Wine words of the day: balsamic, Balthazar, barrique, brut, blend, bouquet. Build you wine vocab with us! Balsamic: since the ancient Greek tradicions, a balsamic touch was given to the wine adding some resins to it. Like every tradition, the legend says that the use of resins in the wine was born by mistake in Greece. The amphoras used to ship the wine were closed using the resin of pines as a sealer. It is not hard to believe that some resins could mixture with the wine and give it a pleasant balsamic aroma. This is how the traditional greek wine Retsina was...

When they say aperitivo, all I can think of is summer time. The warm breeze, the sunset, the good company, a bottle of wine...we got all the elements for the perfect aperitif you would say, but something is missing! - Ice is essential Not inside the wine, of course, but just to keep the bottle cool! During the summer, if you set up open air aperitifs, it's easy to go from an iced wine to a cooked wine. And if the fridge is far away from you, the solution is ice, lots of wine! Get a glacette and make sure the ice keeps going. The wrong serving temperature could make...

On the night between June 28th and the 29th, according to an ancient tradition, is the night dedicated to San Pietro sailing ship. This tradition is well known in the regions of Veneto, Trentino e Lombardia. It consists on putting a jar full of water in the middle of a garden or a balcony, and pour an egg white inside it. During the night, the egg white will create abstract shapes that look like a sailing ship. According to the tradition, during the night the apostle San Pietro (who was a fisherman) blows inside the water giving life to the sailing ship. The farmers...

A like… Acidità (Acidity): it is an important element in wine and, if it's presence is well balanced, it contributes to give freshness to the wine. How to recognize it? It makes your mouth water because your body tries to balance its pH, altered by the acidity. Also, acidity is very useful in order to clean the fat off your palate. Affinamento (Refinement): it is the final step of wine making, that helps the wine to mature. It usually takes place in the bottle, in wood barrels or steel tanks. The refinement gives the wine more harmony and...