Champagne & Sparkling Wines

I think I've never been so behind with the articles of my beloved wine blog ... but I had to take home a 29 in Economics and Management for Gastronomy ... so I'm forgiven! However, I continued to write down my best tastings and this ...

One of my greatest passions is classic method sparkling wine and for this reason I try to broaden my culture on this type every day. In particular, I have a mission: to taste all Italian classic method sparkling wines. This is why when Federica di ...

Starting a new year with a toast (or rather two) and a small reflection that has its roots in my 2021 horoscope is now a tradition for me. I find it very nice to start from the previous year, looking if the expectations have been aligned with the ...

"If since childhood your parents make you feel special you will feel special all your life". With this thought, I enjoyed every drop of Jean-Philippe Trousset's Champagne Crème Extra Brut. This champagne makes me feel special, so it's him himself ...

I had already decided that yesterday afternoon I would uncork "Sur Le Grand Marais" Champagne Brut Nature by Eric Taillet. A sage Charles Buckowski said roughly: "If something good happens you drink to celebrate, if something bad happens you drink to forget ...

I haven't written on my beloved wine blog for 21 days and I must say that I missed you a lot. However this year I took a "special license" to get married: in fact in this month of absence Francesco and I have organized our wedding! Cabbage,...

It takes courage to change. It takes courage to fail. Change and failure require a rare ability: that of daring. Daring is the common denominator of all those verbs that refer to a single word: destruction. The Treccani vocabulary defines ...

A couple of Friday ago I was with Francesco on a visit to a winery I had never heard of, despite being in the area where I live: Lake Iseo. Romantica Franciacorta is in Passirano, in the province of Brescia, in that area of ​​Italy that has become ...

Last Sunday I had the honor of participating in a Champagne tasting organized by Marco Manzoli, aka @vinogodi, at the La Barrique restaurant in Poviglio, a charming and remote town in the province of Reggio Emilia. Well, we ate a ...

As often happens on my blog I talk about sparkling wines, and when I talk about sparkling wines I do not speak only of Champagne, Trento DOC or Franciacorta DOCG to mention the most "sought after", but I like to discover small realities or debunk "false myths". Today I want to tell you about ...

In Epernay, in the Champagne region, there is a small Maison that is worth tasting. I discovered it from dear Umberto Cosmo, aka Bellenda, during this Vinitaly 2018. Filipe Mertens and his partner have reserved me not only the tasting of the three ...

I 20 best Italian sparkling wines awarded in the first edition of my Guide Sparkling Wines 500 Bubbles in 500. Do you already know them all? Read my complete tastings!

Everyone has the sacred right to have a weakness. And no, they are not super partes: whole sparkling wines, along with Sauternes, Ports and some terribly old spicy reds, have a special place in my heart. It was Vinitaly 2016 and, as usual, ...

It is 15 pm and, after yet another sleepless night in the last two months, I have decided to take a mental break to tell you something ... and in particular I would like to discuss with you a subject that, at first glance, does not have much to do with wine: Happiness. Have you ever...

Today I dared a deliberately provocative title that I hope you will understand after reading my article. Of one thing, however, I am absolutely certain: to combine a wine, which is nothing more than the product of the passion and culture of one or more artisans, ...

A thought on the fly for my dad who turned 60 today. Today I spent a nice day with my family at the Ristorante Tentazioni in Pisogne, and I asked Sandro and Giacomo for kindness to bring a bottle from home for dad. When I was in ...

Today I'm too tired to write an article ... but since my beloved wine blog Perlage Suite I missed him too much, I bid you good night with a thought of the evening. The air is filled with the reassuring scent of mum's ossobuchi, dad glazes the cassata ...

La Contessa, winery of Alessia Berlusconi winemaker, begins a wine partnership with Franciacortina Riccafana, winery of Riccardo Fratus at Enoteca 21 in Piazza Duomo in Milan. My title, deliberately provocative, was also created to attract ...

Last weekend Lake Iseo was animated by two truly extraordinary events: the Franciacorta Festival for all #WineLovers and the Feast of Santa Croce in Monte Isola for all #FlowerLovers. Of the Feast of Santa Croce which was held in Monte Isola ...

Before telling you about the delicious Franciacortas that I tasted at Vinitaly with Federico as guests of the La Montina company, I want to give you a small introduction which aims to encourage you to make your dreams become your reality. [Tweet "Choose a ...