Austrian Grand Prix rider Ulrike Prunthaller won on a roll at the 2017 CDI Caselle di Sommacampagna near Verona Not only did she sweep the small tour with her two Quaterback son but she also dominated the big tour on her long-time ride Duccio The 32-year old Prunthaller brought three horses along to Italy all owned by her loyal sponsors Edda and Wenzel Schmidt of Bartlgut in Austria Her Prix St Georges horses are the 9-year old German Sport Horse Quarz (by Quaterback x Rubinstern Noir) and the 8-year old German Sport Horse Quantum (by Quaterback x Paradiesvogel) a 12-year old Austrian warmblood bred stallion by Dimaggio x Coriograf B Quarz and Quantum got such good scores in Italy," Prunthaller told Eurodressage Quantum and Quarz were first timers at an international competition and I was interested in which way the judges would like them In the Prix St Georges Ulrike placed second with Quarz (68.853%) and third with Quantum (68.711%) In the Intermediaire I she won with Quarz (72.316%) and was second with Quantum (69.737%) In the Kur to Music she opted to ride Quarz and won the class with 71.700% "The first day the two were a bit irritated because of the show ground," said Ulrike about her small tour partners The "Quarterback-youngsters" are extraordinary horses They learn very quickly with a lot of power in their movement I'm so thankful to Family Schmidt that I have so beautiful horses." Ulrike also won the Grand Prix on Duccio with 70.700% and topped the board in the Grand Prix Special with 69.353% "He is always with me and gives his best." Prunthaller's next show stop will be the CDI Mariakalnok followed by the CDI Wiener Neustadt and CDI Hamburg Ulrike also has hopes for the 2017 European Championships in Gothenburg "Naturally it's a dream for each rider to compete there but we have a lot of very good riders here in Austria Stalls for Rent at Durondeau Dressage in Peer, Belgium Exceptionally Well Located Equestrian Facility in Wellington, Florida Well-built Equestrian Estate With Multiple Business Opportunities in Sweden Stable Units for Rent at Lotje Schoots' Equestrian Center in Houten (NED) For Rent: Several Apartments and Stable Wing at High-End Equestrian Facility Stable Wing Available at Reiterhof Wensing on Dutch/German border Real Estate: Well-Appointed Country House with Extensive Equestrian Facility in the U.K. Rémi Blot two from the 20th century and a drawing from the 16th century enter the collectionA "harvest" of seven works the latter of which was given to the museum as a gift This is the balance of the acquisitions that the Uffizi Galleries have done at the Florence International Antiques Biennale These are the paintings: "Portrait of a Victorious Young Man on Envy" by Pietro Paolini (1630-40) "Ut pictura poesis," an allegory by Francesco Cairo (1635) Felice Cerruti Bauduc's self-portrait "Atelier with the artist painting the Combat of Sommacampagna" (1855) and "Tragic Journey" by Ferruccio Ferrazzi (1925); we have to add two sculptural works namely Jean-Baptiste Basset's "Bust in Ivory of Cosimo III de' Medici," signed and dated 1696 and finally the gift by antiquarian Enrico Frascione of the drawing by the 16th-century Venetian painter - and son of Paolo Veronese - Carletto Caliari "A girl with a dog" preparatory for a painting now in the Louvre in Paris The acquisition of the seven works during this year's Biennale has already been approved by the Scientific Committee of the Galleries and by the deputed Commission of the Modern Art Gallery of Palazzo Pitti Pietro Paolini (Lucca 1603 - 1681)Portrait of a gentleman with a sword Paolini's painting presents a complex allegorical theme: an elegant knight with his sword placed on his shoulder and his precious armor resting on the table holds subdued with his left hand a monstrous female figure with snakes as hair intent on eating her own heart "a painter of great bizarreness and remarkable invention" (as the 17th cent historiographer Filippo Baldinucci had called him) confirms in this work his interest for Caravaggesque light painting seen and appreciated during his stay in Rome Francesco Cairo (Milan 1607 - 1663)Ut Pictura Poesis"1635oil on canvas is a visualization of the Horatian locution "Ut pictura poesis" depicting the female personifications of Painting and Poetry leaning against a rock where there is a "toccalapis" (lead rod used for drawing) holds a palette with fresh colors while the other female figure has a laurel wreath as if to crown the art of painting and depicts Poetry granting fame to her sister art with deep shading and intense flashes of light hark back to Cairo's Neo-Venetian phase when the painter worked in Turin for the Savoy court Jean-Baptiste BassetPortrait of Cosimo III de' Medici1696Ivory The precious small bust of Grand Duke Cosimo III made by French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Basset in Livorno in 1696 will enrich the ivory collection of the Treasury of the Grand Dukes at the Pitti Palace the oldest and most valuable prestigious in the world along with those of Dresden and Vienna will thus be able to flank the courtly ivory medallions with the effigy of the Grand Duke already on display in the collections of the Pitti Palace Felice Cerruti Bauduc (Turin 1818 - 1896)Atelier with the artist painting the Combat of Sommacampagna1855 (Signed)oil on canvas The canvas - destined to be on view in the self-portrait display at the Uffizi - depicts the painter at work on his masterpiece the enormous “Combattimento di Sommacampagna” (Combat of Sommacampagna We see a glimpse into the painter's atelier specializing in military scenes of homeland history with a real horse posing and a puppet dressed as a soldier testifying to the workshop practices of the artist that was one of the great protagonists of the Risorgimento Ferruccio Ferrazzi (Rome 1891 - 1978)Tragic Journey1924-1925oil on canvas this masterpiece interprets with a modern sensibility the great tradition of the masters of 15th- and 16th-century Italy at the prestigious Exhibition of Modern Italian Art where it was purchased by Carl W a noted collector of Italian Renaissance art who appreciated the solemn neo-Fourteenth-century synthesis of the composition and perhaps the references to the iridescent colors of Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino's painting Ferrazzi here evokes the memory of a personal experience the journey by ship he made in November 1917 to Sardinia The autobiographical episode is transfigured by a personal style where the characters - including the artist's mother sister and wife – are set within abstract geometric spaces aiming to convey "reality reflected in my lyrical memory." Giacomo Manzù (Bergamo 1908 - Aprilia 1991)Pietà1950bronze made by lost wax at the Maf Foundry in Milan is a variant of one of the bronze four Stations of the Cross executed by Manzù for the Roman church of Sant'Eugenio In a humanistic renewal of Catholic culture Manzù departed from the liturgical and doctrinal tradition to draw on Donatello's great sculpture This work coincides with Manzù's public consecration begininning with the award for sculpture at the 1948 Venice Biennale and culminating with the commission to execute the doors for St Carletto Caliari (1570 - 1596)Young girl with dogpost 1588Black stone This drawing comes from the workshop of Paolo Veronese Carletto assumed a more important role in the management of the family business after having worked for some years in the Bassano's workshop a study for a detail of a larger composition: probably that of the girls playing with the dog at the base of the Supper at Emmaus from the school of Paolo Veronese The Uffizi Galleries at the 2022 Florence Antiques Biennale Michael Garner, Victoria Daskal and Jason Millar tasted 53 wines, with 19 Highly Recommended Entry criteria: producers and UK agents were invited to submit their latest-release red wines from the Bardolino DOC and sub-zones La Rocca, Montebaldo or Sommacampagna, and Bardolino Superiore DOCG Michael Garner is co-owner of Italian specialist Tria Wines and DWWA Regional Chair for Northern Italy. He is the author of Amarone and the Fine Wines of Verona (£35 Académie du Vin Library, 2017) Victoria Daskal is a wine writer, presenter, consultant and WSET educator. In 2008, she completed the OIV MSc in International Wine Management, and among others has since worked for Jancis Robinson’s Purple Pages and as managing editor of The World of Fine Wine Jason Millar is a freelance wine writer, consultant, judge and communicator, with a focus on Italy and South Africa. He has a background in buying, importing and sales, and in 2016 was the top WSET Diploma graduate worldwide age-worthy red and white wines comparable to Bourgogne Nothing beats a complex Bourgogne blanc… like a Lugana Riserva white wine from Italy’s Lake Garda easy-drinking light wines made from the local Trebbiano di Lugana (also known as Turbiana) grape Lugana also offers a newer style – Lugana Riserva layered texture resembles a Bourgogne blanc “Lugana is a sort of red wine dressed in white, because it continues to improve and evolve during its lifetime,” says Angelo Peretti, author and director of Consorzio di Tutela Chiaretto e Bardolino Peretti credits acid-driven Turbiana grapes and distinctive regional clay soils for Lugana Riserva’s distinctive ageing capacity and minerality This ancient wine region on the southern end of Lake Garda introduced its Lugana Riserva programme in 2011. “The first bottle of Lugana Riserva Sergio Zenato was released in 1993, but only a few years ago, the term “Riserva” was included in the DOC’s discipline, starting with the 2011 vintage,” explains Nadia Zenato, daughter of Sergio Zenato, founder of Zenato Azienda Vitivinicola “My father saw the potential of the local indigenous white grape variety Trebbiano di Lugana,when no one else believed in it.” Few wineries currently make the time-intensive reserve wine. “We are pretty convinced of the potential of longevity of the Turbiana grapes” says Fabio Zenato of Le Morette “Thanks to our family expertise in vine nursery and clonal selections on Turbiana.” Lugana Riserva white wines offer Bourgogne-like complexity and ageability “Lugana is one of those wines showing that Italian whites can age well, offering a multi-faceted personality – and great sips – as time unfolds: crunchy and mineral when the wine is young, complex – with tertiary aromas such as petrol and kerosene, as it ages,” says Irene Graziotto, certified sommelier, wine writer and international press office manager at Studio Cru.“I like it for its versatility and for the fact that if I forget a bottle in the cellar Exotic notes of lemon zest, bergamot, and grapefruit, and an elegant finish. (RRP £23.68 Independent Wine) Ca’ Lojera, Lugana DOC Riserva del Lupo Complex, layered, with intriguing notes of sage, thyme, capers, and rosemary. (RRP $19, Astor Wines) Rich, full-bodied, with bursts of salinity, minerality and luscious stone fruit. (RRP $35.99 | wine.com) Nothing beats an elegant Bourgogne rouge… like a Bardolino cru Fashioned from Lake Garda’s regional red grapes Corvina red fruit-flavoured wines resemble Bourgogne rouge “Bardolino and Bourgogne are more elegant wines than ‘powerful’ wines,” says organic winemaker Matilde Poggi of Le Fraghe She chills her Bardolino reds to enhance their spicy as shown by the classification written by merchants in 1825 proves that this wine can come as a pleasant surprise the Bardolino Consorzio reintroduced three historic sub-zones developed during the 19th century These include the northern foothills of Montebaldo while regional micro-climates further inform flavours such as Montebaldo’s strawberry/clove notes and Sommacampagna’s cherry and black pepper come back to its golden age,” concludes Graziotto “Offering a wine that is juicy and jubilant and light tannins that make it great for multiple pairings without taking the scene – but leaving on the other side Ethereal body, vivid acids, refined tannins, enticing red fruit and herbal notes. (RRP $19, Vintage Berkeley) Guerrieri Rizzardi Tacchetto 2019 Bardolino DOC Classico Silky, fine-grained tannins, bright acids, and supple, red berry notes. (RRP $18, Vinum) The Buyer TVClick below to watch The Buyer's library of online debates, videos and webinars. Monte Del Frà is a cornerstone in Sommacampagna's production They've expanded over time to encompass 137 hectares Their Monti Fitti vineyard produces a blend of Corvina The palate is juicy and iodized with a fruity finish Fattoria Le Pupille's 'entry level' Morellino is a testament to their visionary winemaking Made entirely in stainless steel with a small portion aged in second-pass barriques touches of licorice and Mediterranean scrubland it's savory with iodized tannins perfectly integrated into the body a leading cooperative in Sicilian wine production aspires to great viticultural achievements under its brand Their pure Frappato is truly captivating with notes of marasca cherry It's juicy and iodized on the palate with fruity-spicy notes and citrus undertones The beautiful family project of Cantina Sobrero in Castiglione Falletto undoubtedly reaches one of its peaks in this type benefiting from a passion and expertise that has been in progress since the 1940s of the last century with a soft finish and a fruity-herbal aftertaste strengthens the winemaking tradition of the Marche hills Their vines are cultivated using integrated pest management It features scents of blueberry and juniper The palate offers fine and elegant tannins with an acidic-saline finish A Rossese that represents the passion and expertise of Alessandro and Marisa revitalizing the rich winemaking history of Imperia It has a nose with notes of blackcurrant jam The palate reveals salty-briny tannins with a fruity return and Mediterranean scrubland sensations This family story began in the 1960s in Prepotto Their commitment to producing high-quality wines respecting varietal characteristics and consistency continues today The palate is elegant and complex with a fruity-herbal finish The Castagnedi family's solid project pays great attention to traditional wine types from vineyards in Colognola ai Colli and Mezzane di Sotto is made exclusively from hand-harvested Corvina and Rondinella grapes and aged for about 8 months They increasingly focus on showcasing both indigenous and international grape varieties while emphasizing bottled quality It offers saline-iodized tannins on the palate Surrounded by the morainic hills of Lake Garda Selva Capuzza combines vineyard expertise with cellar craftsmanship to produce intriguing wines It's juicy-iodized on the palate with fruity-herbal sensations and licorice notes Do you want to discover the latest news and recipes of the most renowned chefs and restaurants in the world La nostra società utilizza inoltre cookie funzionali per registrare informazioni sulle scelte dell’utente e per consentire una personalizzazione del Sito; ad esempio Questi cookie possono essere installati dalla nostra società o da Terze parti In caso di disabilitazione di questi cookie la qualità e l’esperienza di navigazione potrebbe non essere soddisfacente Questi cookie sono installati da social media per consentire la condivisione dei contenuti del presente Sito Essi sono in grado di monitorare la navigazione compiuta anche in altri siti e creano un profilo dell’utente sulla base dei suoi interessi Ciò potrebbe avere un impatto sul contenuto e messaggi visualizzati sugli altri siti visitati non sarà possibile utilizzare o visualizzare questi strumenti di condivisione per l’installazione e l’uso di tali cookie occorre il consenso dell’utente Per maggiori informazioni consulta la pagna cookies policy As Michaela Morris so deftly explained last year Bardolino has undergone important changes in the last few years In an effort to not be left behind by competitors – not just in Veneto but elsewhere around the world – the Consorzio has worked with producers to update the style of the rosé wines (known as Chiaretto) and implement three historical crus for the reds The red Bardolino DOC has assumed three crus based on historical subzones Montebaldo and Sommacampagna were originally identified at the end of the 19th century it is only very recently that these have become officially recognised these crus are subject to lower yields with longer maturation and must be approved in a blind tasting by a panel of judges after several years of behind-the-scenes work between the Consorzio and consultant Angelo Peretti the Chiaretto rosés of Bardolino began transitioning from the traditional dark pink style – a by-product of red wine production where a portion of juice was run off to increase the skin/must ratio – to much paler This is more than just a change in aesthetic: Chiaretto is a separate DOC as of the 2018 vintage and the quality of the wine clearly benefits from grapes being grown harvested and fermented with Chiaretto in mind The reduction in skin contact helps to bring more elegance and aromatics and the result is a new style that – whether producers like it or not – can be compared with those from Provence this cru is situated in the southeast part of Bardolino It is the warmest of the three subzones and also the wettest this cru lies on the eastern shores of Lake Garda The soils here are fine and the terrain is hilly this cru lies at the northeast of the Bardolino area vineyards are on average at higher altitudes here.