Just last February, James Suckling, expert wine taster and writer for Wine Spectator, taste-tested and judged the Verdicchio Castelli di Jesi DOC - Le Vaglie 2010 – of the Santa Barbara Winery, to be among the best wines, giving it high marks of 92/100 and including it in the promotion sponsored by SAQ (the Canadian monopoly of Quebec).

The Fazi Battaglia Winery in recent weeks has participated in the sixth edition of Luca Maroni’s Sensofwine in Rome where the winery presented its own labels for tasting and, in particular, its Rieverdi 2010. This wine was obtained from an unusual blending of Riesling grapes grown in the Marche and autochthonous Verdicchio grapes; the result has been awarded for its pleasant drinkability.

With the first hint of Spring in the air, Verona again hosts its Vinitaly 2012 annual event. It represents the most important rendezvous for Italian wine, an event which, over the course of the year, goes beyond national borders to be repeated in several countries around the world, in order to showcase Italian successes. In this edition there are a number of new organizational aspects, such as extended opening hours and days to offer greater accessibility to professionals, especially. Marche region producers will be in pavilion 7 from Sunday 25th to Wednesday 28th March.

More news of Vinitaly. Another important news item for this edition highlights the collaboration with the well-known American magazine, Wine Spectator, which has chosen the 100 best Italian producers. Le Marche are included in “OperaWine: Finest Italian Wines” along with the Umani Ronchi Winery