How Do Italian Wines Differ Depending on the Climate?
We’re sure you know that climate can have a huge effect on Italian wine. We’ve written about the effects of climate change in this blog in the past, and have sp...
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Can You Use Science to Assess Wine Quality?
What do you think about when you’re trying to determine the quality of an Italian wine? We bet that most of you don’t look any further than how the wine tastes,...
An Eggplant Parmigiana and Some Wines to Go With It
Over the last few weeks, Xtrawine has made it our mission to get you cooking. Readers of our blog will have noticed an increasing number of recipes, which we us...
Pope Francis and Wine
At first thought, you may not associate Italian wine with the papacy. Despite the fact that wine makes up an important part of Catholic ceremony, many still see...
Advice for Women Navigating the World of Wine
When you look through the history of the Italian wine industry, you may notice that there is a distinct imbalance between the amount of men and women. Most prod...
Lungarotti Sagrantino di Montefalco
If you look through the annals of the Italian wine industry, you will see so many great companies that are essentially family affairs. Where other industries ma...
The Interesting History of Amarone Wine
Over the years, the Italian wine industry has produced some of the most amazing red wines that the world has ever seen. We have the classics, such as Barolo and...
How to Make Vinegar From Wine
We can do all sorts of things with wine. Of course, most of us prefer to drink it. There are few things better in life than enjoying a nice meal with a bottle o...
La Spinetta Wine
For every Italian wine story that we have recounted that started due to the desire of one individual to do something new, or to return a region to its past glor...
Pumpkin and Wine – A Perfect Combination
October is here, which means it’s finally time to start celebrating the harvest and all of the wonderful things that it brings to the Italy. Of course, most peo...
