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Written on October 26 2018. Posted in Wine Tasting, Wine tourism.

Not just Port. The new wave of Portuguese viticulture

Not just Port. The new wave of Portuguese viticulture. The new generation of Douro wine producers is trying its best to increase Portuguese wines reputation and quality, choosing indigenous varieties...

Written on October 22 2018. Posted in video, Wine Event, Wine Tasting.

The right tool to be “wine cool”

Holiday’s season is approaching and maybe you are thinking about purchasing a wine tool as a gift for a friend or to treat yourself. Before throwing money in useful, but sometimes cute, stuff, you ca...

Written on October 4 2018. Posted in U.S. wine regions, Wine Story, Wine tourism.

The Cal-Ital Sangiovese

The California wine industry owes a great deal of its present-day success to the hopeful Italian immigrants of the 19th century who brought with them their beloved native vines, true pieces of their...

Written on September 21 2018. Posted in Wine Story, Wine Tasting, Wine tourism.

Bored by fancy wine tasting rooms? Pour yourself a glass of truth at Smith-Madrone’s winery

Reaching Smith-Madrone winery after two days of fancy tastings in the Napa Valley floor has been like seeing an oasi in the middle of the desert. For an Italian wine girl, grew up in Grandpa’s vineyards,...

Written on September 14 2018. Posted in Italian products, Wine Story, Wine Tasting, Wine tourism.

Intricate, contradictory, diverse: Sicily can’t be described, must be experienced

The most difficult part is when you come home and are called to find the words to describe the most complex, multicultural, contradictory region of Italy. And you spend hours staring at the monitor,...

Written on August 23 2018. Posted in Italian products, Wine Story, Wine tourism.

The deep values of the Italian harvest : it’s Vendemmia time!

The harvest season is what I miss the most from my childhood in Italy. Harvesting in the vineyard with all my family, under the instructions of my Grandpa (the wise wine grower) is something that has...

Written on August 16 2018. Posted in U.S. wine regions, Wine Event, Wine Tasting.

When and where wine is not wine…

If I ask you to define the word wine, what would you say? Probably that wine varies from vintage to vintage based on the terroir and characteristics of the grapes each year, but the bottomline is the...

Written on August 13 2018. Posted in Italian products, video, Wine Tasting.

Make it an Italian rosé summer!

When you think rosé, your mind flies immediately to Provence and pale, perfumed, feminine wines. Nothing wrong with it, I love Provence rosé, but I love more exploring and drinking different styles....

Written on August 1 2018. Posted in Wine Event, Wine Tasting.

Organic and Natural wines: let’s clear it up!

When a wine is to be considered "natural"? Is an organic wine a natural wine? If there are natural wines, it means that all the "other wines" are not natural? Many wine lovers ask me these questions...

Written on July 25 2018. Posted in Wine Event, Wine Story.

“We are treasures finders”, this is the mission of a Wine Director

Sommelier tips to compose a wine list. The mission of a wine director is to find new wine treasures for his customers

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In the Loire Valley in seven words

From Ukraine war to Chianti rolling hills: the story of Ines Berezina de Moschetti