We tend to approach sparkling wine in a rather simplified way. The traditional method is more complex, and therefore often considered to give wines that are more profound; the tank method is more direct, industrial even, and therefore its wines “have to be” more immediate in expression. This way of thinking may seem reasonable, but when repeated often enough, it turns into a default hierarchy—one that is rarely questioned. In Italy, however, such a hierarchy does not fully apply.
Yumi Liu has been collecting and drinking wine for more than a decade and has earned a slew of wine certificates in the interim: level 3 WSET and now planning diploma studies; Educator level in Spanish wines (Wines of Spain certified), top level New Zeland wines (Wines of New Zeland certified) and obtained the highest score in her class for German wines (Wines of Germany certified). She has passed all of Ian D’Agata’s Italian wine courses and is generally regarded as being one of the most knowledgeable people on Italian wine in all of China. Over the years, she has also served as the Wine Educator at EMW wines, one of China’s five largest and most important fine wine importers and has led masterclasses on wines at prestigious wine shows including the Wine to Asia fair in Shenzhen and Vinitaly in Verona.
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Ian’s background in wine teaching and course creation Ian D’Agata has led different wine schools over the years, and has been increasingly asked over the years to set up new ones for different outfits. In the early 2000s, he taught wine courses at the Gambero Rosso’s Citta’ del Gusto, and...
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