WINE NEWS / "Betting"
on indigenous varietals pays off
The Arnaldo
Caprai winery has been named "Winery of the Year" by
the 2006 Edition of the Gambero Rosso guide to Italian Wines.
"This prestigious award celebrates and honors
the work we have done," said Marco in a recent interview. "And
it proves that we were right when we bet on an indigenous grape varietal.
When we chose to revisit Sagrantino through experimentation and research,
the formula that emerged was exact because it had been derived from
the combination of innovation and tradition. We applied that formula
to a territory for which it was clearly suited."
Marco Caprai is widely recognized as the winemaker
who revived Sagrantino when he began to produce a Sagrantino Secco
(i.e., a dry Sagrantino) more than twenty-five years ago. Over the
course of the thirty years, renewed interest in indigenous grape varietals
and traditional vinification combined with technological advances
have played a fundamental role in the Renaissance of Italian wine.
Today, Italian winemakers have returned to the cultivation of indigenous
grapes as their primary focus and wine lovers – in Europe and
in America – are enjoying the glorious results.
For more on Sagrantino, click here.
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