Italian Wine Great, Ampelio Bucci, Passes Away
by Ian D’Agata
Robert Haller of the Burgerspital in Franken, retires
Robert Haller, the long-tenured and very much respected director of the Würzburg Bürgerspital (which he presided over for eighteen years) is going to retire and he will certainly be missed at the winery. Fortunately, he plans to continue on a little more as Franken VDP chairman, good news for the Franken and all those who […]
Toronto 2025: The city’s Top Wine Professionals Attend Masterclasses and Wine Dinner Featuring Italian and Chinese Wineries
On Monday, June 23, the wines of over twenty Italian wineries and one leading Chinese winery were featured in Toronto, Canada, at an all-day affair attended by some of the city’s most prominent wine professionals, including educators, sommeliers, importers and bloggers/journalists. From about ten in the morning to four in the afternoon, over thirty wine […]
Ian D’Agata’s Latest Book, ITALIAN WINE TERROIRS, Wins ‘Best European Wine Book 2025’ Award
The World Food Summit was held in Cascais, Portugal on June 18-22, an event bringing together some of the world’s most influential figures in gastronomy, showcasing culinary excellence and innovation from across the globe. The 30th edition of the prestigious Gourmand International Awards, celebrating the best food culture books in the world, took place during the summit. […]
An Analysis of What VINO100 / Ian D’Agata Selected Italian Wines 2025 and the Italian Wine Week in Shanghai Has Meant to the City, Local Wine Lovers and Italian wine
by Yumi Liu (CEO, Ian D’Agata Wine Culture company)
VINO100/IAN D’AGATA 100 Selected Italian Wines 2025 A Smashing Success
https://youtu.be/B-a51XgGQOw Called by more than one attendee “the best Italian wine show held in China in years if not ever”, there can be no denying that this year’s VINO100/Ian D’Agata 100 Selected Italian Wines 2025 was a huge success, the likes of which many locals made clear they have no memory of. And perhaps more […]
A Huge Success: the Wynn Palace and Wynn Macau’s Ian D’Agata Italian Wine Journey
With 1706 and 1007 guest rooms and suites respectively and over eighty dining destinations, the Wynn Palace and the Wynn Macau hotels and casinos are very much like small cities of their own, the only resorts worldwide with six individual Forbes Travel Guide (FTG) Five-Star awards. Brought to Macau by world-famous hotelier Steve Wynn of Las Vegas […]
Wine World Tour 2025, Part 1: The New Ian D’Agata Wine Academy Wine Shows and Masterclasses in Houston and NYC A Great Success
On March 3 and March 6, 2025, the Ian D’Agata Wine Academy launched its first North American wine shows and masterclasses in North America. Ian D’Agata has been organizing and/or guiding wine courses, masterclasses, seminars and wine shows internationally for multiple different outfits over the years (such as for example International Wine Academy of Roma, […]
Ian D’Agata and Wine-Searcher Announce a Collaboration Relative to the Ian D’Agata Wine Review Scores
The Ian D’Agata Wine Review, an international wine web magazine founded by Ian D’Agata in 2024, is proud to announce that it has entered an agreement with Wine-Searcher, the world’s leading online wine search engine, to publish its scores on the Wine-Searcher website. “I have admired Wine-Searcher’s body of work for many years, and have routinely […]
Grandi Langhe 2025 , A Big Success
by Zihong Zhang
