is complete – including short, long or very long ageing, represent the evolution that wine will undergo during its life. So, once the grapes have been harvested, the stalks removed and the grapes crushed, […]

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The Sommelier’s notes

The life cycle of the wine

Posted on by Francesco Properzi Curti
26
May

Temperatures increase, the days get longer and the bare landscapes slowly begin to transform into tones of bright colours: spring has promptly returned and everything around us becomes more beautiful and luminous. It is in this period that I realize that another year has passed and that vegetative world has returned to life in all […]

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