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"Life is too short to drink mediocre wines", said the great German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 2020 has taught us above all to enjoy the small daily joys, so we are glad to talk about an Italian excellence to be enjoyed by sips: the wine of Piedmont. And, doing things even better, we will tell you about the best 6 Piedmontese wines, their or...

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Gli Stati Uniti graziano l’Italia che è il principale esportatore di vino negli Stati Uniti per un valore di oltre 1,5 miliardi di euro nel 2019, in leggero calo del 5% quest’anno per effetto della pandemia Covid. È quanto emerge da una analisi della Coldiretti sulla base dei dati Istat relativi ai primi nove mesi dell’anno in occasione dell’annunc...

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Little Italy San Jose in collaboration with Enoteca La Storia are proud to announce our 1st Wine Club shipment in February. We chose Tuscany (Toscana) as our theme for our inaugural shipment to acknowledge the County of Santa Clara/Florence, Italy Sister County relationship. Click here to join our Wine Club that is sommelier curated and a percentag...

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The wine world resembles a universe, each country a bright galaxy, and within that, hundreds of constellations stretched across space, like vineyards climbing mountain valleys, volcanic islands and rolling hills. Italy's geographic diversity and historic destiny make it an intriguing place to explore wine.  For thousands of years, wine has been dru...

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The Italian Wine Scholar™ education program is the most advanced, comprehensive, and up-to-date Italian wine course available. The syllabus takes a regional approach and discusses all Italian wine appellations and the factors that shape their identities. Created by native Italian, Maurizio Broggi, (Wine Scholar Guild Education Director for Italy) w...

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Based on the premise that there’s strength in numbers, a group of independent Italian winemakers decided to make the best out of a terrible situation, banding together to create an innovative sales tool. Launched in June 2020, the virtual Mercato dei Vignaioli (Winemakers’ Market) was born, of course, from a lock down idea, but the winemakers didn’...

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The excellence of the 2015 vintage of Brunello di Montalcino (with 2 labels awarded) and the 2016 vintage of Barolo, the increasingly widespread quality of Chianti Classico (as in 2019 the most awarded territory, with 3 labels), the greatness of Tuscany (along with Brunello and Chianti Classico also Nobile di Montepulciano and more) and Piedmont, w...

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The Italy-America Chamber of Commerce South Central is please to announced dates for the 2nd-Annual Taste of Italy Virtual Trade Fair and Festival. To be held during the week of March 15-19, the virtual gathering will include: one-on-one virtual trade tastings with leading food and wine buyers in Texas and beyond; one-on-one virtual media tastings...

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As we start to round out this challenging year I think we all need a little bubbly to raise our spirits. This month I am featuring sparkling wines from all over Italy.  My focus is on the wines of the Valdobbiadene and Conegliano Superiore DOCG.  I recently attended a tasting hosted by the Consorzio and IEEM and led by Anthony Giglio where we did a...

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The coronavirus pandemic is affecting wine trade globally, but the impact varies from country to country. Italian wine exports will drop by -4.6% in value (6.1 billion euros) compared to the previous year, the effects this year will be limited compared to the global trend (-10.5%) and even more to the main player in the sector, France, which will l...

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