This Week in the Ian D’Agata Wine Review, December 16-22, 2024

This Week in the Ian D’Agata Wine Review (December 16 – 22, 2024) Monday, December 16 Weekly Wines in the Spotlight 14: Domaine Weinbach & Silver Heights Tuesday, December 17 Video: Ian meets the producers: Cigliuti in Neive (Barbaresco) Wednesday, December 18 Regional Reports: The Brunello di Montalcino 2020 and 2019 Riservas (and Moscadello too), part 2 Friday, December […]

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 […]