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Sunday lunch
We know that a consequence of the lockdown is going back to the origins and the good habits of our families, giving our best with the global "do-it-yourself", first and foremost in the kitchen. And here we are, ready to face a new challenge: home-made lasagna. All the...
Trentino arm in arm with Mexico
On the one hand we have a region of Italy, specifically Northern Italy, specifically an area, the Trento DOC, specifically an autochthonous white grape variety: the Nosiola. On the other hand we have Central America, specifically Mexico, specifically guacamole: the...
The North of Italy and the South of America
About 12000 km is the distance between a typical dish of Piedmont, the "tajarin" (tagliatelle pasta) with porcini mushrooms and this wine coming from the Cordillera of the Andes. Indeed the meeting between these two elements generates perfect symbiosis. These...
The countercheck
It started from a simple advice request of a friend: "Elena, which wine would you suggest to pair with asparagus?" And so I listed a dozen white wines, Italian and international ones. Two days later I found at the door (we are still in isolation time...) two inviting...
The General
What better attribute for this Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva Dimonios, produced by Sella & Mosca!And everything, absolutely everything indicates the decisive, almost austere character of this wine: - The grape: Cannonau in purity, autoctonous vine of the splendid...
Je reste chez moi – I stay at home
In this period of global confinement, whatever it is forced or recommended, it is good to focus on everything that is around us wherever we are, whether it is our Country or the one that is hosting us or which - as in my case -...
Bolgheri: indissolute love
It is love at first sight, you can only remain enchanted by this territory that despite being so young shows so high skills and competences of all those people who believed in it ... and were right. Bolgheri DOC was born only 25 years ago, so in general all the...
The Savoy, this unknown region…
While passing through Savoy in the south-east of France closed to the Alps, a wine-growing area unknown also - I think - to French people, I stopped in a shop selling organic products only, looking at the wine corner: and I get advice. Apremont is an AOC Vin de...
The evolution
As a I am from Piedmonte region, I can't miss a bottle of Dolcetto in my cellar. But who says Dolcetto says Dolcetto d'Alba, Dolcetto of Diano d'Alba, Dolcetto of Asti, Dolcetto Langhe, Dolcetto Monferrato, Dolcetto of Ovada, Dolcetto of Acqui ... or then Dolcetto of...
Where the land meets the sea
We are talking about a white wine among my favorites: the vine is the Grüner Veltliner, the region is Kremstal, the country is Austria. Yes, indeed, Austria, among the most unknown countries in the wine sector that in the last decades has demonstrated to be capable to...