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
Ian D’Agata’s 2024 Select 100 Best Italian Wines of the Year

By Ian D’Agata
This Week in the Ian D’Agata Wine Review, March 31- April 6, 2025

This Week in the Ian D’Agata Wine Review (March 31- April 6, 2025) Monday, March 31 Weekly Wines in the Spotlight: Ponzi & Italo Cescon Tuesday, April 1 Restaurant Review: Glam in Venice Wednesday, April 2 Video: Ian D’Agata World Wine Show Coming to Shanghai and Macau Friday, April 4 Vertical Report: Greatest Auxerrois wine on Earth: Josmeyer’s Magnificent ‘H’ […]
Exciting New Times at Dal Forno

by Ian D’Agata
Now Available, Ian D’Agata’s Brand New Book, Italian Wine Terroirs, Further Raises the Bar for Italian Wine Books

Italian Wine Terroirs is the brand-new wine book written by Ian D’Agata, together with long-time friend and colleague Michele Longo, and is available at www.amazon.com. It’s a an awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping doozy, already dubbed a “masterpiece” by Michelin star restaurant sommeliers, wine writing colleagues and wine producers. After having published two years ago their award-winning The […]
Neil Empson, Pioneer of Fine Italian Wine in the US Market, Passes Away

Neil Empson was a good man. That is, by far, the single most important thing one can say about anyone who passes away. What really counts is not that said person was an important man, or a famous man, which of course Neil Empson was, but a good man. Because Neil was both famous and […]
Announcing the Ian D’Agata Wine Review and the Ian D’Agata Wine Academy

After almost thirty years in wine education and communication, Ian D’Agata has launched his own wine magazine and wine school, both of which carry his name, respectively the Ian D’Agata Wine Review and the Ian D’Agata Wine Academy. Over the years, D’Agata written for numerous wine magazines and taught at many wine schools. D’Agata has […]