Sweet Italian Red Wine Cookies – A Recipe
Is there anything better than enjoying a tasty glass of Italian red wine?
A gorgeous meal is on the table. You have a bottle that you’ve been saving for mon...
First courses
Any type of pasta or soup served as a first course during a meal; it can be preceded by a starter.
Christmas Dinner and Italian Wine – The Third Course
There are so many choices that we could make for a great Christmas dessert. Hopefully, at this point you’ve loved your soup and the Christmas turkey ...
Christmas Dinner and Italian Wine – The Second Course
In the previous article of this series, we introduced you to an amazing recipe for Minestrone soup. Hopefully, that will give you a great starting course for y...
Christmas Dinner and Italian Wine – The First Course
The festive season is finally upon us and, quite frankly, it can’t come soon enough. 2020 has been such a difficult year and we can’t wait to finally have a fe...
Pizzoccheri – The Pasta From the Lombardy Mountains
When you think of Lombardy, you likely think about the many wonderful Italian wines that find their origins in this stunning region. However, Lombardy has much...
A Bresaola Recipe (And the Wines That Go With This Classic Italian Meat)
If there’s one thing that Italians know, it’s meat.
Well, okay. There are a lot of things that Italians do better than anybody else. From fashion to wine to...
The Interesting Facts That You Didn’t Know About Truffles (And Some Amazing Italian Wine Pairings)
Is there any food that is more luxurious than truffles? The only one that we can think of that gives it a run for its money is caviar. In both cases, these are...
Creating the Perfect Cesar Salad (And the Italian Wine Pairings That Go With it)
It’s been a really warm day.
You’ve finally finished up your errands and you’re back home. If you’re lucky, a blast of air conditioning has hit you square i...
Everything That You Need to Know About the Biancolella Grape
Every region has grapes that it favours in terms of its production of Italian wines. Of course, we have those that seem to defy all boundaries and are used all...
The Spoon in the Bubbly (And More Italian Wine Myths That You Should Stop Believing)
We do love an old wife’s tale here at Xtrawine. And we’re willing to bet that your own mothers and grandmothers have plenty of pearls of wisdom to share with y...