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, September September 15-21, 2025

This Week in the Ian D’Agata Wine Review (September 15-21, 2025) Monday, September 15 Weekly Wines in the Spotlight: Castello di Verduno & Roumier Tuesday, September 16 Restaurant Review: Caveau Morakopf in Niedermorschwihr, Alsace Wednesday, September 17 Grapes and Wine: Grape Varieties And Grapevine Genetics, Part 2: When Is Identical Really Identical? Friday, September 19 Wineries and People: The […]
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 […]