Lake Garda (Italian: Lago di Garda) is not only the biggest lake in Italy but also a beautiful and very popular holiday destination for thousands of people every year. Although is located on the northern part of the Italian peninsula, halfway between the two cities of Verona and Brescia, lake...
In Italy the term Enoteca is used to describe a local Wine Shop with a range of high quality wines. The word derives from the Greek and although it literally means ”wine repository” it has an important cultural function as “wine library”: a centre of knowledge and information about the...
Italy can be the most exciting place in the world to choose a bottle of wine from. History and wine are virtually synonymous here and the country boasts thousand of wine styles, grape varieties and producers like no one else. Of course, buying Italian wine can also be overwhelming due...
Polyphenols, cold maceration, botrytis cinerea, Ehrenbreitsteiner (Wait, there’s really a grape variety called that?!)... Wine babble can sour even the most diehard aficionado’s relationship with fermented grape juice. That’s why the role of a wine advisor should not just be to suggest the best wine for a particular occasion, but...
