Exploring Italian Wine One Grape at a Time
The presentation of the Guide dell’Espresso, i.e. the wine and food guides published by the Italian weekly magazine L’Espresso, took place as usual at Stazione Leopolda in Florence last Thursday. The best restaurants and wines in Italy are awarded and entered into the guide books. The rating system and the look of the guide books … Read more
Already a couple of years ago, at the yearly Anteprima (sneak peek) of the Consorzio Vino Chianti in Tuscany, I tasted the wines of Daniele Rosti at Campochiarenti. And from the beginning, I really liked and enjoyed tasting his Chianti Colli Senesi wines. We were also following each other on Twitter. Then a year ago … Read more
On Tuesday, October 11th 2016, my guests on the Wines Of Italy Livestream were Federica and Gianluca Cabrini from Tenuta Belvedere in Montecalvo Versiggia, in the province of Pavia, Lombardy. This winery is situated in the Oltrepò Pavese wine district in Lombardy. They produce a sparkling wine, m’Ami Spumante Extra Brut, made with pinot noir and produced using the metodo classico, i.e., the Champagne … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, I was invited by my friend Patrizia Cantini to an event organized by Aset Toscana (Associazione EnogastroAgroAlimentare Toscana). There were two points on the agenda for the evening: to hand over the Kyle Phillips 2016 award and to award a selection of the, according to Aset, eight best schiacciate in … Read more