There’s a special kind of confidence in arriving at a winery gate at 1:15 pm, glass-ready and smiling, and finding the whole estate has gone to lunch. Here in Italy, lunch is not negotiable. If you want to buy wine directly from Italian wineries, that’s lesson one. Lesson two is…
Standing in front of a supermarket wine aisle can feel like a quiz you didn’t study for. Hundreds of bottles, nobody to ask, so we all grab the one with the nicest label. Good news: you don’t need to pass the quiz. Bottles you can’t pronounce. DOC, DOCG, and IGT…
You are standing in a wine shop, staring at a wall of Italian bottles. Beautiful names. Beautiful labels. And then suddenly, confusion. One bottle says DOCG. Another says DOC. Another says IGT. You pick one up and think: “Am I supposed to know what these letters mean?” If Italian wine…
The funny thing about drinking wine in Italy is that Italians themselves don’t seem nearly as stressed about wine as tourists do. Visitors arrive expecting: Meanwhile somebody’s grandfather is drinking excellent red wine from a thick water glass while loudly debating football over lunch. That’s usually the real atmosphere. Italian…
One of the biggest surprises people discover in Italy is this: Italians love wine. But they rarely make wine feel complicated. Nobody is aggressively swirling supermarket Chianti while describing “notes of ancient forest floor and emotional trauma.” Most people are simply: And honestly? That’s probably why wine culture feels so…
Ginger wine is a delightful elixir that has been enjoyed for centuries, known for its unique blend of flavors and its versatility in both cocktails and culinary creations. In our previous posts, we have talked about Rice Wine and Alpine Wine, Its only fair we also talk about Ginger Wine,…
Now we’ve got the grips with the common features of wine labels, we’ll take a close look at two examples, using the information they offer to help us predict how the wines will taste. (If you missed part one of our guide, click here) Note: we’ve created these labels for demonstrative…
This two-part guide is your handy manual to reading wine labels from anywhere in the world. We’ll show you how to use the information presented on the bottle to predict how a wine will taste. Wordy wine labels can seem very confusing, but there’s a code to crack. Wine label…
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