Champagne & Sparkling Wines
Perlage is the set of carbon dioxide bubbles produced by a sparkling wine or a champagne when the bottle is uncorked and the wine poured into the glass: the fineness and quality of the perlage are elements for evaluating the value of the product.
My passion for Italian sparkling wines and French Champagnes is so total that I called my own wine blog Perlage Suite. If on the one hand teaching for aspiring sommeliers and wine lovers is the main focus of this website, on the other hand I want to give you the widest possible overview of the extraordinary world of bubbles ... obviously interpreted according to my personal taste! 😎
Grapariol: do you know the white raboso of Terre Grosse?
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 ...
Sex and bubbles: 10 things you (don't) really want to know
The fashion of provocative photos where the bottle of wine that should be the protagonist is a superfluous side dish goes crazy on Instagram and it's all a flourishing of generous necklines, winking heels and turkey ass mouths to be stuffed even in the days away from ...
Sparkling wine: 3 classic method you should taste
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 ...
Brillat-Savarin PGI: when Burgundy meets Champagne
My vocation for wine goes hand in hand with my curiosity for cheese. I love making easy or unusual combinations and enjoying the company of both. A day can be good or bad, but if you end it with wine and cheese I'm sure it will have, in every ...
Night before exams: The Franciacorta case
On this night before the exams I want to share with you the paper I did for the Geography of wine production course in which I got the maximum score. I really hope that the exam goes well tomorrow ... in the meantime what do you think you'll find out ...
Horoscope 2021: let's toast to a new year of changes for the sign of taurus
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 ...
Jean-Philippe Trousset: the vigneron of Champagne heartthrob
"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 ...
Eric Taillet Champagne: the bottle, the occasion, the recipe and ...
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 ...
Champagne Day: Jacquesson and the shrimp bisque recipe
When yesterday afternoon Pellegrini 1904 SpA invited me to join the virtual toast on the occasion of Champagne Day 2020, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to share with you one of the most successful food-wine combinations I've tried lately ..... .
“Prosecco Col fondo” vs “Spumante Metodo Classico”? Two different products for two different occasions!
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,...
Ca 'del Bosco Dosage Zéro Noir 2006 Vintage Collection: a Franciacorta to say yes!
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 ...
Romantic Franciacorta: visit to the cellar and dinner at the Piccola Corte restaurant
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 ...
Champagne: the secret revealed to become over a hundred years old
It was from the evening when the dear Marco Chiesa had presented his book "Champagne Reloaded" in one of my favorite classic method sparkling wine cellars - San Michele, in the Brescia Montenetto - that I wanted to write an article about Champagne. Two weeks...
La Montina: a wonderful evening in Franciacorta
It was 25 March 2015, from 4 days I was Sommelier AIS and from 15 days he was born Perlage Suite... which gives notebooks online with another web address, it started to look like a real wine blog! If they had told me that I would be ...
Champagne Laurent-Perrier: Reportage of a love
Reportage of a love because I had never been in Champagne, although I loved it. I admit that I wouldn't drink anything else, at all hours of the day. Champagne, champagne and more champagne: champagne is capable of transforming any moment into a special occasion! Then you know ...
French wines: these 6 Champagne will amaze you
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 ...
Merlotta Brut: who says that the charmat method sparkling wine does not evolve?
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 ...
Victor and Charles: Elegant champagne premiered at Vinitaly 2018
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 ...
Emotions beyond taste: it is # ilTempoDelleRose🌹 with Gardet Champagne
I arrived in Milan just before the appointment and I admit that, after a "frantic" search of the parking lot, there was a search for the Hic wine shop ... a small window that hides a small Caveau in Via Lorenzo Spallanzani 12. L event, organized ...
20 Italian sparkling wines that you must taste absolutely in the 2018
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!
Whole sparkling wines: notes & tastings of my greatest love ❤
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, ...
Ask me if I'm happy: Yoga & Franciacorta docet in Brescia ❤
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...
Prosecco Valdobbiadene Superiore Cartizze DOCG: 5 differences
A few words about one of the most mistreated bubbles in Italy: Prosecco and, in particular, one of its small Cru, Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore di Cartizze DOCG.
Franciacorta 2017 Festival: La Riccafana, Hotel Touring, Villa Crespia
Franciacorta Festival 2017: tastings of Teratis Rosso da Riccafana and Franciacorta Villa Crespia and a dream fillet at the Hotel Touring in Coccaglio.
Recipe of the Spongada Camuna with Salame di Monte Isola and Rosé D'Araprì Classic Method Sparkling Wine
My new region has one thing in common with my home region: the poverty of the ingredients of its traditional dishes. However, the quality of these is so excellent that it takes very little to make wonderful dishes. Today I share the recipe of ...
Bellenda: extraordinary vertical of Prosecco SC 1931 at Vinitaly 2017
Every year, as is now customary, I write an article on the company that was most able to excite me at Vinitaly, and for the 2017 edition I chose Bellenda. I take this opportunity to thank Agnese Ceschi and Lavinia Furlani of Wine Meridian for contacting me and ...
Vinitaly 2017: Joska Biondelli presents 3 Franciacorta, 2 are exceptional.
They are the 15 and are in the Franciacorta tasting room at the Palaexpo Lombardia of Vinitaly where Jouska Biondelli is about to present the new vintages to the press. I already know this company from Franciacorta just born 7 years ago, and for this reason I am very curious ...
From the stars of Report to the stables of Franciacorta ... but go back to talking about wine instead of making controversy?
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, with the work of ...
Calvisius Caviar and Champagne Lanson at the Ristorante Templari, Brescia
On Wednesday 7 December at the Templari Restaurant in Brescia a special evening was held dedicated to Calvisius Caviar and Lanson champagne, worked by the skilled hands of Chef Alessandro Ferrera. Unfortunately last week I also got sick and I don't ...
The Riccafana Franciacorta at the Ristorante I Templari di Brescia: successful pairing!
Last night I was for dinner at the I Templari Restaurant in Brescia: excellent wines, promising cuisine, good service and really pleasant company were the ingredients of a really beautiful evening! That's why I decided to start this article ...
Comitissa Gold 2002 Lorenz Martini: Many wishes papino !!!
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 ...
South Tyrol: a wonderful day looking for bubbles
This morning I got up comfortably, also because the bed at Sartori's Hotel in Lavis (TN) was really comfortable! ? Tomorrow I have a really full day and so today I take a rest in Bolzano, a city that I always like very much! I came around ...
Trentino: a splendid day in search of bubbles
Incredibly this morning I woke up half an hour before the alarm clock, so I was able to calmly prepare myself and leave for Rovereto! This weekend I'm in Trentino-Alto Adige hunting for the best sparkling wines for my guide 500 bubbles in ...
Piedmont: a splendid day in search of bubbles
I am a little excited: finally on Friday 7 October 2016 my journey began in the name of the best sparkling wines in Italy to toast together at the 60th birthday of the Fiat 500! I started a little late on the schedule ... but I didn't expect ...
“Eat pray love”… reflection with tasting of the historic Nautilus cru
I'm going a little off topic tonight, I know. But a blog, by definition, is also the author's diary. So tonight, before telling you about the tasting of the historic Nautilus cru, a classic method sparkling wine made exclusively from red grapes aged for 24 months in the depths of the lake ...
Festival of Franciacorta: Berlucchi presents its Franciacorta Brut Nature Millesimato
Last Saturday, on the occasion of the Franciacorta d'Autunno Festival, I was at the presentation of the new Millesimato by Berlucchi combined with the three starred fingerfoods of Chef Stefano Cerveni of the Due Colombe Restaurant in Borgonato di Corte Franca, 1 star ...
Thanks to Sony for the RX100M4 for my wine guide 500 boils in 500
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 ...
Looking for a classic method sparkling wine? Try Biondelli's Franciacorta!
Looking for a sparkling wine to make a good impression without spending too much? Do you prefer Italian sparkling wines to the most famous (and expensive) French cousins? Do you love the Classic Method? Today I want to propose you a brut sparkling wine with an excellent quality price to buy for eyes ...
My best discovery of Vinitaly 2016? Prosecco Classic Method PS
Life is a Bubble is the slogan of Le Vigne di Alice, which I count as the best winery discovered during this Vinitaly 2016. Those who know me well know that I have always hated Prosecco ... or at least this until Tuesday, the day of my extraordinary enological discovery! ...
La Riccafana and the bio-franciacorta by Riccardo Fratus
Have you ever wondered if organic wine is a fashion or a synonym of quality? Whether you are a fan of bubbles (like me) or a sommelier (like me), it is never too late to go deeper into an oenological theme destined to never go out of fashion! That's why I decided ...
Countess Alessia Berlusconi marries Riccca Fratus's Riccafana in Milan
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 ...
Post Christmas lunch with the family? I chose Bellavista!
Before telling you about my beautiful Christmas that I spent with my family at the Temptations Restaurant in Pisogne, I will take a small step forward to the next day: Santo Stefano! You'll find out why in a few days ... Given that I didn't spend a Christmas ...
Reportage - Ca 'del Bosco Method: quality or advertising?
I have always wanted to write this article, so I am really happy to have had the opportunity to do so thanks to Alessandra Viola, Head of Public Relations at Ca 'del Bosco. Today I finally cleared my mind about the colossus of Franciacorta ....
Biondelli presents the Franciacorta bio Prémiere Dame at the Expo
Anyone who knows me knows that I am always rather skeptical of the word bio associated with wine ... in fact I am very skeptical of the concept of organic in general in such a sick planet. This is why when dear Claudia Bondi invited me to the event of ...
Christo, Berlucchi and the Festival of Franciacorta
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 ...
All the colors of Franciacorta with La Montina
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 ...
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