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Again origin or process: what really defines a wine’s identity?

Daniele Cernilli
The link between a wine and its origin is the foundation of its identity. The recognizability of a wine comes primarily from its terroir, soils, climate and grape varieties. That is why personal taste can never override the analysis of...
GourmetRecipe of the Week

Late radicchio and Monte Veronese risotto

Stefania Vinciguerra
The scent of autumn in a dish: risotto with late radicchio and Monte Veronese. In the glass, the Valpolicella Ca’ Fiui 2023 Corte Sant’Alda, harmonious and velvety, completing the picture with balance and freshness. Late radicchio risotto is a classic...
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Paternoster: 100 years of Vulture. A shooting star?

Riccardo Viscardi
One hundred years of Paternoster: between the myth of Aglianico del Vulture, the new course dictated by the Tommasi family with Barone Rotondo 2020 and the recovery of an ancient snowfield, of great archaeological, social and geological value. Riccardo Viscardi...
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Roggiano: quality meets solidarity

Rosanna Ferraro
Beautiful wine stories: Cantina Vignaioli Morellino di Scansano launches a limited edition of its flagship wine Roggiano to support SKEEP, an association that promotes sports and inclusion in Grosseto. A special edition for a special project La Cantina Vignaioli Morellino...
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Burgundy drinking: Premier Cru of Chablis

Vinogodi
From the typical Kimmeridgian soils of Chablis come pure, taut, saline wines. Vinogodi presents us with six unique interpretations of Chardonnay, between freshness, complexity and mineral memory. The elegance of stone and time. Drinking a Chablis is like sipping a...
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Anachronistic Brunello. Daniele Cernilli reflects on criticism

Daniele Cernilli
A young critic calls Brunello di Montalcino wines from the southern area, from Sesta to Sant’Angelo in Colle, “anachronistic,” accusing them of being too alcoholic and full-bodied. But wine, like art, should be interpreted, not bent to the taste of...
GourmetRecipe of the Week

Pumpkin gnocchi with hazelnut butter, macaroons and Bitto cheese

Editorial Staff
We pair this seasonal recipe with pumpkin with Chianti Rùfina Riserva Terrælectæ Vigneto Lastricato 2020 Castello del Trebbio, which perfectly balances the sweetness of the pumpkin and macaroons, the toastiness of the hazelnut butter, and the savoriness and persistence of...
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Confcooperative: focus on promotion and innovation

Editorial Staff
Relaunching the competitiveness of Italian wine: promotion, innovation and conscious consumption for the future of the CAP post 2027. Confcooperative debates the future of wine at the conference organized in Rome in the presence of Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida. The...
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Pumpkin risotto and goat blue fondue

Editorial Staff
Chef Francesco Sodano, executive chef of the Riviera restaurant on Lake Garda and the Famiglia Rana* restaurant in Verona, offers a very tasty version of the classic pumpkin risotto. We pair it with Trentodoc Riserva 1673 Cesarini Sforza Spumanti. This...
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Caps, Heels and Miracles

Daniele Cernilli
This is the title of a booklet written by Maddalena Mazzeschi, a professional in the field of communication, public relations and marketing, which collects memories, anecdotes and stories from forty years of experience in this world. I know Maddalena Mazzeschi...