Wine Culture & Stories

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 Racking: 50 shades of… red!

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 vine and Caravaggio: the clever use of light

“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…

The bunch is a baby to look carefully

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,…

Cupid, wine cork and pleasure of life

  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…

The art of living is in wine and grapes.

  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 glass of wine

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…

An ancient ritual: to tie the vine

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…