The Vatican Tops the List of Heaviest Wine Drinking Nations
If there’s one place that Catholics hold up above all others, it’s the Vatican. The home of the Pope, the Vatican is a stunning place that has more than a littl...
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Life is too short to drink bad wine. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Wine Bottle And Its Effects on the Quality of the Wine
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How to Celebrate Spring Italian Style
Spring is finally here.
It may not really feel like it right now though. Depending on where you are in the world, you may have had to put up with loads of rain...
A Longer Life – Can Drinking Wine Every Day Help?
Many of us enjoy a glass or two of Italian red wine during the evening. But we often don’t put much thought into the positive, or negative effects, that the win...
Wine and Sex – Is it True that Wine is an Aphrodisiac?
Let’s talk about sex.
Okay, it may be a slightly odd topic for an Italian wine website to cover. But think about it for a moment. There has always been a link ...
Emidio Pepe Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
In recent weeks, we have focused the bulk of our articles on more general examinations of some of the wines to come out of Italy. In fact, you’ll have noticed t...
Everything That You Need to Know About Marsala Wine
To some people, the name Marsala wine may conjure up images of curry and spices. It’s an understandable mistake. After all, the name comes very close to the Mas...
Why We Love Montepulciano Wine
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The Ribolla Gialla Grape
Many people operate under the mistaken belief that all of the grapes used as part of the Italian wine industry originate, or are grown solely, in Italy.
That’s...
The Mauzac Grape
We tend to focus primarily on grapes that are used heavily in the Italian wine industry when writing these articles. That shouldn’t come as a surprise, seeing a...