Alessandro Torcoli, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Italian wine magazine Civiltà del bere, shares news of a Beaujolais cru taking steps to put itself firmly on the taste map. He passed the Theory papers of the Masters of Wine exams earlier this year. See also Moulin-à-Vent under scrutiny, Beaujolais – the 10 crus dissected and Terroir-specific beaujolais.
What is the best way to relaunch a historic, fascinating and complex winemaking region that relies on only one grape variety and which has been crushed for too many years by a single thought based on a simple and low-cost...