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The Vine in the Mediterranean? The Work of the Sardinians!
History, even if now in the past, is in constant evolution thanks to studies continuously conducted by historians who, like an explorer with a torch, shed light on unclear facts or data taken simply for granted without solid foundations. This time...
The "biblical wine" comes from Calabria
The pure wine will only be able to be produced from the next harvest and will initially involve the production of at least 200 bottles, an entrepreneurial idea aimed at satisfying foreign demand. The pure wine or "sacred wine" will be a product of c...
White Wine Makes Women Aggressive
Can a few glasses of white wine really contribute to making a woman aggressive? Victoria Moore has demonstrated through studies conducted on a sample of rational and calm women that a real correlation exists. The properties of...
The formula of the first Coca-Cola: red wine & co?
The first Coca-Cola sold commercially was called Vin Mariani and was a compound based on red Bordeaux wine and cocaine, a formula later revised and made non-alcoholic by chemist John Stith Pemberton. Coca-Cola over the years has become a myth of our times, with...
Farewell Antoine, King of Fiano
2015 doesn't seem to be a fortunate year in some respects – we have lost many artists, among them Pino Daniele and Francesco Rosi. Today the wine world also mourns, mourns for Antoine Gaita, who passed away this morning at just sixty years of age. To Antoine...
200,000 Hectares of Vineyards Lost in Italy
A severe loss for the Italian territory, which has seen 200,000 hectares of land dedicated to vine cultivation decimated, placing Italy as the third European power just behind France and Spain. In just 13 years, as many as 200,000 hectares...
Chronicle of a Bordeaux Wine Fraud
There were supposed to be ten cases of fine wine sold to the restaurateur, who however foiled the scam by having a convicted criminal arrested. The fraud against a restaurateur in Bra, a small town in the province of Cuneo, according to what...
Farewell to Cork: consumers prefer screw caps
Farewell, dear cork: screw caps are winning over more and more consumers! Farewell to the cork stopper – according to a survey conducted by IPSOS, a growing number of consumers prefer opening fine wine bottles with an aluminium cap, drawing increasing consensus especially from foreign consumers...
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,...
Italy Among the 5 Reference Countries for Wine Imports
The unmistakable charm and the great, well-established culture of Italian wine are spread worldwide thanks to numerous seminars, in-depth sessions and walk-around wine tasting events. More specifically, the promotional tour Simply Italian G...
For Sale: Robin Williams' ''Villa Sorriso''
The estate of the famous and now deceased actor Robin Williams is on the market for $25.9 million. Known as ''Villa Sorriso'', it is located in the Mayacama mountains near Napa, a prestigious region well known for its wine production...
Wines stolen in Turin, three arrests.
They were stealing aged wines from apartment building cellars They were stocking their cellar with wines stolen from an apartment building in Turin. Three arrests in total: one Moroccan and two Italians aged between 39 and 48.They were caught in the c...