Hello I had a chat with Sandra about Franciacorta and the Tenuta Martinelli winery. Sandra is a beautiful person that I will introduce better shortly; also because I will involve her more often in our wine discussions. Sandra is an excellent sommelier and the owner, together with her husband Fabrizio, of the La Nicchia wine […]
Hello everyone! Today we talk about the corks; what they are made of and which are the choices of wine producers. What is cork? The cork is an elastic material obtained from the bark of the cork tree, an evergreen that has a large and porous bark and small oval leaves. The cork tree is […]
Hello, today I’m stealing some space from Elisa to tell you a little about myself! I am Monica, the other half of this adventure. I began to appreciate wine late. I have always wondered why and I realized that it is my uncle’s fault (sorry uncle Severino !!!) … like many elderly people in this […]
Today I give you the good morning from Etna. One of the best ways to visti and get to know this evocative and magical place is to jump on one of the vintage carriages of the more than one hundred year old railway line CircumEtnea. Wine route The panorama that you can witness walking […]
Hello everyone! Today I want to make you dream a little …. the famous night of San Lorenzo is approaching, in fact, between the 9th and the 10th of August every year we can admire the shooting stars, visible to the naked eye and express our wishes. You just need to look at a dark […]
Hello everyone! Today, is Halloween a celebration of Celtic origin very popular in the United States and now spread to many countries around the world. The ward Halloween Halloween comes from the Scottish word All Hallows’ Eve which means “eve of all sacred spirits”, that is the eve of All Saints. I think you know […]
Hi, today we talk about the history of Prosecco… The first historical recording Prosecco dates back to Pio the Elder in the 20 BC; in fact it seems that the wife of the emperor Augustus, the empress Livia, always had a jug of Prosecco at the table because she was convinced this wine had medicinal […]
After tidying up the various denominations of Prosecco, many of you might be wondering but … How is Prosecco made? The sparkling of the wine is made with the Martinotti method (the autoclave) and there is an official specification that defines all the steps in a very detailed way. There is a supervisory commission that has […]
Prosecco is undoubtedly one of the most consumed Italian wines in the world; everyone loves it but there is also a lot of confusion. For many, Prosecco is made only in Valodobbiadene, for others it must be produced in Friuli Venezia Giulia. Many do not understand the difference between DOC and DOCG and when it […]
With the arrival of September we officially entered the grape harvesting period. Let’s find out about this practice together. The Harvest is the term used to refer to the process of harvesting the grapes destined for winemaking. The right time for harvesting is when the grape reaches the right degree of ripeness. The “good” periods […]
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