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Uncover the people, places, and traditions behind Tuscany’s winemaking soul. Every bottle holds a story — rooted in heritage, shaped by passion, and shared through generations.
The story of how the black rooster –Gallo Nero– became the Chianti Military League’s symbol is the stuff of Medieval legends involving knights and longstanding rivalries, the traces of which adorn the ceiling of Florence’s emblematic Palazzo Vecchio. How today’s…
Just a few more days in the vineyard and then all the work of the wine makers will move into the cellar. Almost every winery is now in … fermentation. What mystery surrounds this first moment of the best italian…
“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…
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…
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…
Dive into a small pool to swim in a big sea. If you love good wine, you know that to appreciate this liquid and mysterious creature it takes one last important step that will take him from the depths of…
The wine is sacred… even for the uninitiated. Many religious rituals have wine as the protagonist, but it is sacred even for those without a religion: it shows us something important to remember and preserve: the harmonious union between the…
