Wine Knowledge
Insights, guides and curiosities to get to know the world of wine better.
Gambero Rosso 2027: wines, restaurants and pizzerias, how to read the awards
Gambero Rosso 2027 marks forty years of Vini d’Italia with 540 Tre Bicchieri, thirteen Special Awards and 50 wines under 15 euros. Alongside wine, two new Sicilian restaurants and Acquaefarina confirmed among pizzerias: a reading of the awards that keeps guides and ratings apart.
Wine Enhancement Among the New Trends in Mass-Market Retail
Presumably to curb the historic decline in consumption, over the past year the space dedicated to wines has increased and the assortment has grown deeper. The decline in purchases of packaged wine in mass-market retail was interrupted only last year with a sl...
Discovering the beneficial effects of grape seed oil
On this site we talk only about grapes! Mainly about wines and grape varieties, but today we want to inform you about something lesser known: grape seed oil, better known as olio di vinaccioli. At a time when there is much talk about...
D-Vine, from today serving wine is no longer a problem!
How many times does it happen to go to a wine bar and notice the incompetence of whoever is serving you! Wine too warm and undrinkable, or too cold to the point of numbing every characteristic of the product… not to mention the category of "glass swirlers"...
Discovering Under Sea Wines: a dive into submerged wines
The "spark" for storing wine underwater was probably ignited by the discovery of a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea; the product, after 170 long years, was still drinkable and had preserved many of its original characteristics...
Storing Champagne for 170 Years Is Possible!
In 2010, a shipwreck was discovered at around 50 meters depth on the floor of the Baltic Sea, containing 168 bottles of what turned out to be Champagne. When the divers found the wine they were astonished: "We drank one, it's still good!" ...
The Origin of Argentine Bonarda
This grape variety is stealing the spotlight from Malbec in Argentina, with growing appreciation from foreign markets. When aged in oak, it can deliver truly incredible results in terms of aromas and structure. Argentine Bonarda, which becomes Il Bonarda when the grape is turned into wine...
Bali, wine is at home
A long time ago, I had a chat with some of my restaurant clients about wine in general, and it was them – just back from a trip to Bali – who told me this fantastic story of wine and viticulture in an environment I never would have expected to produce wine...
Producing Wine in the Gaza Strip?
Wine in Gaza – it's possible. After hearing the story of an Iranian man and how he secretly produced wine at home, hiding his vines among the shrubs and harvesting as quickly as possible to avoid being discovered, I found out that – after some research online – even in Yemen and the Gaza Strip, wine is produced, where it is illegal and one risks severe punishment even for being caught in possession of a miniature bottle of beer.
The Great Beauty and Sorrentino's Toast
Perhaps not everyone knows that...Italy's first rosé was born thanks to Guido Berlucchi and his winemaker Franco Ziliani, who made, we can say, the first taylor made wine. The wine was created almost ad hoc for a famous and renowned Milanese antique dealer...
Red Wine, Chocolate and Strawberries Against Diabetes
Wine contains sugar, you can't drink it! How many times have people with blood sugar issues been "scolded" while sipping a good wine! A small vindication comes from a study conducted by the University of East Anglia and King's Coll...
The Wine Condom to preserve leftover wine
One of the things I like least is leaving leftover wine in the bottle! I'm terrified that its qualities might deteriorate, especially if it's a sparkling wine or a spumante. There are many solutions, traditional and...