by Deborah Grayson and Jonathan Russo | Jan 6, 2014 | Features
Improbabile would be the Italian way to describe being a successful female wineaker in Puglia. Throw in being an Australian, and the fact that the winery is literally an industiral garage, and you have an interesting recipe for some of the best organic wine in the...
by Deborah Grayson and Jonathan Russo | Dec 17, 2013 | Features
It was a cold, rainy day when we arrived at Tenute Mater Domini (Mother of God Farm) in the Salice Salentino region of Puglia. For kilometers, the scent of smoky olive wood filled the air as workers burned the recently cut-down branches. The wet weather seemed...
by Deborah Grayson and Jonathan Russo | Dec 9, 2013 | Features
Last week we profiled Cefalicchio, a biodynamic winery in Puglia. We also had a chance to speak with Fabrizio Rossi, who guided the winery towards organic and biodynamic production over 20 years ago. You were the first in your area to practice organic and biodynamic...
by Deborah Grayson and Jonathan Russo | Dec 5, 2013 | Features
Vineyards at Cefalicchio Nicola Rossi Villa Cefalicchio Fabrizio Rossi At Villa Cefalicchio Barrels at Cefalicchio Wine Cellar at Cefalicchio Fabrizio Rossi of Cefalicchio When your family has been in Puglia since 1650, a hundred-year-old winery is considered a recent...
by Deborah Grayson and Jonathan Russo | Oct 13, 2010 | Features
There is something inspiring and satisfying about meeting people who are living their dreams. While most of us defer our ambitions, Graham Nutter went to the Minervois region of Languedoc in the south of France, and bought a vineyard. There he settled in to refurbish...
