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Vintus Wines are Celebrated in James Suckling’s Top 100 Wine Reports!

December 9, 2022

James Suckling recently compiled his lists of Top 100 Wines from all over the World.  Not only did Vintus appear in almost all of the country-specific lists, we appear 2x in […]

Wine Enthusiast Top 100 Cellar Selections

December 2, 2022

Wine Enthusiast declared their most cellar-worthy wines of the year and Ponzi Vineyards, Masseto, Domaine des Baumard, Quinta do Noval and Bollinger are all on the list! “Choosing the 100 […]

GuildSomm Features: Ornellaia, Masseto, Attems, Tommasi and Le Macchiole in “Defining A New Italy”

September 9, 2022

GuildSomm Writer Jessica DuPuy learned firsthand about the future of viticulture in Italy. She writes, “The new Italy? The phrase caught me off guard. How exactly is modern technology being […]

Kerin O’Keefe Sums Up the Best of Bolgheri

July 20, 2022

Kerin writes of the iconic wines from the Tuscan coast, Bolgheri.  An area known for “Super Tuscans” which have only been around for about 50 years. “Ornellaia closely followed in Sassicaia’s […]

Wine Advocate’s Monica Larner Interviews Ornellaia & Masseto’s estate Director Axel Heinz

May 20, 2022

Monica writes of two of Italy’s iconic wines from the 2019 hitting the market now.  She gets a great synopsis from Axel on the two flagship wines, Ornellaia and Masseto.  […]

The Fantastic Four of Tuscan Merlot

November 18, 2021

Wine-Searcher included Masseto and Le Macchiole Messorio in a story highlighting four iconic merlots from Tuscany. Masseto is described as the most sought-after wine in all of Italy, which is […]

Le Macchiole’s Flagship Messorio Reveals the Graceful Side of Merlot

June 10, 2021

Bruce Sanderson featured Le Macchiole’s beautiful expression of Merlot, Messorio, in Wine Spectator’s Decanted column. He recounted a vertical tasting experience dating back to 2001, focusing on the wine’s “ageability […]

Big in Bolgheri: A Live Chat with Ornellaia’s Axel Heinz

January 27, 2021

Wine Spectator Senior Editor Bruce Sanderson caught up with Ornellaia’s star winemaker, Axel Heinz, on Straight Talk, the publication’s twice weekly Instagram Live interview series. The engaging interview covered several […]

Wine Spectator Tasting Report: The Power of Tuscany

October 22, 2020

Wine Spectator features Ornellaia, Masseto, Petrolo and Le Macchiole in senior editor Bruce Sanderson’s latest Tuscan vintage report. The blistering heat, severe storms, frost and drought of the 2017 vintage […]

The 16 Best Wines of the Year

June 18, 2020

Leading luxury publication Robb Report included two gems from the VINTUS portfolio in its annual Best of the Best issue, Champagne Bollinger La Grande Année 2008 and Masseto 2015. In comparison […]

Big Visions: Axel Heinz

April 3, 2020

In part three of GuildSomm’s “Big Visions” podcast series, Bryce Wiatrak interviews Axel Heniz, Winemaker and Estate Director of the iconic Super Tuscan labels Ornellaia and Masseto. The two talk […]

Complete Masseto Retrospective at the Country Music Hall of Fame

January 22, 2020

Antonio Galloni of Vinous Media writes of his phenomenal time at the Country Music Hall of Fame for clashing of wine, guitars, and country music.  Although playing a range of […]

Yankees Swayed Gerrit Cole with Masseto

December 19, 2019

The New York Post reports that, in addition to the lucrative nine-year-$324 million contract, Garret Cole was wooded to join the Yankees with the help of the legendary Masseto. Apparently, […]

2019 Top 100 Wines of France, Italy and New Zealand

December 5, 2019

James Suckling has released his timely end-of-year “Top 100 Wines of 2019”  lists for France, Italy, and New Zealand. These lists serve to highlight exceptional estates that have produced wines […]

Bolgheri Reds at 25: Growing Up

November 27, 2019

In The World of Wine’s newest print, Jim Clarke reflects on Bolgheri’s history in the spirit of the  25th anniversary of the establishment of the coastal DOC. In the not-so-distant […]

Ornellaia Toasts 30th Anniversary of Keith Haring’s Last Mural

July 19, 2019

Keith Haring’s last public mural, Tuttomondo (1980), recently celebrated it’s 30th anniversary on June 19th. The 180-meter mural painted on the exterior wall of the Church of San Antonio in Pisa, Italy […]

Decanter Names Ornellaia, Masseto, and Le Macchiole among Top Bolgheri 2016 Producers

July 11, 2019

Decanter’s Aldo Fiordelli reports the 2016 vintage in Bolgheri is one of the best ever due to near perfect growing conditions that produced beautifully plump clusters containing strong aromatics and […]

Masseto’s New Ultramodern Underground Winemaking Lair

May 11, 2019

Wine Spectator Unfiltered features the spectacular new “ultramodern underground winemaking lair” that Masseto unveiled just one month ago. Read the full story here.

The Aura of Masseto

April 23, 2019

Created in honor of their new winery, Masseto takes you through a journey of their breathtaking vineyards.