Wine Blog

Chianti Classico branded Verrazzano, in the heart of Florence

By Katarina Andersson | April 15, 2015

On Easter Friday, we were a group of friends meeting up in the evening to drink, eat, chat, and hang out in the centre of Florence. We had chosen a quite new and very trendy wine bar in Florence, the Spumantino, owned by Castello di Verrazzano. It is situated beautifully in front of Ponte Vecchio and with a view of the river Arno. You can sip a glass of Verrazzano’s own sparkling wine while watching the sunset over the Arno. So how do wine, Easter, bowties, the Fifth Canto of the Second Circle of Hell in Dante’s Divina Commedia, selfies, and sushi, etc. all go together in one evening? Well, read on to find out more about our evening at this fantastic place in the heart of Florence.

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Tankar kring en skånsk påsk, vår och fotboll (Easter in Sweden, Springtime, and Football)

By Katarina Andersson | April 8, 2015

The blog post this week will not talk much about wine, but it will talk about thoughts around Easter, typical Easter food, springtime and football in the south of Sweden. Guest blogger is Tobias Andersson, my nephew, who will be writing a standing blog post here every month about life in Skåne, the southernmost region of Sweden. Please say hello to him and follow him here. Tobias will write in Swedish, but I will provide a translation in English here.

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Wine, Vikings, and Human to Human, at BeWizard

By Katarina Andersson | March 25, 2015

The title might sound odd to you. So, you all know by now that I am into wine and food, being a Swedish wino, sommelier, and translator in Florence. You might have read some of my posts about wine tastings and local food from Calabria to Lombardy. But what has wine to do with Vikings? You might also wonder what Human to Human and the Bewizard conference is, right? Even to me it was quite unknown concepts until a while ago. 😉 Below it will all be clear to you, just wait and see…

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From Chiantilover to Sicilylover via Fisar in 3 days

By Katarina Andersson | February 21, 2015

From Chiantilover to Sicilylover via Fisar in 3 days. All started last Saturday with the Anteprima of Chianti 2015 in Florence, continued with one of the yearly sommelier lunches with Fisar Firenze at Villa Castiglione, and ended on Monday with a wine tasting at Mercato Centrale in Florence, organized by Heres.

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From Northern England to Lanson Champagne…all in one evening!

By Katarina Andersson | February 3, 2015

From Northern England to Lanson Champagne…all in one evening!
A photo event presenting parts of England followed by Champagne&Bistecca.

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And so this is Christmas…

By Katarina Andersson | December 19, 2014

And so this is Christmas….

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A Taste of Montecucco

By Katarina Andersson | November 23, 2014

A taste of Montecucco at La Divina Enoteca

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The hidden treasures of Calabria

By Katarina Andersson | November 6, 2014

My aim has been for several years, and still is, to walk in the footsteps of Giuseppe Garibaldi on Aspromonte, where one of his main battles took place in 1862; this after having written my Ph.D. in history, partly on the Italian unification and nationalism. So far, I have not … Read more

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Friday Dinner with the Amarone vs. Brunello challenge

By Katarina Andersson | October 25, 2014

For those of you who still have not been to Trattoria Da Burde in via Pistoiese 154, at the outskirts of Florence, you should really try it out. So if you are soon travelling to Florence, you should definitely go to one of their Friday evening dinners, which are always … Read more

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So Emotional… Fisar Best Sommelier of the Year

By Katarina Andersson | October 20, 2014

Coming back to the words in Whitney Houston’s hit song So Emotional from the 1980’s, they are really perfect to describe the feelings during this last weekend at the Fisar Annual Congress in Bologna. The Competition Friday afternoon saw the final in the competition to nominate the Fisar Trofeo Rastal … Read more

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