After disease and hailstorms destroyed most vineyards in the early 1900s, Alto Piemonte has bounced back to become an underappreciated source of Nebbiolo. BY KERIN O’KEEFE These five denominations of Alto Piemonte are underappreciated sources of elegant, long-lived wines. If you’re a fan of Nebbiolo, the sole grape behind Barolo and Barbaresco, you’ll love [...]
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PECORINO: ITALY’S ‘HOT AND TRENDY’ WHITE GRAPE
Native to Marche and Abruzzo, the white grape variety has experienced a revival in the past 15 years or so, thanks to its bright acidity, minerality and pleasant green aromas. From 2000 to 2010, for example, planting of this grape variety increased from 87 hectares to 1,110 hectares, according to Jancis [...]
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There is a Reason Why People Love Italian Wines
Making wine is probably as old as humankind itself, and one of the oldest winemaking regions in the world is Italy. Italian wines traces their roots as far back as the Roman Empire, and probably even before that. Rome is the city that began bottling wines for ease of transportation, [...]
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What’s Truly Italian? Food Fight Foils ‘Made in Italy’ Plan
MILAN — For the Italian government, it seemed like a recipe for success: create an official “Made in Italy” logo to defend the country’s finest food exports from an army of foreign impersonators. On supermarket shelves worldwide, a star-shaped logo would mark out real Italian cheeses, hams, pasta and sparkling [...]
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OVER 80% OF AMERICANS ARE OPEN TO MAKING MEATLESS DISHES.
FOLSOM, Calif., May 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — According to a just released consumer survey, flavor and texture are the top reasons people enjoy cooking with meat, and the fear of missing that is the reason fewer people follow a plant-based diet. Conducted by the California Walnut Board1, the study also revealed meat [...]
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