We can’t nothing but widely congratulate with our friend and then supplier Stefano, the owner of Camilucci Franciacorta winery for the 93/100 assigned to the Anthologie Blanc Franciacorta Extra Brut D.O.C.G. Millesimato - Camilucci by Luca Gardini ( Gardini Wine Notes), one of the most demanding palate of the international enology scene. Well deserved goals and satisfactions, for a wine maker that dedicates all of himself to the passion for wine and everything that surrounds it, from the bound to the territory, to the work both in the vineyards and in the refinement phase, obtaining truly excellent Franciacorta wines not only in our opinion, but also as the awards testify for this young and ambitious winery. Do you agree with the renowned sommelier's opinion? Try it and let us know!

As a Christmas gift the Italian excellences and their authentic tastes are a guaranteed success, for this reason OIP gives you the possibility to compose your own customized Christmas gift box. Discover the specialities from all the Italian regions: hand made panettone, red and white Italian wines, Franciacorta wines, exquisite cold cuts, Ribera oranges, fresh aged cheese, sauces, artisanal pasta and many other products. An high quality Made in Italy selection, ready to end up under the Christmas tree in gift box decorated with Christmas motif and delight the palates of your loved ones.

Do you know what does agricultural beer mean? The COBI disciplinary (Italian Consortium of Barley and Beer Producers) in Italy is clear and strict concerning this subject: the producers must use at least 51% of own produced raw materials, while the rest must come from members of the Consortium who respects the standards, with the aim of maintaining high the quality of the registered products. The Birrificio OI has joined the COBI Consortium, but it stands out producing the 100% of the raw materials used in the craft beer making, creating almost an unicum in Italy. Indeed OI, registered trademark and therefore a guarantee, means “Italian Origin”, so barley, yeasts but also the hop plants are cultivated and produced within the Oglio River park, in the province of Brescia. The result is a complex Italian craft beer, nor filtered or pasteurized, amber colored, endowed with a persistent foam which gives creaminess during the tasting. The bubbles are very thin, from the moment that Birra OI producer is a Franciacorta wine producers too, he wanted to transfer the typical perlage of the wine in the beer. The aromas are mainly of coffee and toasting, fresh and fragrant at the palate with a lightly bitter finale.

It’s time to begin a new adventure for Camilucci Franciacorta wine cellar, presented and acclaimed enthusiastically during the Vinitaly 2018, with the introduction in the market of the previous vintages bottles and the production of Franciacorta DOCG. Stefano Camilucci, who initially wan engineer but now has been working in the Franciacorta wine making filed for many years, settling his passion in the historical family activity he has launched himself into an ambitious project, with the constitution of a new independent brand. The brand concept is extremely personal from the name to the label itself, in order to underline how the result in the bottle is intimately tied not only to the territory of origin, but a the same time is the reflection of the people who produce it. The wines (Franciacorta Brut D.O.C.G. - Camilucci, Franciacorta Brut D.O.C.G. Satèn - Camilucci, Franciacorta Brut D.O.C.G. Rosè - Camilucci, Anthologie Noir Franciacorta Extra Brut D.O.C.G. Millesimato - Camilucci, Anthologie Blanc Franciacorta Extra Brut D.O.C.G. Millesimato - Camilucci) prove to be extremely natural, without excessive cellar sophistications, expressing the best of the terroir, which is able to give incredible harmony and balance both on the aromatic and tasting sides, accompanied by the typical freshness of the Franciacorta wines. These will be the traversal characteristics of the new wines produced by Stefano, a person endowed with great knowledges and values, whom we wish good luck, sure of the results and satisfactions that this project will give him.

The wine cellar Lenza was one of the first to produce Franciacorta wines starting in 1964. The vineyards are placed in a very strategic position, as they are on the highest hill in the whole Franciacorta (Mount Orfano) at 350 m but at the same time they're on the side exposed to the sun almost all day long. These two elements contribute so much to the quality and the personal character of the wines. The wines are made in the whole respect of the territory and nature, through natural methods as the organic-natural stabilization or the enological clean through decantation. Today we're describing the FRANCIACORTA BRUT LeVì - Lenza a Franciacorta brut refining 24 month in bottle on the yeasts, the color is straw yellow with some green shade, the perfume is finely influenced by the yeasts, while at the palate its sapidity combines well with the typical Franciacorta docg acidity. We remind you that it is possible to acquire a pallet of 12 or 120 bottles of this wine at a special price.

The wine cellar Lenza was one of the first to produce Franciacorta wines starting in 1964. The vineyards are placed in a very particular

During the days around Christmas everybody is more kind, and we of OIP are giving the example with a special Christmas offer. FRANCIACORTA DOCG BRUT IL MOSNEL sold with a 35% discount. From the union of four grapes (60% Chardonnay - 30% Pinot Blanc - 10% Pinot Noir) a wine that immediately surprises the palate thanks to the delicate but at the same time persistent aroma, finishing with a fresh and direct final, comes to life. This is the ideal Franciacorta wine to celebrate Christmas with your family in the best way as its taste don't bother and remains always pleasant glass after glass.

Unfortunately the 2017 wine vintage won't be very productive in most of North Italy. The sudden fall of temperatures in April and the consequent hailstorms made a lot of grapes fell prematurely from the vines, so certain areas as Franciacorta will have a very very low production for this year as some producers have told us personally. So if you desire to have some bottles of Franciacorta wine in your personal wine cellar for the next year you will have better equip yourself as soon as possible. Here's the link to an article of the most famous Italian economic magazine "Il Sole 24 Ore" about this situation. http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2017-04-21/maltempo-coldiretti-danni-100-milioni-campi-151204.shtml?uuid=AE76OO9

Did you know that *La Valle Rosé Franciacorta Brut" was in the top10 wines of the US press?In article written by Neal Baker on the Washington Post the high quality Franciacorta Wines have been defined the answer the champagne and ready for the US marke