Barrel fermentation and its preparation The barrel is a wooden bowl that holds the wine. Wood must be of high quality and its manufacture must follow strict rules. The wine in the barrels should be enriched with advantages and not flaws. The most used wood is oak. After being harvested in the forests, it is […]

Barrel fermentation for a rich bouquet

Martinotti-Charmat Method: two names, a single patent Martinotti and Charmat two technicians When Federico Martinotti become the director of Istituto Sperimentale per l’Enologia di Asti in 1901, updated the laboratories with new machineries. The experiments and the observations were dedicated to the grape variety Moscato, thus Martinotti and his collegues concluded that the wine is […]

Martinotti-Charmat Method

The sweetness beyond the Alps: the sweet French wines France can be considered the crib of the today’s oenology, where the art of making wine is taken as an example all over the world. This country, in fact, has the credit to have recognized the importance to produce high-quality wines and the French style is […]

The famous sweet French wines