Wine Pairings

Refine your palate with thoughtful food and wine pairings. From Tuscan classics to modern dishes, discover how the right wine elevates every culinary experience.

Can you drink wine on a low carb diet?

On our Tuscany wine tours, we sometimes meet guests who follow low carb or keto diets. So, the obvious question is: how many carbohydrates are there in wine? It’s a fair question because most wine labels don’t contain that kind…

The best Chianti and Super Tuscan Wines for Charcuterie

Glass of red wine and charcuterie

What is the best wine for charcuterie? As you’ll see, there’s a perfect Chianti or Super Tuscan wine to serve with every type of charcuterie.On our Tuscany wine tours, we often talk about (and taste) the most delicious wine and…

The Best Chianti Wine and Cheese Pairings

A question we’re often asked is which cheeses go well with Chianti. The first thing to know is that cheese is the perfect food to pair with Tuscan wine. The higher fat and protein in cheese balance the tannins in…

How to pair wine and chocolate

How to pair wine and chocolate

Wine and chocolate can be a pair made in heaven.  Of course, our idea of mouth-watering nirvana is a luscious Super Tuscan wine from Chianti paired with silky dark chocolate. But the pairing has to be right to reach this…

Best Red Wines for Cooking

Best cooking wine. You could think you don’t need a good wine for cooking. But it isn’t true at all. The great chefs use the best ingredients in their recipes. Why shouldn’t you? We have to consider a point: good…

Calories in wine

Calories in a bottle of red wine Can you gain weight just drinking wine? It depends. It’s important to know that wine contains calories as every other drink and food. According to the Usda (U.S. Department of Agriculture) calories in…

The right wine with the right food

Wines, food, dance: kill me softly! Once, if you had to make a long trip in a carriage or on horseback, to rest and divide the journey into stages you found on larger and frequented roads the “post houses” where…

A Glass of Red Wine and Tuscan Bread

The “snack in the evening” tradition In Tuscany and Piedmont very old tradition named “sinoira snack”, literally “snack in the evening” still survives. The owners of the land offered the evening snack to the peasants in the periods of more…