Artificial intelligence (AI) is an arm of computer science concerned with building intelligent machines capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence. Through the use of machine learning and deep learning, AI is changing many sectors of the economy. Similar to the human brain, AI learns from experience by using advanced algorithms and software to identify patterns or features contained in large amounts of data. Artificial intelligence plays a central role in the digital transformation of societies and is now a priority. Its future applications could lead to big changes, such as in vineyards, wineries, and for distribution. Vineyards…
Author: Davide Iacobone
Like stone, even the earth can tell the identity of a place. The vineyards and wines of Abruzzo, which are its children, can therefore well represent a compass out of the ordinary for anyone who wants to get lost in the folds of a millenary history. A narrative that starts from that Peligna Valley indicated by historians as the fertile cradle from which, over time, the cultivation of grapes developed to reach the soft hills located close to the Adriatic coast, thanks also to the extraordinary pedoclimatic characteristics that this region is able to offer with casual generosity. Widespread mainly…
The Ceretto family has always chosen symbolic contexts where works and objects of beauty can be placed, which sublimate the heritage of the territory. An aesthetic choice that reveals the strong link with contemporary art and modern architecture that emerged since the 1980s, and has become, with the new millennium and the entry into the winery of the third generation, an unmistakable hallmark in the wake of enhancement of the landscape. With a sense of authentic responsibility towards their land, the Ceretto family has been pursuing their own artistic path for over 20 years, with a modern patronage that tends…
Latest trends and news to toast the sunset with a glass of white that won’t make you regret the bubbles by Monica Di Pillo Summer favors meeting occasions, the desire to toast in the open air, to glasses raised with the lights of the sunset. But it also leads to experimentation, to taste some novelties, including a series of whites which, due to their organoleptic characteristics, their freshness and balanced acidity, are particularly suitable for an aperitif. Our journey to discover the whites that wink at happy hour starts from Trentino, with two proposals: a high altitude Chardonnay and…
Let’s discover the elements that make viticulture in some areas of Sardinia and Sicily a heroic, primordial and human practice. Respect for ancestral traditions that come from the past. And for two territories that represent landscape treasures. Then again extreme climatic and pedological conditions, including slopes and considerable thermal excursions. The basic principles that animate the winemakers of Sicily, Etna and Sardinia, especially in the Mandrolisai area, are similar. The approach on tiptoe almost not to disturb the wonderful surrounding landscapes too. And in some cases even the techniques used, with the cultivation of the sapling vines, the practices used…
With Nesos and Abissi, the depths of the sea are transformed into a cellar by Marcella Pace The lulling of the waves, the salinity of the water, the darkness of the seabed populated by all its organisms influence the transformation process of grapes and wine. Thus the depths of the sea are transformed into an unusual cellar of absolute charm. Behind Nesos, the marine wine and Abissi, the submerged sparkling wine, there seems to be a similar idea, but the applications and methodologies used are completely different and make them two equally exceptional wine projects, and at the same…
A majestic copper-clad dome to resemble a turtle’s shell. We are in front of the Carapace, a majestic work of art in Bevagna, Umbria, the first habitable sculpture in the world and one of the most beautiful wineries on an international level, Tenuta Castelbuono . Alessandra Piubello An artistic masterpiece of surprising symbolic charge and iconic strength that is completely integrated into the environment, in a harmonious dialogue with the surrounding green hills. «The landscape reminded me of the Montefeltro where I was born, as Piero della Francesca has told it in many paintings. My intervention therefore did not have…
by Elena Di Bacco Wine is the protagonist in the works of the great Italian authors, from Alessandro Manzoni to Gabriele d’Annunzio Wine, loved and celebrated all over the world, has always been a cultural symbol in Italy as well. In ancient times it was considered an emblem of the philosophy of measure, because it exalted the dualism between good and evil better than anything else. Because of its unique ability to embody the contradictions of life, it has often been used in literature to describe social contexts, psychological insights and the nature of human relationships. In “…
An “invisible” wine cathedral of 45 thousand square meters, for the most part underground, dug up to 15 meters into the side of the hill. An admirable architecture set in the Chianti hills of Bargino, in San Casciano in Val di pesa, in the Chianti Classico area. The architectural lines are sinuous, circular: a labyrinth of volumes and vaults. But also windows that reflect the typical vegetation of the Chianti countryside. The building, built with materials such as terracotta, wood and corten steel, recalls the deep bond with the earth. The same warm colors refer to the land surrounding the…