Online Wine Tasting Experience (Scotland)

In collaboration with our member and partner Independent Wine Ltd, our Scotland Office is glad to present our forthcoming wine tasting experience, which will take place on Zoom on 25 March 2021.

Participants will have the chance to taste some of the most exclusive award-winning Italian wines, getting to know the prestigious wineries owned by the Gussalli Beretta family. Each winery will present a specific kind of wine:

• Castello di Radda – Chianti Classico

Awards: Decanter World Wine Awards 2019, Silver Medal | Mundus Vini, Gold Medal | James Suckling, 90 points | Gambero Rosso, Two Glasses | Mario Busso 2018, 4 Stars.

• Orlandi Contucci Ponno – Montepuciano d’Abruzzo

Awards: The WineHunter 2017 Merano Wine Festival – Gold (2013 vintage) | Gambero Rosso 2018 – 2 red glasses, final tasting (2013 vintage) | Vitae la Guida Vini 2019 – 3 vines (2013 vintage).

• Fortemasso – Barolo

Awards: Gambero Rosso, Tre Bicchieri (2016 vintage) | Mundus Vini, Gold Medal | Japan Awards, 2019: Gold Award | James Suckling 91 points | Falstaff Trophy 2019: 92 Points

Every participant in the event will receive one bottle of each wine presented (3 in total), which will be sent at least one week prior to the event.

The wine tasting experience, which will start at 15.00 (GMT), will be presented by Eleonora Maoddi, oenologist at Castello di Radda, and Oleg Dmitriev, Director and co-founder of Independent Wine Ltd.

If you are a Scottish restaurant or food/wine journalist and you would like to take part in the event, please register your interest by contacting our Project Manager Davide Bargna via the e-mail address below.