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Il buon vino fa buon sangue, “good wine makes your blood good:” Italians love to say it while pouring another glass of hearty red, often while dining with friends. But where does this popular expression come from and is there any truth in it? According to an article published on the wine blog Wine Shop, this proverb is second in popularity, among w...

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If you have always wanted to know more about the most famous Northern Italy wine regions, keep reading. I’ll give you a brief yet detailed overview of what each of the most famous wine regions has to offer so that you know exactly what to expect. Let’s begin! What are Northern Italy’s most important Wine Regions?Northern Italy has at least four mai...

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There is not only Ferrari Trento, the Lunelli family brand, with 120 years of history behind it, which has been awarded, for the fifth time, the title of “Sparkling Wine Producer of the Year”, with 11 gold medals, at the top of “The Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships 2022”, the most authoritative contest in the world on sparkling wines,...

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Cooking with wine is everything but unusual, especially in Italian cuisine. Many recipes will use it, however very few go above and beyond to explain the science behind it. Today we’re going to take a look at the ways you can use and be creative with wine in the kitchen. Let’s start with the basics… The wine! Whenever you have some spare wine that...

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It is a wine result from the dream of a Procida winemaker, Biagio Lubrano Lavadera, belonging to a long generation of island farmers, who not only wanted to grow grapes, but also to produce and bottle his wine. But the only way has always been to contact a winery on the mainland, given the rules in force. The turning point came thanks to the oenolo...

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The Delaware Valley Italian American Herald is proud to present the First Publisher’s Wine Tasting and Gourmet dinner featuring Count Sebastiano Capponi of Villa Calcinaia in Florence, Italy. The dinner will be held at 6 p.m. Nov. 16 at Margaret Kuo’s Kitchen in the  Promenade at Granite Run in Media, Pa. A Knight of St. Stephen and a medal-holder...

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Unlike many other great grape varieties, Nebbiolo is geographically limited. A handful of very good examples can be found in Baja California and Arizona, but this is a grape whose reputation is firmly rooted in Italy's Piedmont region, where it reaches its peak with Barolo and Barbaresco. These are wines that often evolve over the decades into reds...

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The history behind the family-owned E. & J. Gallo Winery can be likened to the depth and complexity of some of its many products. There was a tell-all book exposing family secrets, a court scandal over cheese, and a real-life family tragedy involving a murder-suicide. The company's battles with the United Farm Workers was on and off for years until...

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Italy is the most beautiful country in the world. For its cities of art, and for its landscapes, often designed by vineyards. And now, also for its wineries. Because the monumental and much-visited Antinori winery in Chianti Classico, an architectural masterpiece signed by Marco Casamonti for the Antinori family, which leads one of the most importa...

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We’re on a food tour with Italian Culinary Adventures. At dusk, we find ourselves skittering along the rural strip of road in the Modena hinterlands in a minivan. The van doesn’t seem so mini on these narrow strips of tarmac winding serpentine around hills. Wine hills. The best hills. I’m about to continue my Lambrusco education, which started year...

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