Tenuta San Leonardo boasts a wine-producing history that goes back over 1,000 years, beginning when the Frati Crociferi (a religious order) practiced winemaking, supplying the Austro-Hungarian court at Vienna. In the 1700s, the Gresti family purchased the estate, and then, over 100 years later, they joined with the Marchesi Guerrieri Gonzaga family...

Chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson and sommelier Bobby Stuckey, the founding team from Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder, Colorado, have more to celebrate on top of another James Beard award–the release of their new cookbook: "Friuli Food and Wine: Frasca Cooking from Northern Italy's Mountains, Vineyards and Seaside." Written with acclaimed food write...

The Italian Riviera, stretching from the French border to Tuscany, is one of summer’s great destinations, with miles of striking shoreline, chic resorts, coastal restaurants and cocktail bars overlooking the sea, where you can enjoy mesmerizing waterfronts with a colorful, cooling drink in hand. If travel to Italy is out of reach at present, you ca...

Il Sottosegretario Scalfarotto ha avuto oggi un colloquio telefonico con il Deputy United States Trade Representative (USTR) Jeffrey Gerrish sul tema delle relazioni commerciali transatlantiche ed in particolare sulla questione della revisione periodica del regime di dazi che gli Stati Uniti hanno facoltà di imporre a seguito della sentenza dell’OM...

Join us on Monday, August 3 (9 a.m. CST/4 p.m. CET) as we introduce you to the founders of our new partner: GrapeIn, a new and innovative online platform that connects small and mid-sized wineries directly with U.S. distributors who are looking for new products to sell. Register Here The event is the first in a series leading up to our first ever v...

United Vines, a new project founded by Eli and Jake Rallo, partnered with Isabella Oddero of Piemonte, Italy, to produce a wine that raises money for social justice charities. The idea behind United Vines is to use society's love for wine to bring people together to fight for equality for all. The proceeds of every purchased bottle of United Vines...

Everyone has heard of the ice cream truck and you may have also heard of the cannoli cart,(video for cannoli cart is here) but here comes the Prosecco Van! This London based company tours the UK and has expanded to the US selling Italian prosecco on tap. If you’re hosting a party, wedding or any kind of event, this is a special treat for your guest...

In the 1970s, as America was mired in the aftermath of war, civil unrest and a scandal that brought down a president, the paranoid thriller became a thriving film genre unto itself. Movies like The Parallax View, Klute, All the President’s Men and Three Days of the Condor captured the attention of a country on edge.  In the middle of the decade, co...

 Disaronno International has announced that Colangelo & Partners, a fine wine, spirits and food-focused integrated communications agency, will be its agency of record in the United States for the company's imported portfolio from Sicily: the Duca di Salaparuta Group (Corvo, Duca di Salaparuta and Florio Marsala), to develop and execute a comprehens...

The star grape in Italy’s northern Piedmont is nebbiolo, named for the misty fog that drifts over the hills at harvest time, when aromas of white truffles and fermenting wine fill the air. It’s the Italian equivalent to Burgundy’s pinot noir, as important to the region as cabernet is to Napa Valley. Nebbiolo is a tricky grape, thin-skinned and diff...