Radici del Sud – the producers speak

The wine competition that is Radici del Sud, although it not officially described as such, is accompanied by a parallel event where producers show their wines to wine journalists, importers and, on the last day, the general public – who come in droves. First-hand information and opinion from the producers is at least as important as the blind tasting to assess and understand each wine.

Some producers painstakingly study their vineyards, vines and soils to understand the effects they have on each other while others are clearly more concerned with the plain and rather dreary reality of commodity wines...