Sicily is one of the most visually attractive regions of Italy but lately is becoming equally known for its moderately priced table wines made from indigenous grapes grown in its rich volcanic soils. Our first encounter with Sicilian wines began in the 1970s with the ubiquitous and inexpensive Corvo wine often seen on red-checkered tablecloths in I...
READ MOREI still remember the first glass of Italian wine I drank while in Italy. Only a few days after my arrival in Bologna, I took my first sip in a friend’s small apartment, just a few steps away from Piazza Maggiore, the city’s central square, home to the iconic fountain of Neptune, the Basilica di San Petronio, and plenty of walkers, visitors, and tho...
READ MOREGreat wine within arm’s reach was always a staple in executive chef Joey Maggiore’s family home. Now, the founder of Scottsdale-based family-owned restaurant group, The Maggiore Group, is releasing his own line of wines, appropriately called Chef Joey. Maggiore kicked off the wine line by releasing the first of 12 wines, Chef Joey’s Cabernet Sauvig...
READ MOREFerrari Trento is the Official Sparkling Wine of Formula 1®. Announced globally ahead of the start to the 2021 FIA Formula 1 World Championship, the prestigious three year partnership will see Ferrari Trento's award winning sparkling wine become the official toast of Formula 1® celebrations throughout 2021, and beyond. Formula 1® has appointed Ferr...
READ MOREWomen are influencing the wine landscape all over. Today, they represent more than half of the wine purchases in the US. There has been a transformation in the worldwide wine industry that now sees women occupying prominent roles in every area, from sommelier to importers; from writers to winemakers. Meininger’s Wine Business, an international publ...
READ MOREIt’s fitting – maybe even predestined – that Michael Amigoni would become a vintner. After all his paternal grandfather, Guiseppe “Joseph” Amigoni, produced wine near Milan, Italy, before emigrating to town in the 1920s. Now, the younger Amigoni is carrying on the tradition at his Amigoni Urban Winery in Kansas City, Mo. “I grew up with wine around...
READ MORESat, Mar 6, 2021 at 3:00 PM. Yolan, 403 4th Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37201. More info: https://www.yolannashville.com/events Yolan, the signature Italian restaurant at The Joseph, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Nashville (401 Korean Veterans Boulevard) – has announced a new, monthly wine series that invites guests to explore Italy’s bountiful wine...
READ MOREDisaronno International and parent company ILLVA Saronno S.p.A are excited to announce that Corvo, part of the company’s imported portfolio from Sicily, is debuting a new look and feel for the wines and packaging as well as two new line extensions, reflecting both the deep ties to the island’s winemaking culture and a nod to the present and future....
READ MORE60 years have passed since, in 1961, the first bottle of Pinot Grigio Santa Margherita made its debut on the Italian market. A wine that has made a strong contribution to the knowledge of winemaking Italy all over the world, telling a success story of Made in Italy. Today Pinot Grigio has conquered a solid position in the collective imagination of...
READ MOREPresident’s Day comes with few notable traditions. But a toast of “Philip” Cabernet Sauvignon from the Fonterutoli Estate in Tuscany, Italy is an appropriate option. The namesake, Philip Mazzei, was an illustrious member of an Italian winemaking family that taught Thomas Jefferson, America's second president, the ins and outs of Italian wine over 2...
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