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Paul Caputo

Paul Caputo is a UK based wine writer, judge and critic, contributing to publications such as Forbes, Food & Wine and Decanter Magazine. He is also the founder of Vinorandum, a large review site and digital fine wine resoruce. He is a VinItaly International Academy Ambassador and key note speaker at events such as Wine2Wine. He previously ran an online wine merchant and successful pop up wine bar. In 2020 he won a Millesima Award for his writing and is currently working on a Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide to Tuscany, to be published by Academie du Vin in 2025.

Paul Caputo
Paul Caputo

Paul Caputo is an award winning UK wine writer, critic and media entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in the wine business. Starting his career as a specialist importer of boutique Italian wines for a high net worth private client list, he continued to develop his business online and ultimately into a city centre wine bar and retail unit. During this time Paul wrote for specialised wine and lifestyle publications, producing regular columns for print and digital. In 2008 he collaborated with an oenologist to produce his own Aglianico del Vulture red wine which was distributed in the UK.

In 2014 he co-authored a published guide to the Wines of North Macedonia. He judged in numerous OIV wine competitions in Europe, including IWSC, Mundus Vini, Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, Bucharest Wine Competition, Citadelles du Vin, Concorso de Vermentino, a number of winemaker technical panels in Bulgaria and Serbia. Paul was also a panel chairman for successive years at 5 Star Wines in Verona.

He has also been a guest speaker twice at Wine2Wine, a well known wine business marketing conference, as well as in the Balkans on subjects such as the development of wine tourism. Over time Paul developed a specialism for Italian and Balkan wines. He completed the notoriously difficult Italian wine Ambassador exam with the VinItaly International Academy. He collaborated with The Buyer to produce The Italian Job podcast with Richard Siddle. He has won a Millesima award and a Hungarian Wine Writing award for his writing. He has participated in around 150 press trips and been invited on many more.

In recent years, he has chosen to focus on Vinorandum, a large wine scale technology project that provides in depth guides and reports on wine regions, grapes and producers. This project is now venturing into wine tourism with a new (in beta) project called Wine Cities, essentially providing information and recommendations for focused wine travel experiences. As a critic, Paul tastes and scores wines using the 100 point system and is particularly recognised and respected in Italy with producers frequently using his scores as an important part of their sales engine. In 2023 he became an ambassador of Orvieto DOC in Central Italy. Paul is considered one of the wine trade’s next-generation writers and communicators.



Paul's recent articles



An introduction to the fresh wines of Sta. Rita Hills AVA

An introduction to the fresh wines of Sta. Rita Hills AVA

Enthusiast

Not far from Santa Barbara is the Sta. Rita Hills appellation, home to some outstanding cool climate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. With Burgundy set t...

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By Paul Caputo on 14 Apr 2025
How to build a vodka brand in 2025

How to build a vodka brand in 2025

Enthusiast

X MUSE continues to develop as an aspirational brand in the luxury vodka market. Founders Robert Wilson and Vadim Grigorian contemplate what’s be...

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By Paul Caputo on 08 Apr 2025
Masters of Aglianico

Masters of Aglianico

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Now that producers are reducing the amount of oak they use and pursuing terroir-first wines, the different personalities of Southern Italy’s key ...

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By Paul Caputo on 19 Feb 2025
Vernaccia di San Gimignano has turned the corner

Vernaccia di San Gimignano has turned the corner

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Producers of Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG are slowly but surely shaking off a reputation for bland and insipid wines. The combination of attract...

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By Paul Caputo on 03 Feb 2025
Heroic viticulture in the hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene

Heroic viticulture in the hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene

Public

Paul Caputo looks at the growing interest around single vineyard Prosecco and contemplates the significance of heroic viticulture. How important is...

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By Paul Caputo on 03 Jan 2025
100 years of Moulin-a-Vent and its pursuit of Premier Crus

100 years of Moulin-a-Vent and its pursuit of Premier Crus

Enthusiast

As growers celebrate 100 years of the demarcation of Moulin a Vent's vineyards, it looks forward to a more Burgundian approach to classifying its b...

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By Paul Caputo on 16 Dec 2024
Old Soave - the gift that keeps on giving...

Old Soave - the gift that keeps on giving...

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Something has happened to Soave in the last decade. It seems to have gone from being one of the most uninspiring names in wine to one of the most s...

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By Paul Caputo on 27 Nov 2024
Some thoughts on the Gurjaani Wine Festival in Kakheti, Georgia

Some thoughts on the Gurjaani Wine Festival in Kakheti, Georgia

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The Gurjaani Wine Festival in Georgia has become one of the biggest cultural and gastronomic events in the country. Here are a few reflections on P...

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By Paul Caputo on 16 Nov 2024

Paul's recently tasted wines

Campania IGP

Monserrato 1973 , Campania, Italy

Falanghina Beneventana (50%)Fiano (50%)

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Scored and reviewed by Caputo on 25/04/2025

Paestum IGP "Calpazio"

Azienda Agricola San Salvatore , Campania, Italy

Greco (100%)

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Scored and reviewed by Caputo on 25/04/2025

Cirò DOC

Tenuta del Conte , Calabria, Italy

Greco Bianco (100%)

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Scored and reviewed by Caputo on 24/04/2025

Sicilia DOC

Donnafugata , Sicily, Italy

Grillo (100%)

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Scored and reviewed by Caputo on 24/04/2025

Fiano di Avellino DOCG

Villa Raiano , Campania, Italy

Fiano (100%)

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Scored and reviewed by Caputo on 05/04/2025

Terre Siciliane IGP

Tenuta di Castellaro , Sicily, Italy

Malvasia di Lipari (100%)

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Scored and reviewed by Caputo on 05/04/2025