The Most Famous Phrases and Quotes About Wine
You’re with friends at a dinner party.
The conversation is flowing as freely as the Italian wine and you’re starting to feel a little loose. One glass turns...
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Life is too short to drink bad wine. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Italian White Wine From Red Wine Grapes – Is it Possible?
When it comes to Italian wine grapes, everything seems to be pretty cut and dry.
You have dark grapes, which are used to create red wine, and you have light...
Explaining Enophobia (and Why it May Form)
You’re with your friends during a dinner party and you’re really enjoying yourself. The conversation is flowing and everybody seems to having an amazing time. ...
The Top Five Misconceptions About Italian Wine
For an industry that is so steeped in history and tradition, it should come as no surprise that a lot of misconceptions about Italian wine have arisen over the...
30, 40, 50, 80… BINGO FOR BRANCAIA!
Just jocking, we are not playing Bingo! It is only the list of anniversaries that Brancaia will be celebrating this year. In fact, 2021 is a year of important milestones for Brancaia, both as a company and on a personal level, for the Widmer family....
Do We Have to Praise All Italian Red Wines?
There’s a strange phenomenon in the world of Italian wine.
While we all know that the country creates hundreds of amazing wines, there’s always a particular...
Why Does Italian Wine Have Such a Long Expiration Date?
We all know what happens to a bottle of Italian wine once it has been opened.
Oxygen gets into the bottle and changes the chemical composition of the wine. ...
BRANCAIA CHIANTI CLASSICO: ESSENCE OF SANGIOVESE
The Brancaia estate in Castellina in Chianti was purchased at the beginning of 1981 by the Widmer family. The house was abandoned and needed a lot of renovation works but the vineyards, although with larger planting density than today, were already in production. In Bruno and Brigitte Widmer, the idea to start producing wine and to do so always seeking the highest quality was immediately born. ...
Seven Trends That Are Changing the World of Italian Wine
As we reach the halfway point of 2021, we can see that the world of wine is changing.
This is nothing new.
The Italian wine industry, alongside every oth...
How Long Have We Cultivated Grapes for Italian Wine?
For everybody living today, Italian wine has simply always been a part of life. For centuries, the Italian wine industry has been providing people with its gor...