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The Italian American Veterans Museum took a leap of faith when it decided to stage its first-ever wine festival, and the outcome was nothing short of spectacular. More than 200 wine lovers converged on the Festival Center at Casa Italia on Sept. 18 for Festival del Vino. The weather was picture perfect and the venue was magically decorated with ban...

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Sipping a chilled Vermentino while overlooking the Ligurian Sea or the Golfo dei Poeti as the sun slides beneath a richly colored horizon is one of the best ways to enjoy the Italian Riviera. This crisp, citrusy white, the flag bearer for the region’s wines, is produced throughout Liguria, both in vineyards clinging to sea-facing cliffs or amid ter...

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It has been another unnerving year in the vineyards of Italy, the current world leader in wine production. The River Po has struggled to remain wet. A glacier collapsed in the Dolomites. The Italian government declared last summer that drought had produced a state of emergency in five northern regions, citing climate change as a culprit. In 2021, e...

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Here in the province of Vicenza, it is vendemmia, or grape harvest in Italy as a whole. It depends on the regions and. the grape variety to be harvested but we can say that September and October really mark the months of vendemmia. There are areas where the harvest begins in mid-August and will end in mid-October or even beyond. But what I want to...

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Umbria: living land, rich in lush nature, unspoilt valleys and paths embraced by olive trees. And not only: large vineyards and ancient villages rich in history and art in which it is worth getting lost at least once in your life. TheUmbria is a land to visit and live, to discover its historical riches but also the food and wine routes that this re...

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A collective brand to tell a territory through its sub-areas, inspired and closely linked to a uniqueness admired all over the world, the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, is one of the most admired mosaics in the world. And it is a mosaic of Sangiovese that the Consortium Vini di Romagna, led by Ruenza Santandrea, wants to tell through the E...

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“All roads lead to Rome” they say, in memory of the imperial lustrums of the Eternal City. In Sardinia, instead, all roads seem to lead… to wine! The Sardinian folkloric and gastronomic tradition is particularly linked to wine, a symbol of cumbidu (invitation) and conviviality, between the sacred and the profane. Just think that about 28,000 hectar...

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Refining Prosecco Doc Trieste in its Gulf, using the experience of a large group such as Serena Wines 1881 and the inspiration of a company from Karst such as Parovel 1898: it is the dream, that came true, by two families of friends historically dedicated to wine production. It is called “Audace”, and it is a journey that from the hills of the Kars...

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What better time to celebrate the Italian culture than during Italian Heritage Month in October. According to U.S. Census statistics, nearly 20 percent of the New Jersey population have some Italian origin with an even larger percentage in rural areas in South Jersey like Hammonton and Vineland. Although the annual Italian festivals in Camden Count...

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Great variety, international or indigenous vines and of course excellent quality: Veneto is a guarantee-and an excellence-when it comes to wine. A fortunate combination of very varied climate and soils, combined with a passion that has ancient origins, make Veneto one of the most productive wine regions in Italy. Here you can find world famous prod...

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