The DOC Vicenza and Colli Berici has been able to earn great international recognition with its top red wines, the Bordeaux type blends, and the reds in purity, with the red Tai in the lead. Here are the best wineries.  Read more

Veneto Places

The town of Barolo, in the heart of the Langhe area, is one of the few centers that can boast the production of the wine of the same name, a true treasure of this corner of Italy and one of the best known Italian wines in the world.  Read more

Piedmont Places

The Trans-Siberian of Italy, up to the village of apples to discover the most authentic Apennines. Here is the Apple Festival in Castel del Giudice (IS), with the best organic and natural producers of Molise and Abruzzo.  Read more

Abruzzo Places

It's time for foliage: Asiago is dressed in autumn colors and scents, and its mountains are transformed into one of the most fascinating places in Italy. There are many trekking routes to go along the paths of the plateau.  Read more

Veneto Places

The Garda is the only Italian area among the top ten wine destinations in the world of 2019 according to Wine Enthusiast. The American newspaper rewards the Garda region thanks to its wine and landscape and the Bardolino Chiaretto is listed as one of the best rosés in Italy  Read more

From October 12th to 14th 2018, "Hostaria - the wine festival" will get to Verona with over 200 wines, cellars and sybolerie between art, culture and entertainment. The historic center becomes a meeting place in a magical atmosphere: a new gastronomic and cultural itinerary, from the Arsenale Gardens to the funicular of Castel San Pietro, through the streets and squares of the city  Read more

Over the weekend of 21 and 22 January 2017, Siena hosts the exhibition Wine & Siena, event signed by the creators of the Merano Wine Festival for the enhancement of the terroir and wine excellence that will involve more than 200 producers selected for tastings in prestigious medieval location.  Read more

The unusual combinations with traditional pastries do not surprise so much any more, but the use of balsamic vinegar, one of the jewels of flowers Made in Italy Gourmet, in the traditional Christmas cake par excellence, the cake, it really is an unusual choice. The goddess is the 24 year-old pastry chef from Modena Ivan D'Avino, who used it for his "Dark Balsamic."  Read more

Music and wine, two worlds that speak a language without geographies: the taste and sound; two elements that be created socialization and conviviality building new links, discussions and stimulating social and cultural life.  Read more

The Easter weekend is coming, doves and chocolate eggs will be the protagonists. The question is "how we can exalt the aromas and taste of these Easter cakes?!" With a sweet Italian wine quality! Italy, from north to south has a range of regional wines wide, even among the suitable wines to accompany the sweetness of the party. In this context, without wanting to hurt the dozens of regional productions of sweet and sparkling wines, we want to give you some small indication to best enjoy the conclusion of the Easter lunch.  Read more

The White Asparagus Nobile of Verona until the seventies was cultivated in the valley  of Alpone; to extend to the vineyards that produced The Bianco of Soave DOC, then the valley was abandoned to move and direct the production further south in the town of Arcola, where soils were much more suitable land is very sandy, deep and with a freshness such as to permit the birth of this white bud as it is grown away from sunlight so as to stop the natural photosynthesis.  Read more

Food and wine tourism is combined increasingly with physical movement, be it on foot, by bike, or hybrid forms such as bicycle routes and boat that joins with the discovery of the open cellars, in the ancient and fascinating world of wine production, its history, its trade and its tradition.  Read more

The phenomenon of micro-production of Craft Beer in Italy continues its apparently unstoppable growth and multiply accordingly organized events to enjoy it, and also there are many courses to teach how to appreciate it.  Read more

The Cantina Dal Maso Selva di Montebello, the center of the area of the classic Gambellara Doc, has organized an event to celebrate their relationship between the land on which for 150 years the wines of the family, the culinary culture and the history of Vicenza.  Read more

Monteforte d'Alpone is a small town in the province of Verona, yet it's a record holder: it's the Italian town with the highest proportion of land used for vines. Besides this significant record, and the beauty of the landscapes of the Lessinian Dolomites, there is certainly another good reason to visit this place: you can buy the Soave Classico DOC at unbeatable prices, still keeping an excellent quality level, at the Cantina di Monteforte d'Alpone store.  Read more

Time, tradition and passion are three ingredients that are a must in a great wine and they are all very present in Vin Santo Gambellara Classico DOC 2003 the farm Dal Maso Selva di Montebello presented for the first time in over 11 years of harvest.  Read more

The Lugana Doc is having a great commercial success, it has become one of the most Italian white wines  "fashionable". I would like to share some of its recent history. I'd like to start from a common trait with Lessini Durello, to which I dedicated a recent post. Both of varieties with a great acidity that made them very difficul. The challenge that was generated was to believe in their potential to create wine "smoothen" adaptable to current taste.  Read more

As part of the 45th Festival of Wines D.O.C. Gambellara, Selva di Montebello, the Committee decided to dedicate this edition to an evening of Durello in its expression of sparkling wine. The "staging" of a process to determine which of the territory included in the province of Vicenza and the slope of the Veronese, can claim the best expression of this grape eminently native was an opportunity to explore the history and characteristics of one of the wines emerging into the great selection of Italian sparkling wines.  Read more