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Apuan Alps & Vermentino

Marble mountains & lard If you've ever been to Italy and admired the marble that is displayed bountifully in the churches, palaces, and...

Le Cinque Terre's heroic winemakers

I want to share a story of a special place that I’m sure many of you have already visited. Paradoxically it was only my second time in Le...

See how Balsamic vinegar is made

Have you ever tasted balsamic vinegar? I mean, the real stuff?! I'm asking the question because I believe that most people haven't tasted...

Selvadolce winery on the Ligurian coast

Selvadolce is no ordinary winery, and the owner Aris is no ordinary winemaker. As you drive up the road from Bordighera, a sleepy seaside...

Timorasso - Derthona in Colli Tortonesi in Piedmont

One of the up-and-coming grape varieties in Italy at the moment is the white grape Timorasso which originates in the southeastern corner...

3 famous fashion brands connected to food & wine in Tuscany

Florence has bred several of Italy's iconic fashion designers, brands that today are internationally recognised for Italian haute...

Outside the box, winery Poggio La Noce, Florence

If you're a wine producer in Tuscany, chances are that you are one by descent, in terms of family tradition and/or inherited land. Some...

Real gelato - with Sergio Dondoli in San Gimignano

Last week I went to see Sergio Dondoli in San Gimignano and got his fascinating life story. Sergio runs the most successful gelateria in...

Terracotta Amphora from Tuscany

Giovanni is the very essence of a fine artisan. His whole life philosophy coincides with his craft, where the earth materializes into everla

Meat Dario Cecchini - butcher in Panzano in Chianti

Dario is the most outspoken and opinionated butcher in the world. He's kind of famous; discussed, interviewed, filmed and has a great...

Pecorino cheese in Tuscany

We really love the delicious cheeses made from sheep’s milk here in Tuscany. Any cheese made from sheep’s milk is called pecorino, coming...

How to choose good olive oil?

I recently received an email from one of you telling me that she had run out of our Olivoglio extra virgin olive oil and asking me which...