The 5 seminars in Milan

During the presentation weekend of The Essential Guide to Italian Wine 2024, we organized 5 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 The Essential Guide to Italian Wine 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 09/30, 15.00-16.00 (doctorwine.it)

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 09/30, 17.30-18.30 (doctorwine.it)

To follow, also on Saturday afternoon, at 5:30 p.m., there will be a seminar dedicated to Supertuscans, ranging from a Pinot Noir to pure Sangiovese and ending with Merlot and Cabernet, passing through blends. An unprecedented cross-section of "experimental" Tuscan production: top-notch Igts.

The following wines will be tasted during the seminar:

• Podere Monastero - Toscana Pinot Nero La Pineta 2021
• Principe Corsini - Villa Le Corti - Toscana Sangiovese Per Filo 2022
• Vallepicciola - Toscana Sangiovese 2020
• Ambrogio e Giovanni Folonari Tenute - Toscana Sangiovese Cabreo Mytho 2019
• Castellare di Castellina - Toscana I Sodi di San Niccolò 2019
• Antinori - Toscana Tignanello 2020
• Castello Vicchiomaggio - Toscana 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 - Toscana Cabernet Guardavigna 2019
• Castello del Terriccio - Toscana Rosso Lupicaia 2018

Seminar "BOLLICINE" - Sunday 10/01, 11.30-13.00 (doctorwine.it)

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 mesi
• Ballabio - Farfalla Cave Privée Zero Dosage 2016
• Enrico Serafino - Alta Langa Riserva Zero 140 mesi 2010
• Guido Berlucchi - Franciacorta Riserva Cuvée Franco Ziliani Dosaggio Zero 2008
• Mosnel - Franciacorta Ebb Extra Brut 2007 Riedizione 2023
• Fratelli Berlucchi - Franciacorta Casa delle Colonne Brut 2014
• Ca' del Bosco - Franciacorta Annamaria Clementi 2014

Seminar "ALTO ADIGE" - Sunday 10/01, 14.30-15.45 (doctorwine.it)

He could not send a seminar dedicated to South Tyrolean wines, which in this year's tastings have amazed us by the very high level they have reached. We will check it out together with these wines:

• Rottensteiner - AA Santa Maddalena Classico Vigna Premstallerhof Select 2022
• Cantina Merano - AA Pinot Nero Riserva Zeno 2020
• Cantina Produttori San Michele Appiano / Kellerei St. Michael Eppan - AA Pinot Nero Riserva The Wine Collection 2019
• Muri Gries - AA Lagrein Riserva Abtei 2020
• Cantina Bolzano - Gries Santa Maddalena - AA Lagrein Riserva Taber 2021
• Cantina Kaltern - AA Cabernet Sauvignon Riserva 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
• Cantina Kurtatsch - 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

Seminar "BAROLO" - Sunday 10/01, 17.30-18.30 (doctorwine.it)

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

• Abbona Marziano - Barolo Ravera 2019
• Fontanafredda - Barolo Lazzarito La Delizia 2019
• Vietti - Barolo Lazzarito 2019
• Amalia Cascina in Langa - Barolo Bussia Vigna Fantini 2019
• Giovanni Rosso - Barolo Ester Canale 2019
• Pio Cesare - Barolo Ornato 2019
• Tenuta Carretta - Barolo Riserva Cannubi Collezione Rag. Franco Miroglio 2017
• Elvio Cogno - Barolo Riserva Ravera Vigna Elena 2017
• Ca' Viola - Barolo Riserva Sottocastello di Novello 2016
• Marchesi di Barolo - Barolo Sarmassa 10 anni 2013