Wine press review for Tuesday, September 30, 2025!

Italian wineries

• Castello di Meleto, a wine experience between history and organic vineyards. From the 11th century to crowdfunding ante litteram, today the winery manages 130 hectares of organic vineyards, olive groves and tourism activities.
• Paolo Leo, from water to sea: a project for deep-aged sparkling wines. The family celebrates the acquisition of Candido by experimenting with bottles aged 30 meters below sea level in Porto Cesareo.
• Ermes Cellars in Oltrepò: Management with the lights off. The Sicilian cooperative takes its first steps in Canneto Pavese, amid silence and wait in an area plagued by crises and liquidations.
• Cantina di Venosa: a €3.4 million investment in wine tourism. A new, sustainable, and innovative 1,100-square-meter wing, ready by 2027, will strengthen hospitality and direct sales.
• Terre d'Oltrepò: forced liquidation and unresolved issues. Concerns remain over payment for the grapes delivered and the workers' future, while the legal dispute with Mack & Schuhle remains ongoing.

Italian wine and oenology

• 2025 Harvest: Estimates down to 44 million hectoliters. Legacoop is revising its figures, due to the struggling market and high inventories.
• The 2025 Mayors' Harvest: An Excellent Year in the Padua Area. High quality, growing volumes, and a predominance of Glera-Prosecco and Pinot Grigio.
• Etna, the heart of fire told by Federico Graziani. The former Italian sommelier shares his journey as a winemaker on the mountain slopes.
• Roma Mater Vinorum: the first public urban vineyard at the Aranciera di San Sisto. A cultural project that links the capital to its millennia-old winemaking tradition.
• Marzia Varvaglione: "The new challenge is communicating wine." From the quality Apulian harvest to strategies for new generations.
• Discovering Calabria's Palmenti: A journey through ancient stone vats to rediscover the Mediterranean roots of winemaking.
• Massive fraud involving Zibibbo di Pantelleria: 30,000 bottles of ordinary wine passed off as DOC, 5,000 liters seized in Sicily and Germany.
• AI and optical sorting: the harvest becomes smart. At Tenute del Cerro, an artificial intelligence-guided optical sorter identifies the best grapes with 90% accuracy.
• SenseCatch Study: 90% of consumers choose bottles with caps. Neuromarketing and eye-trackers reveal the importance of packaging in the perception of value.
• Marino, National Assembly of Città del Vino: Lollobrigida Ambassador Emeritus. The minister announces new ICE strategies for promoting Italian wine worldwide.
• Marcel Van Poe data-end="3024" />The international investor reflects on the market and its cycles starting from Tuscany.

International

• Bordeaux by bicycle: an itinerary among châteaux and great wines A journey through design, architecture and terroir, from the Left Bank to Saint-Émilion.

Wine events

• Vicenza, “Gustus” returns to the Pedrollo Conservatory. On October 4th and 5th, 30 wineries and 120 wines from the Colli Berici, Vicenza, and Gambellara DOC regions will be featured.
• Rome and Milan host D'OPERA – Quality Heritage of Europe. Tastings and masterclasses on Valpolicella and Parmigiano Reggiano in October, along with reflections on drying and climate change.
• 100 Miles of the Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Road 2025 Edition with 70 vintage cars, crews from all over Europe and a 160 km route.
• Morbegno in Cantina: a success despite the bad weather. Over 2,000 passes sold and a packed program that continues over the next few weekends.
• AIS Campania, Alba Vitae: wine and solidarity. For 2025, the proceeds from Cantine Alois bottles will support Komen Italia's initiatives.
• World Wine Tourism Day – November 9, 2025 Recevin and Città del Vino coordinate events in an international network.
• Scior del Torcol in Losine: Vallecamonica celebrates. Tastings and tradition at the 21st edition of the festival.

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