Slow Wine provides a fresh look at the Italian wine scene, looking beyond the glass and the qualities of each of the 8,400 wine’s reviewed to also consider the approaches used in the vineyard and cellar of more than 1,800 wineries - from some of the country’s most renowned winemakers to small producers.
Following more than 20 years of publishing Italian Wines with Gambero Rosso, this is Slow Food Editore's first solo wine guide. Published in book form in Italian in 2010, the English edition is available as an application for iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. This format allows for new features and instruments to navigate and share information in an easy and intuitive way and for users to add their own tasting notes or photographs. Search by grape variety, region or by the name of the wine or winery; explore specific terroirs through numerous wine maps - by region or by production area; or simply find the slow wineries closest to you using the Google mapkit.
The descriptive sheet for each winery covers three key areas - Life, Vineyards and Wines to introduced readers to the people behind the wine production and their vineyards, and finally, to the wines - and uses a series of symbols. For wineries: The Snail, to signal a cellar that has distinguished itself through its interpretation of sensorial, territorial, environmental and personal values in harmony with the Slow Food philosophy; The Bottle, allocated to cellars that show a consistent high quality throughout the range of wines presented for tastings; The Coin, an indicator of good value for money. And for the wines: Slow Wines, which, besides excellent sensory characteristics, manage to distil the character of their terroir, history and environment in the glass; Great Wines, which possess the absolute sensory quality; Everyday Wines, bottles at the standard price level that present excellent value for money.
Slow Wine is available from the Apple store in a free trial version, which includes the 200 wines on the “Everyday Wine” sheets, and the complete application can be purchased for £5.99.
