Cantina della Volta: the Champenoise method Made in Emilia. Soon an important new entry will join the OIP catalogue, Cantina della Volta is a company which focuses on quality and innovation, whose excellence has already been certified by recognitions by the some of the greatest expert of the field and guides as Luca Gardini, Slow Wine, L’Espresso and Gambero Rosso. The winery takes its name from the river bank of the Naviglio di Bomporto, in Modena, where already during the Renaissance the commercial ships used to do the typical turning ( Turning= Volta) coming back to Modena city center. The company philosophy is transmitting the value of the territory through the Champenoise method, developing in two main directions: - An high quality Lambrusco di Sorbara DOC sparkling wines line, one of the few made up with the refermentation in bottle of the Champenoise method instead of the one in autoclave of the Charmat method. - The others are a reinterpretation from an Emilia perspective of the great Champagne, through the use of the classic wine varieties Chardonnay and Pinot Noir cultivated on a hill 650 m over the sea level, in a terroir whose composition limestone-clay-gypsum (on the surface) reminds of the one of the Northern France region. A reality that focuses on the production of wines respecting absolute qualitative and standards and criteria, without any compromise towards the tastes of the mass market, proposing an high level, original offer supported by a well defined idea.

The Etna is nowadays considered a competed and desired destination among the wine producers. Something that may look contradictory, due to the implicit challenges and difficulties that involves the morphology of the territory in relation to the cultivation of grapes and then the transformation in Etna doc. But this exactly the main reason: the distinctiveness of this territory, the clime and its obstacles give the Etna wines unique characteristics, which seem in a perfect balance with the territory. And this is exactly what we felt tasting the Sicilian wine PASSOROSSO ETNA - PASSOPISCIARO, an Etna rosso doc, produced by wine cellar Passopisciaro rewarded by slow wine 2018, endowed with an intense red ruby color. The nose expresses intense red fruit sensations, while the palate is elegantly mineral, with a velvety tannin due to the 18 months of barrique.