Wine

Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati |
Wine – a lot of it – to discover, to smell, to taste: the occasion is Vinum, the festival celebrating the wines of Langhe and Roero taking place in Alba (…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati |
Vinitaly - the world's top exhibition in the wine sector – begins tomorrow, April 6, in Verona and continues until April 9. This year’s edition has already set…
Food & Drink
by Vincent de Rossi |
Sometimes too much of a good thing can turn out to be a bad thing. In the 1970s and 1980s, Lambrusco was selling like, well, only easy-drinking fizzy red wine…
Food & Drink
by Vincent de Rossi |
As a wine aficionado, I am always faced with a restaurant choice dilemma. On the one hand, I love to go to restaurants that have a wide and varied wine cellar…
Food & Drink
by Vincent de Rossi |
Last week, I was researching Chianti wines and delving into the finer details of the distinctions between “plain” Chianti wine and Chianti Classico for an…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati |
Who would have guessed that the country with the highest consumption of wine is the Vatican. According to a study released by the California Wine Institute,…
Food & Drink
by Vincent de Rossi |
Let’s face it, the name “Gewürztraminer” does not necessarily instantly evoke the idea of a fine Italian wine. However, Gewürztraminer, which literally…
Food & Drink
by Vincent de Rossi |
In last week’s column we talked about the Super Tuscans. Complicated, expensive wines that, at times, require years to reach their full potential and with…
Food & Drink
by Vincent de Rossi |
Take one aspiring wine buff, a country with arguably the richest wine tradition in the world (we are allowed to be biased here), 20 wine regions (with numerous…
Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati |
A consortium to boost the production of Sciacchetrà, the exquisite sweet wine typical of the Cinque Terre, was recently established in Manarola. Fifteen local…