Exploring Italian Wine One Grape at a Time
So this is Christmas…. While I was thinking about a Christmas theme to write about a couple of weeks ago, I realized it would be more fun to ask some wine writer and sommelier friends to tell their Christmas stories. As I am focused on Italian wine, I thus asked them to talk about their … Read more
WinesOfItaly LiveStream with Valentino Ciarla as guest At WinesOfItaly LiveStream on November 15th, my guest was oenologist Valentino Ciarla. Valentino comes from a family in Lazio with a long tradition of vine growing and winemaking. He studied oenology at the University of Florence and then worked throughout Italy and abroad, including in South Africa and … Read more
The event Vino é by Fisar (Federazione Italiana Sommelier Albergatori e Ristoratori) took place a month ago by now at the Stazione Leopolda in the center of Florence. This was the first edition of Vino è and it was organized in association with the annual congress of Fisar. The idea was to innovate and open … Read more
Some week ago, the consortium of Chianti Classico presented a new initiative with tartufo bianco (white truffle) going on right in these days. This year, as most of you might know, Chianti Classico is celebrating 300 years of grand history. It was in 1716 that Grand Duke Cosimo III of Medici made a public announcement … Read more
Here I am, this is me…as Bryan Adams sings. This is the first article in my new Wine&Social series on my blog, where I will write about how to use social media in the wine world. However, this is not at all about me, but about YOU. The idea of creating a Wine&Social section came to me over the … Read more