Vulture's new identity – part 1
Wednesday 22 February 2023
A new generation of winegrowers leads the way by focusing on terroir and Aglianico’s true character rather than on style. Walter reports on three pioneering women, including Viviana Malafarina, above. See part 2 for Walter's story of three men with different methods but similar ambitions, as well as many more tasting notes.
The extinct volcano Mount Vulture, in Basilicata, Italy’s deepest south, is probably the most snubbed in the whole of Europe, at a time when volcanic wines are on everyone’s lips. Its complex topography is partly to blame for this. Created one million years ago by lava eruptions...
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