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Written on June 23 2022. Posted in Wine Event, Wine news, Wine tourism.

Trentino: the first wine region with an official sustainability annual report

The Trentino wine consortium is the first Italian regional territorial organization to adopt an official annual sustainability report. 5,667 Trentino grape-producing wineries have followed this challenging...

Written on June 6 2022. Posted in Italian products.

The natural rhythm of beauty: telling about living materials, such as wine, or… wood

I went in person to visit that triangle of hills and vineyards on the border with Slovenia to observe, to know, to smell, to touch in the true sense of the word the materials, the people, the inspiration...

Written on April 26 2022. Posted in Wine news.

Wine competitions, medals and numbers: do they take away the pleasure of discovery?

In fact, I believe a good part of the pleasure for a wine lover is in the phase of research, discovery, investigation. Being curious about a new grape, looking for its history, discovering the producers...

Written on March 22 2022. Posted in Wine Event.

Wine events’ F.O.M.O, how to fight the anxiety of missing out and select the best to attend

The anxiety of missing an event does not only concern companies or business opportunities, but also those who attend wine events for pleasure, for passion, perhaps exploring the idea of making it a...

Written on March 9 2022. Posted in Wine news.

Implementing anti sexism courses in Italy, my proposal to the Minister for Equal Opportunities

I started dealing with gender gaps, discrimination and sexism one day in mid-January 2020 when I decided that I didn’t want to put up with it anymore, that I didn’t want to “be superior”,...

Written on November 12 2021. Posted in Wine Story, Wine tourism.

Moscato d’Asti Docg: prejudices at home, success in the U.S., the search for quality

Moscato is one of the most "bullied" grape varieties at home, in Italy, and one of the most exported in the world, especially in the States where the most appreciated version is the low-alcohol, sugary...

Written on November 7 2021. Posted in Wine Event, Wine news, Wine Tasting.

Wine is more than natural: the creative genius of Hans Terzer and the new Appius

Wine is the result of the magical combination of many elements: nature, vine, terroir, but there is a factor which is too often considered as secondary, in particular in this latest fashion of "natural"...

Written on October 22 2021. Posted in Italian products, Wine Event, Wine Story, Wine Tasting, Wine tourism.

The first prototype of a biogas tractor for Fontanafredda’s first “green” Barolo

A noble wine, a historic cru, from organic grapes, and produced with the help of an innovative zero-emission tractor. It will be Barolo Vigna La Rosa, Fontanafredda, 2021, a vintage destined to make...

Written on April 11 2021. Posted in Wine Story, Wine Tasting, Wine tourism.

How are artisanal wine corks made? Inside a cork factory in Sardinia

How an artisanal wine cork is made from the tree to the final product: visiting a cork factory in Sardinia, Italy.

Written on March 18 2021. Posted in Italian products, Wine Story, Wine Tasting, Wine tourism.

Albarossa, Piedmont’s undiscovered red wine star

An evocative name, a fascinating history and a wine with great potential: Albarossa has all the elements for success. The vine was created in 1938 by Prof. Giovanni Dalmasso, one of the noble fathers...

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