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Colle Massari wins 2014 Gambero Rosso Winery of the Year

The 2014 awards for Italy’s leading wine publication, Gambero Rosso, are being announced throughout September and we are proud to announce that one of our wineries, Colle Massari, has just been awarded...

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Prosecco, straight up or dirty?

One of my go-to Italian wine (plus food and culture) bloggers, the erudite Jeremy Parzen at Do Bianchi, this week wrote about ”the most talked about wine in Texas”. The wine he was referring to is Ca’...

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2014 awards

The 2014 awards for two of Italy’s leading wine publications, Gambero Rosso’s Tre Bicchieri and Duemilavini’s Cinque Grappoli, were recently announced. We’d like to congratulate our wineries on their...

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You say Glera, we say Prosecco

The creation of a DOCG for Prosecco, and a much enlarged zone for DOC Prosecco, involved renaming the grape to Glera and thus trying to protect the use of the name ‘Prosecco’ from wines made outside of...

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2013 pictorial review

The years is almost finished and I’m already looking forward to 2014 – the 20th year for Trembath & Taylor! In the meantime, there are a few days left to reflect on the year that was. Buon Natale e...

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Jancis on Tenuta San Leonardo

Recently, Jancis Robinson published a fantastic article on Trentino’s Tenuta San Leonardo following a tasting of all vintages back to the inaugural 1982. San Leonardo is simply one of the great wines...

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2013 wine awards

The 2013 awards for Italy’s best wines from the two main publications, Gambero Rosso’s Vini d’Italia and Duemilavini, have recently been announced. Congratulations to all our wineries on their awards,...

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cork is screwed

I woke this morning to the news that ”Italian authorities have approved the use of synthetic corks and screwcaps on higher quality DOC and DOCG wines for the first time.” And then I read it again, just...

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and now for something completely different…

Over the last two weeks I’ve been out and about in the trade in Sydney and Melbourne pouring two very unusual wines.  So different that I could safely announce “I’m about to pour you a glass of...

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Salina

Salina, in Sicily’s Aeolian Islands, might just be one of the most beautiful places I’ve been to. It took no time at all to slip into island life, relax and unwind following the annual madness of...

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