Giving yourself a bottle of BARBARESCO DOCG RISERVA PORA - Produttori del Barbaresco by Produttori del Barbaresco, a truly genuine and authentic winery concerning this specific wine, is certainly one of those decisions for which your senses will be thankful. The Barbaresco Riserva Pora is the expression od a winery, or better an agricultural Cooperative, made up of 50 members who don’t accept any compromise when we talk about Nebbiolo, and since 1958 have joined their work, knowledges and experiences to realize bottles of wine having a truly direct and unbreakable bond to the territory. An aspect that is reflected directly in the glass, where the garnet color is intense and lively, as the aromas of red fruits and spices ( licorice and black pepper ). The tannins are perfectly velvety at the palate, accompanied by a light sapidity during the clean and persistent finale together with the vanilla note given by the 36 months of refinement in barrels.

Casello Bondoni rises in the middle of the Lugana kingdom, on the southern side of Lake Garda, precisely between Desenzano and Sirmione. It is just this denomination deriving from Trebbiano wine variety to which it dedicates a huge part of its production. A line that, as the winery itself, isn’t static bur tries to renew maintaining the territory peculiarities, as the construction of an underground modern cellar testifies. This is an aspect that can be found again in the Lugana DOC Zona Franca, on which the knowledge and the will to experiment have led to test a barrique refinement. After having tried Casello Bondoni Lugana DOC Zonafranca we promptly approve the great idea, the result is a golden yellow wine, whom main aromas are dried fruit, honey and a pleasant sapidity. The barrique Lugana refinement doesn’t overshadow the rest of the bouquet but integrates in it instead, moreover it provides, paired with a good acidity, structure and aging potential.

Some classics of the gastronomy are doomed to remain in the cooking history, leaving an indelible mark. They may certainly be reinterpreted, or presented in different versions, but the real secret are the tastes they’re made up of. We can insert in this field the risotto alla milanese with ossobuco, a recipe symbol of the Lombardy region capital whose flavors are shaped in a perfect harmony of which we’re giving you our version: starting from a goof meat broth that exalts the delicacy of Acquerello - Carnaroli Rice and saffron (Saffron pistils Principato di Lucedio), the full and enveloping taste of the ossobuco and the marrow, cooked with some thinly chopped anchovy fillets that add sapidity, contrasted by the Sicilian lemons from Ribera zest (true secret touch of this recipe, for our palate). Finally creamed with some icy Butter - Beppino Occelli and Parmigiano Reggiano Vacche Rosse (milk from the red cow) 30 months.

If you ask Friulians where you can find the orginal tastes of their territory, in their list there will be a place for Salumificio Lovison too for sure. 1903, the year where everything started for the company from Spilimbergo, a territory that has natural predisposition for craft cold cuts making, from the moment that the microcline is very similar to the near San Daniele area. Born when craftsmanship was the only way, it has preserved the same setting despite the international success that it is meritoriously obtaining. Nowadays the people involved in the activity are twenty, people who take care of the respect of taste, consumers an the environment too, the Salame punta di coltello - Salumificio Lovison is the tangible evidence of that: the hand cut meat gives a next level rustic tactile sensation compared to the mechanic grinding, which exalts the spices and cellar notes too, with a pleasant sapidity accompanied by dried fruit aftertaste.

Anchovies are one of the favourite allies by the chefs, and non professional cooks too, in their creations. Their versatility, sapidity and strong flavour add every recipe a strictly personal touch so difficult to find in other ingredients, and, if they’re high quality ones, if you taste them purely as an appetizers they sound like a true call from the sea. Extra anchovy fillets in oil Extra virgin olive oil - Mare Puro come directly from the Sicilian Mediterranean Sea, they’re fished and then processed within 24-48 hours after the fishing, in order to preserve both their taste and organoleptic properties at their best. The preservation of the Mediterranean Sea anchovies in high quality extra virgin olive oil is fundamental element to obtain a final product which is an intense explosion of sea flavors.

The strictly personal peculiarities have curbed the possibilities and pairings of the Lambrusco. It is often considered a wine to pair only with Emilia specialities as tigelle or gnocco fritto with cold cuts, the Lambrusco di Sorbara is a vine variety that can be developed in many different ways with many different shades according to the methods used in the vineyard and in the wine cellar. Cantina Paltrinieri was one of the first entity to sustain the versatility of this Italian wine, introducing different processes for the same vine variety obtaining excellent results. As it is for the GROSSO Lambrusco di sorbara metodo cl.2013 - Cantina Paltrinieri, where the choice of a metodo classico, with 24 months of initial refinement and 6 months of refinement in the bottle, has been able to reconsider a wine diversifying it from its stereotype. Indeed the result is particular starting from the color, in this case a copper ancient rosè, the perfumes are floral, fruity but accompanied by a light citrus note, which anticipate a freshness that we find again at the palate, where a good acidity make the wine pleasantly fresh paired with sapidity, sensations that combine at their best with the typical red fruit aromas. Great as aperitif, paired with fish, fried food and naturally Emilia specialities.

Today is wine tasting day, and we’re trying a Garda Lake wine: the VIGNETO CAMILLA LUGANA DOC 2016 - MALAVASI. A Lugana Produced by the wine cellar Malavasi, in Sirmione, it is 100% made up of trebbiano grapes, which give it an intense straw yellow color with some green shades. The nose brings mainly melon and citrus notes, with a little floral perception, while at the palate freshness and sapidity paired with a fruity aroma and great persistency. Food pairing: first courses, fish and white meats.

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.

Today we’re introducing you the Villa, a great Franciacorta docg producers. The company is located in a medieval hamlet in Monticelli Brusati, near the Lake of Iseo, the 37 hectares of vineyards surround the wine cellar both in the plain and over the hillside divided in big steps, giving a magnificent panorama. The ground is naturally very rich in clay, minerals and fossils of marine origine, this explains the particular aromatic complexity and sapidity of the wines. Villa has decided to produce only millesimal (that is to say wine with at least 85% grapes from the same vintage and not a cuveè), in order to enhance the characteristic of every different vintage deriving from different clime, weather and soil, but is is also a sign of trust in the constant quality of the wines. Villa Franciacorta Emozione Brut Millesimato: at the sight it is perfectly limpid, straw yellow with light golden shades, the nose denotes floral and exotic fruit. A the palate exotic fruit is easy to taste again, accompanied by the characteristic Franciacorta fragrance of bread derived from the classic method and a mineral, sapid aftertaste.

The Chiaretto is a rosé wine rigorously produced in the Lake of Garda area. Once considered a waste of the red wine vinification, this kind of wine has been acquiring more and more importance with the passing of the years, improving itself and acquiring precise qualitative characteristics and identity. The result is a wine with strong chromatic tones, a great acidity and overall more near to a red than a white wine. The Valtènesi Chiaretto D.O.P. “Preaféte” BIO organic - Podere dei Folli is a product that expresses all the tradition, but also the progressive research for innovation during the years, linked to the Chiaretto vinification. Made up of Groppello ( a local vine variety), it has the typical strong cerasuol pink color, feeling floral and fruity aromas. At the palate stands out the typical sapidity of rosé, paired with a light almond final aftertaste.

During the SMV Canada (Sélections Mondiales des Vins), which is the most important international North American wine contest, GARDA CLASSICO CHIARETTO D.O.P. - Tenute del Garda has been awarded with the gold medal. Even if chiaretto isn't among the most well known kind of wines at international level, Tenute del Garda's one ha been very appreciated thanks to its freshness and sapidity which makes it a pleasant wine without bothering after few glasses (on the contrary usually sweet wines tend to tire after few sips). Our compliments go to Tenute del Garda, which is a true Garda wines producing company made up of very genuine, passionate and well skilled people who have been making great wines all over these years transmitting the perfumes and tastes of the Garda Lake territory.

Sassicaia 2008 has an outstanding and elegant aromatic content. But the best part arrives when you taste it: its length seems to be infinite, the tannin is velvety, sapidity is continuous combined perfectly with a great quality acid verve.

Sassicaia 2008 has an outstanding and elegant aromatic content. But the best part arrives when you taste it: its length seems to be infinite, the tannin is velvety, sapidity is continuous combined perfectly with a great quality acid verve.