Wine News
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...
A Sparkling Wine is Born in the Nebrodi Mountains at 1,200 Meters Altitude
The result of careful and distinctive research into the potential and characteristics of mountain areas, the spumante dei Nebrodi is now a reality. In these mountainous areas of Sicily, vineyards, used primarily for personal consumption, were present in small plots even at significant elevations (800–1,000 meters above sea level).
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...
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,...
More Than 500 Million People Toast with Lombardy Wine
According to an estimate by Coldiretti (Confederazione Nazionale Coltivatori Diretti), every year around 500 million people worldwide toast with the finest wines of Lombardy. The latter, explains the regional Coldiretti, thanks to the important work carried out by over 3,000 companies (25% of which are run by women)...
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...
Barolo e Brunello: the rivalry ends in Denmark
You have surely already heard of Brunello and Barolo, the popular wines of Piemonte and Toscana, officially presented today in Denmark, together to bid farewell to an ancient rivalry. End to the war between the wine of Cavour and that of Ga...