Riserva Grande, in collaboration with Andrea Petrini, blogger of Percorsi di Vino, and journalist Luciano Pignataro, promotes the fifth edition of the event dedicated to the great wines of Southern Italy. (more…)
This year we are in Navarra. Wait… where exactly is Navarra? I found a trick that helps everyone locate it immediately. The magic word to say is “San Fermín”, and…
Ah! Idioms and typical expressions of everyday language — those phrases we use all the time to express surprise, outrage, appreciation or, very often, simply to stir up a bit…
On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, Fontanafredda has created a special label — the first of a collection that, over the next ten years, will celebrate the emotions that have given rise to moments of collective rebirth throughout history. (more…)
It was needed. Not a restaurant, not a hotel, but an art gallery. Or rather a “concept place” — I must admit I wouldn’t quite know how to define it, given how much I liked it — like the Contemporary Cluster at Palazzo Brancaccio, chosen to help us wine-addicted understand what has been happening at Mandrarossa during the pandemic.
Where to begin, if not with the visual approach that the location itself imposes…
New labels, a rebranding focused on essentials, and a visual language that welcomes guests with large panels distributed throughout the main hall. Wine bottles scattered across the bookshelves of the Contemporary Cluster, with Nero d’Avola and Grillo placed among shelves full of design magazines.
And then a new corporate video — a medium that the winery has always paid great attention to — this time focused more on family than on territory.
“The Sicily you don’t expect” is the payoff that dominates this Roman afternoon. But after seeing what happens during their Wineyard Tours, I’ve come to expect this and more from Mandrarossa. The association with art, however, was something I truly did not anticipate.
To be honest, I also didn’t expect the presentation of the new Larcéra Terre Siciliane IGT 2021, an organic Vermentino, during a masterclass where I had the chance to taste several wines. Among the whites: Fiano Terre Siciliane IGT 2021, Grillo Sicilia DOC 2021, Bertolino Soprano Bianco Sicilia DOC 2018, and Santannella Terre Siciliane IGT 2021 — all characterized by pronounced sapidity and freshness.
Alongside them, two expressions of Nero d’Avola (Nero d’Avola Sicilia DOC 2021 and Terre del Sommacco Rosso Sicilia DOC 2017), quite different from one another but both marked by soft tannins and remarkable drinkability.
A different kind of afternoon: with Sicilian tradition at heart, but also with a strong innovative instinct that this time found expression not only in the wine but also in art — and, as always, in that ability to balance communication, formality and hospitality in a way that inevitably makes you feel at home.
It was needed. Not a restaurant, not a hotel, but an art gallery. Or rather, a “concept place” – I must admit, I’m not quite sure how to define it given how much I enjoyed it – like the Contemporary Cluster at Palazzo Brancaccio, chosen to help us wine-addicted understand what has been happening at Mandrarossa during the pandemic. (more…)
Everything is ready for the tenth edition of the Rome Whisky Festival. The event will take place Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6 at the Salone delle Fontane in the EUR district of Rome. (more…)
Everyone is ready for the tenth edition of the Rome Whisky Festival. The event will take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 March at the Salone delle Fontane in the EUR district. (more…)
Ogni volta mi faccio la stessa domanda: ma chi me lo fa fare?
Non ho un’enoteca, non ho un ristorante, non vendo vino e non sono un catering. Eppure ogni volta che mi viene un’idea mi ritrovo a chiamare mille persone, a caricare la mia auto fino all’inverosimile, a coinvolgere persone, a stampare cose, a produrre “oggetti e oggettini” per rendere le cose più gradevoli. Grandi faticate, ma accompagnate da grandi soddisfazioni. (more…)
It was L’Aquila, a June evening, and I was with a group of fellow judges from the “Food & Rosé Selection” organized by the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. After wandering around for a while in search of the right place to have dinner — it was Saturday night, it was getting late, and the city center was full of people eager to enjoy the evening — finding a table was proving difficult. (more…)
For those of my generation, Pontedera inevitably rhymes with Piaggio. Or rather — if we want to be precise — it rhymes with Vespa. Coming to Pontedera for me was a bit like reliving those teenage years when the ultimate dream was first the vespino, and later the more ambitious Vespa 125. (more…)
Dopo i rinvii e annullamenti dell’edizione del 2020, legati al perdurare della pandemia, riprende, finalmente in presenza, il Merano WineFestival, la cui 30° edizione si terrà dal 5 al 9…
