VOL.5 WINE

We Italians are generally around six years old when our parents allow us to take our first sip of wine. Usually it’s of the…

Cathy Powell Born in Melbourne, Australia. Lives in Seaford, East Sussex.  She is mother to two teenage children, works full time and likes to blog…

(AND THE OVERTAKING OF FRANCE)     Italians have been feeling cocky of late, thanks to the recent Nielsen data regarding wine export. The French…

GRAPES CAN GROW AND MATURE IN THE MOST UNEXPECTED OF WAYS   They say that if a pregnant woman listens to Mozart, her new-born…

Maximilian Riedel, the biggest wine glass producer in the world, has a lot to say about how wine should be enjoyed   The 15th generation…

WINE AND LITERATURE GO HAND IN HAND   “Wine comes in at the mouth/ And love comes in at the eye” W.B. Yeats  …

HOW DIFFERENT BRITISH AND ITALIAN FAMILY ATTITUDES TOWARDS HAVING A BOTTLE OF WINE ON THE DINNER TABLE?      I think my father would…

“It has some backbone ”, the sommelier whispered, winking at me. He smiled as if he knew that this was the perfect bottle for…

THE FAMOUS BLOGGER CLIO ZAMMATTEO ON WINE-INSPIRED BEAUTY    There have been beauty products based on milk, honey, vegetables, flowers, gold, slime and placenta….

Two top end journalists and great Italy lovers Bill Emmott and John Hooper share their opinions on Italian and British wine culture. Is there such a thing as…

Tania Solito, 25 years old, Works as a sommelier at the Atelier de Joel Robuchon