Corked Wine – What is it and How Can You Detect It?
To someone who’s unfamiliar with the Italian wine industry, the phrase “corked wine” may sound like a good thing. After all, people have used cork to seal bottl...
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Italian and foreign sweet and / or savory culinary preparations concerning typical products, or enogastronomic pairings.
Pairing Wine and Food – A Quick History and Some Useful Rules
Today, the idea of pairing different wines and foods comes so naturally to us that we don’t really think about why we do it. Usually, you’ll pick out a bottle o...
Wine and Kebab? It Works Better Than You Think
For those living in the United Kingdom, the kebab isn’t exactly the sort of food that you’d think to pair with wine. In fact, many in that country see it as a l...
A Great Wine Sauce Recipe And Some Italian Wines to Pair it With
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Gorgonzola Cheese and the Wines to Drink With It
If there’s one food that can match Italian wine in terms of the sheer depth of variety on offer, it has to be cheese. There are so many different varieties of c...
Italian Wine and Sushi
One of the wonderful things about living in such an open and inclusive world is that it paves the way for all sorts of different foods to make their way into th...
Marination, Meat, Fish, and Italian Wine
So, you’ve come back home and you want to make something nice and quick to eat. The grill usually provides the answer. Throwing some meat or fish onto the grill...
Oranges and Red Wine
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The Best Types of Wine to Pair With Eggs and Bacon
When you really think about it, there must be a wine and food pairing no matter the choice of food. While most people will look to what you might deem more “ele...