Where to eat
Where to eat for DoctorWine and its team. The restaurants, trattorias, taverns but also pizzerias and bistros where in addition to eating very well we also devote special attention to the wine list. We do not give scores or ratings but suggestions on places where we had a good time.
Badrutt’s Palace. Interview with head sommelier Cristina Iuculano
The young Italian sommelier heads the incredible cellar of the 5-star St.Moritz hotel: 30 thousand bottles for more than 1,800 labels for 11 restaurants, 2 bars and a Club. Class of 1990, grew up in Milazzo in a international family,...
The new food and wine season at the Palace in St. Moritz
Badrutt's Palace in Saint Moritz has opened its new winter season. A dream hotel where everything becomes possible but, above all, where to live a unique food and wine experience in terms of quality and offerings. A dream castle, overlooking...
Brace e Gusto in Rome
An all-Calabrian restaurant, from the ownership to the raw materials, which in fact come from a family farm in the province of Cosenza. Protagonist is the large grill that is always lit, for spot-on cooking of meat (especially) and vegetables....
Quality always and first, even in yeasts
Word of Nicola Noschese, a yeast maker by profession, who reminds us of the central role of yeast in traditional Italian desserts, first and foremost Christmas desserts. Christmas and Easter are so-called holy days. In addition to bringing families together,...
Basalto, here is the new gourmet restaurant in Catania
New opening: Palazzo Sangiorgio, a newly opened five-star luxury hotel in the heart of Catania's historic center, holds a precious gourmet corner with street-level entrance and open to all. In Catania’s ancient Civita district, amid ancient noble palaces of black...
Winelivery Bar-Enoteca opens in Andria
New opening: And after Trani, Puglia hosts the second Bar-Enoteca of Winelivery, The App for Drinking! In the heart of Andria, in the heart of the movida, rises the new landmark for lovers of wine and gastronomic innovation. Last week...
New openings: December 2023
The positive trend of new business registrations in the restaurant industry continues, although there is still a very high number of terminations. The regions with the highest number of companies with new table service born as of October 2022 are...
In the heart of Florence opens Strozzi Bistrò
New opening: Strozzi Bistrò: the beginning of a new journey between art and taste. Inside Palazzo Strozzi, a culinary experience between artistic contaminations and signature design. Combining art, taste and design in one space in the heart of Florence, the...
Rebel and Rascasse, the club with a cosmopolitan soul in downtown Treviglio
New opening: Contemporary cuisine, natural wines, seasonal cocktails and craft beer: Rebel and Rascasse brings a fresh, smart concept to Treviglio. Rebel and Rascasse was born as a union of two worlds, that of natural wine and that of craft...
Lay Court: the new spin off of Ginger.
New opening: Corte Laica: an 18th-century palace in the heart of Rome on Via del Corso welcomes healthy and tasty food with a deep green footprint. Rome is such a vast and fascinating city that you never stop discovering it....
Ruspantino – Skewering and Cooking
New opening: For Roast Chicken Day, Ruspantino's chicken arrives in Rome. And who can think about it....resta without it! A naming that refers to the main dish of the proposal – chicken – and its genuineness, also drawing inspiration from...
In Milan, Viviana Varese and Ritu Dalmia inaugurate POLPO.
New opening: In Milan, Viviana Varese and Ritu Dalmia open POLPO, a lively "Simply Fish" trattoria bar: the waterfront at 9 Via Melzo with a popular style that focuses on high-quality raw materials. On one of Milan’s busiest streets, chef...
Hiromi – La Maison: in Rome for an experiential trip to Japan
This is custom heading element In October 2018, Hiromi Cake lands in Rome to bring the art of Japanese pastry to the capital. After 5 years and other openings between Rome and Milan, Hiromi Cake expands into a new project,...
New Openings – September 2023
The positive trend of new business registrations in the restaurant industry continues, although there is still a very high number of terminations. The regions with the highest number of enterprises with new table service born as of October 2022 are...
ISi Bistrot Genova Concept arrives in Cargnano
New opening: In collaboration with Isotta Alzona, Ivano Ricchebono announces what will be an unmissable gastronomic destination featuring him. There are those who know him from the show “It’s Always Noon,” those who when in Genoa can’t help but stop...
Barberé arrives in Modena
New opening: Scheduled for Sept. 14 is the 18th opening of Berberè-the live sourdough pizza brand-this time coming to the historic center of Modena. Berberé, among the best pizzerias in Italy in the Gambero Rosso Guide and at the 4th...
Rivoire in Milan, new season with taste
New opening: The new flagship store of the historic Florentine café opens Tuesday, Sept. 12, in the heart of Brera. From breakfast to aperitif to dinner, masterful flavors in an environment where you can immerse yourself in Renaissance and neoclassical...
Vespero, sea food Salivoli culture
Restaurant in Piombino between stars and planets. A place of haunting beauty, the hall and veranda for a bright reception, knowledgeable and friendly staff. It happens sometimes to talk about the location before even the gastronomic offerings of a restaurant....
Osteria degli Spiriti, a must stop in Lecce
A place that combines typicality in the kitchen and sophistication in the cellar, thanks to the resourcefulness of Tiziana Parlangeli and her husband Piero Merazzi, at the helm of this family business. With a well-kept environment, vaulted ceiling made of...
Allegrìo, pizza and more
Among the best addresses for pizza in Rome, in the iconic Via Veneto, among art installations, bar counter and an extensive wine list. It’s an original and creative concept Allegrìo, the place where the pizza is made by Campania’s star...
Il Borgo di Colognole Restaurant
In the heart of Rufina, at Fattoria di Colognole, Chef Orlando Jordan and his wife Ana D’Andrea offer simple, traditional cuisine with creative touches due to the chefs’ different origins, he from Veneto, she from Brazil. We are in the...
Chef change at Amà, forward Luigi Chirico
The Masseria Amastuola restaurant in Puglia opens its doors to a new chef, Luigi Chirico, whose credo is to enhance his homeland and what the land offers. Luigi Chirico is the new executive chef at Amà, the restaurant at Masseria Amastuola in...
Chincheria Gourmet Naples
A successful format, part butcher shop and part restaurant. As some trendy PR people would say, an unforgettable “meat experience.” It starts in 2016 from Vairano Patenora, in the province of Caserta, the Chiancheria project and before even setting foot in the...
‘A Figlia do Marenaro in Naples
Assunta Pacifico is the pop soul, as well as owner, of the restaurant 'A Figlia do Marenaro. A true Neapolitan institution that counts a crowd of fans for its mussel soup. Prepared according to the most ancient Neapolitan tradition, and...
Ineo and the new Roman “dolce vita”
Ineo, means new beginning and it is from the heart that the Eternal City finally relives the atmosphere of the much-loved Roman “dolce vita.” At the helm of the restaurant, chef Heros De Agostinis combines aromas, scents and spices from...
La Commendina, the true tradition of Arezzo
A place just the way we like them, simple, with traditional regional cuisine done to perfection, with the freshest, zero-mile raw materials. There is no shortage of excellent wine selection, which makes everything more enjoyable. Just a stone’s throw from...
Ristorante La Campana in Rome
Open continuously for more than 500 years, this restaurant just a stone’s throw from the Pantheon will delight you with authentic Roman cuisine, solid and home-style. This statement of mine may seem strange to some, but although I am not...
Armare and Roman seafood cousine
Stefano Callegari and Perla Ambrosetti bring the sea to the center of Rome with solid, traditional cuisine packed with seasoning. If you are for tofu-and-salad Zen cuisine turn away. Here the helm points straight to the heart and is for...
Punto Nave, the restaurant of Testa brothers
A flagship of Campania’s seafood cuisine, where the undisputed quality of the raw material goes hand in hand with the care of the surroundings and the professionalism of the service. It all began 30 years ago when the Testa brothers,...
Matricianella, at the heart of Roman tradition
Here is a place in the heart of Rome where you can eat excellent traditional Roman cuisine in the right atmosphere and with the right service. In Rome, in the very center that matters, in a narrow alley near the Spanish...