A chat with Barbara Widmer, Brancaia
Harvest time is already over in the Brancaia estates in Chianti and Maremma and Barbara Widmer, winemaker at the winery for the last 20 years, takes some time to answer some questions....
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MALFY: AN UNIQUE AND QUALITY GIN
In the eleventh century, a group of Italian monks began to infuse juniper berries in alcohol for the first time to create a liqueur with a medicinal function as well. This is how gin was born, right along the Amalfi coast. Inspired by this story, Malfy honors the origins of this distillate by offering a surprising gin which, together with Italian juniper, makes the Amalfi Coast lemon its main botanist. ...
Finding Defective Italian Wine – The Characteristic Smells to Look Out For
We all know that smelling the bouquet of an Italian wine is all part of the experience. You’re looking to take in all of the interesting notes that the wine pr...
The Secrets to Storing an Opened Bottle of Italian Wine
So you have a friend around and you decide to open a nice bottle of Italian wine.
You assume that you’re going to get through the entire bottle together. Af...
High Blood Pressure – Can Italian Red Wine Help You Lower it?
Your blood pressure is always one of those things that your doctor talks about.
They’ll tell you that you need to get a handle on it. If it goes too high, y...
How Much Italian Wine Should You Drink Per Week – The Shocking Results of a Cambridge University Study
How much is too much?
It’s a question that’s plagued wine lovers for years. On one hand, it’s easy to know when you’ve gone a little bit overboard. The drea...
The 4 Rarest Wine Grapes That Every Wine Fan Should Know About
It’s so easy to place our focus on the most famous Italian wines and grapes when we’re looking at what the industry has to offer. After all, the grapes that co...
Why do the Italians Prefer DOC Wine?
To the new wine lover, the world of Italian wine can seem intimidating.
There’s just so much information to unpack. You have hundreds of varieties of wine a...
What Are the Differences Between Wine and Cider?
At first glance, it may seem like cider and wine share a lot of similarities. Perhaps most importantly, they’re both alcoholic beverages that are made using fr...
Sales of Italian Wine Surpass French Wine (And Three Reasons Why)
In 2017, sales of Italian wine surpassed those of French wine. After much back and forth between the world’s two largest wine industries, the Italians came out...