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Articles on the topic of vino.
Wine with Cannabis? A Rock Star Is Working On It.
The use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes is already a reality in several countries around the world, including: Canada, Finland, Italy, Israel, Spain, Portugal, Germany, and the Netherlands. In the United States, both the sale and purchase of cannabis is a federal crime...
Guide: How to Serve Wine, Temperature and More
Using the right temperature for wine is the fundamental rule. The same wine drunk at different temperatures, even with minimal variations of a few degrees, can take on very different characteristics. A classic example is vini passiti, where if you want...
The Ice Cream Forbidden to Minors
What to do when you're tired, exhausted, or simply depressed after a long and intense day? Most of us remedy this problem with alcohol or, more simply (season permitting), with a nice ice cream rich in sugar. Well,...
Guide: The Right Glass for Every Wine
An enthusiastic wine lover, not particularly expert, might find themselves confronted with glasses of various shapes and sizes, feeling lost in a labyrinth. The goal of this issue of our guide is to provide the "Ariadne's thread" and avoid poor choices and/or embarrassing moments with fellow diners...
Lidl French Wines: Really a Bargain?
Tasting: Bourgogne Gamay 2013 Pasquier Desvignes We've already talked about Private Label wines, and in particular about the Assieme Coop wine, as well as having guided you through supermarkets and wine storage with Pasquale Testar...
Guide: How to Open and Serve a Bottle of Wine
Without being a professional Sommelier, opening a bottle of wine of a certain level in front of friends at a dinner party requires a few essential steps that anyone can put into practice. First of all, start thinking ...
Together You Drink Wine and Sell It
Together You Drink Wine and Sell It: Pecorino e Cococciola Tollo We've already discussed the importance of the Private Label market within wine sales in Italy; today however we'll shed more light and go to taste for you...
Vermouth: let's get to know this aromatized wine
Aromatized wines: Vermouth Not everyone knows that the historic Martini has wine as its base ingredient! The product, in fact, if it were to reach 16% vol. would be considered an aromatized wine (whereas the alcohol content of almost all variants is 14.4)...
Guide: Organic Wine – What It Is and How It's Produced
A brief but important premise: organic wine does not mean "better" or lower in sulfites; it is simply the legal definition of a product that adheres to certain rules and a specific production process. Until February 9, 2012, European regulations did not include a definition of organic wine, but it was possible to indicate on the label "wine made from organic grapes"...
Guide: "Contains Sulphites" on the Label – Let's Clear Things Up
"Contains Sulphites" on the label is a mandatory statement when sulphites exceed 10 mg/l: it is primarily meant to inform those who are sensitive to sulphites. It does not automatically indicate a "worse" wine, only that the prescribed threshold has been exceeded....
Guide: How to Choose Wine by Reading the Label
Knowing how to read a wine label Far from wanting to write a treatise on wine legislation, the purpose of this article is to give our winelovers some advice when they find themselves in front of a supermarket shelf and can't decide w...
Eco-Sustainable Wines: the V.I.V.A. project is born
Territory, air, vineyard, water: these are the parameters for sustainable viticulture. Consumer attention toward environmental sustainability is growing, and so a few years ago the V.I.V.A. initiative was launched, a national project started by...