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Some Italian regions such as Friuli or Trentino, in north of Italy, have already started the traditional 2016 harvest, collecting the Pinot Noir grapes, the Chardonnay and the Pinot Gris; in Tuscany, in the Chianti region there are still 2…
One of the key words for the wine tasting is “decanted”, with its verb: “to decant”. What happens when you decant a wine? The pure action is to transfer the wine from a container, i. e. a bottle, to another,…
“The taste of a food, always reveals the quality of a wine and exalts it. In turn, the qualities of a wine complete the pleasure of a food and spiritualize it.” These are the words of Luigi Veronelli, an expert…
During our wine tasting tour from Florence you can meet in person the owners, the cellar master, the farmers who take care for the vineyards and also the same vine with its character, its needs and also… its whims! These…
If we look at the newborn babies, we realize the eyes of a dull and indefinite color, so it happens to everyone and it happened to us when we were babies! In fact our irises are also composed of melatonin,…
Perhaps it will seem strange to find beneath a headline that says “Cupid” the name of a Benedictine monk, Dom Pierre Pérignon, moreover in these pages about Italian wines, yet this French religious lived between 1600 and 1700 did…
You’re going to give a good glass of wine, you’re in one of the most beautiful and richest in high quality vineyards zones of the Earth, the Chianti wine region in Tuscany: what better time for a tasting? Whether it’s…
In Italy the grapes bring good luck. We use to give it away in fruit baskets at New Year, because folk beliefs say that every grape brings wealth. I wonder if you believe it! In any case, the grape…
In July we are in the middle of the hot season, and in the mid also of the famous “100 days” that are needed to let grape grow and mature. Among ample and shadowing vine leaves you can see the…
