Ways to Use Leftover Italian Wine After the Holidays
The festivities are over.
Christmas has come and gone for another year. We’ve started a new year with the hope that it will be better than the last. And for...
The 2022 Italian Wine Horoscope
Every year, the team at Xtrawine gets together to look at yearly horoscopes so we can try and match the perfect Italian wine to what you can expect from the ye...
The Wine Industry in 2022 – What to Expect in the Year Ahead
Another year has come and gone.
2021 is in the books and it’s been another difficult year for many of us. The coronavirus pandemic still affects every...
Planning Your New Year’s Eve Dinner – The Key Tips
In your younger days, the idea of heading out to a big party on New Year’s Eve was appealing. You loved tearing up the dance floor, glass of Italian wine in ha...
The Best Wines for New Year’s Eve
Though it has been a more subdued event for the past couple of years, for obvious reasons, New Year’s Eve has always offered us opportunities to spend time wit...
Making an Italian Wine Gift Basket – The Key Tips
Most people will be more than happy if you just wrap a little ribbon around the neck of a bottle of Italian wine and hand it to them. They’ll probably have tha...
Making Pasta Carbonara (Plus the Five Perfect Italian Wine Pairings)
Of all of the amazing foods that Italy has produced, pasta may be the one that is most emblematic of the country. Simple, wholesome, and capable of combining w...
Get The Italian Wine Bottles Ready – The Top Tips for Preparing for Christmas
Christmas is coming (or it might already be done with by the time you read this) and you need to start getting ready for the festive season.
The good news i...
Discovering Champagne G.H Mumm Grand Cordon
In a reaffirmation of its pioneering and innovating spirit, Maison Mumm is distributing its G.H. MUMM GRAND CORDON cuvée in a new type of bottle that the internationally acclaimed and visionary Welsh designer Ross Lovegrove has re-imagined with a view to sustainability....
Wine and Cheese – Prince Charles’ Car of the Future
It all started with a little joke in the build-up to the Cop26 summit that would discuss what could be done about climate change. When quizzed about his own gr...