It is quite surprising that in Europe there are 2 unbroken traditions of winemaking in amphora still in existence. The older one (8000 years) is from Georgia and the more “recent” one (2000 years) is from Portugal. What is more surprising is that neither knew of the others existence till only a few […]

Stories of courageous winemakers who have chosen the amphora: this is the Tuscany of “Terracotta and Wine”
This year at “Terracotta and Wine 2016” (Impruneta, 19 – 20 Nov) Tuscan amphora wine is represented by 8 vineyards, each with its own particular history, all with the same stylistic choice: to rethink conventional viticulture and to embark on a search which embraces the care of the land, the respect for local varietal characteristics […]