The most expensive wine of the world

Have you ever wondered what the most expensive wine in the world is?
Unfortunately it is not an Italian wine but a wine of our cousins across the Alps, a rare and prized Bordeaux Cheval Blanc.
Vintage 1947, the Bordeaux Cheval Blanc, a 6-liter imperial, holds the enviable record of most expensive wine in the world.
In fact it has been auctioned by Christies in for the modest sum of $ 304,375, amounting to € 223,610! On balance we are talking about 37,250 € per liter!

How to recognize quality extra virgin olive oil

To recognize a quality olive oil it should not be an expert sommelier, but just follow few simple steps:

Visual test
The visual test, even if it seems trivial, can provide useful information about the strengths and weaknesses of the oil

Pizza love

The pizza is the Italian dish par excellence. Fragrant and tasty the pizza is also one of the favorite Italians dishes.
For this reason, on the occasion of the Valentine's Day, we can cook a good pizza!
If you are not particularly good in the kitchen, in supermarkets you can find bases ready to be seasoned.

What to drink on Valentine Day

Valentine's Day is approaching!
A candlelit dinner in a restaurant is romantic, but certainly less romantic than a dinner prepared by our own hands.

Once you decide the menu, all the better if aphrodisiac to reawaken the passion, (hopefully not dormant), we have to choose the right wine to toast to love!

Risotto al Barbera

The wine and, in particular, the best Italian wines and good Italian red wine are often used as an ingredient in tasty dishes from stews to cakes, the fish to desserts, from rice to stews. The most common error is to use in cooking wine of poor quality because, while a low wine can ruin a dish, a wine of good quality can improve the taste of a low quality dish.

Chili olive oil recipe

Do you like chili olive oil and do you want to try it at home? Nothing could be easier, especially if you follow step by step our recipe for a good oil, perfect for seasoning and give that extra special touch of flavor to your dishes!

Wine: record numbers for the Italian wines export

This year, the wine gives the numbers! And what numbers!
According to the latest Coldiretti analysis, on the basis of ISTAT ( Italian Official Statistics Istituts) data relating to foreign trade, has emerged that the numbers of Italian wines bottles have been exported abroad for more than two billion, with a turnover of 3.7 billion euro and a 9% of increase relative to the previous year. A good result for Italian wines!

Perch fillets breaded baked

Today we suggest a quick and easy recipe suitable for your children
Ingredients:
30-40 grams of dried tomatoes
3 tablespoons breadcrumbs
a pinch of dried oregano
4 fillets of perch
extra virgin olive oil or lemon olive oil or orange olive oil
salt

Where to eat in Sorrento

In addition to the traditional restaurants where to eat in Sorrento?
Sorrento boasts an ancient culinary tradition, enhanced by the flavors of the starters and of the fish based main courses.
But there are also many places to eat in Sorrento, rotisseries and bars in which to sample a remarkable cuisine. In short, where to eat in Sorrento is certainly not a problem!

Wine at sound of music

At first blush, the story of Carlo Cignozzi, Milanese lawyer with a passion for viticulture, may sound rather odd.
A lawyer who leaves the dark and sad courts to serenade to its vineyards, has caused some puzzlement. Until the Department of Agriculture of the University of Florence and Pisa, has arrived at the conclusion that the plants of Sangiovese, grown with music, were more than 50% larger than normal, they don’t have parasites and the clusters were completed in advance. Although the scientific effect of the music on the vines has not yet been definitively tried.

Franciacorta king of toast

For New Year's Eve a favorite champagne celebrate the new year is made in Italy . Four out of 10 bottles of champagne on the Italians tables were of our local production and during the holidays were uncorked eighty million bottles of Italian sparkling wines.
The undisputed king of the toast for 2011 is sparkling Franciacorta, wine preferred by consumers to accompany lunch and dinner parties.

Vertical tasting of Tignanello and Solaia in Sorrento

The last 20th of December in an elegant Sorrento, dressed up with the Christmas colors, there was a prestigious event for all good wine lovers: The vertical tasting of Tignanello and Solaia in magnum and double magnum.
Theatre of the event has been the restaurant O 'Canonico 1898, a gathering of good taste that mixes wisely the flavors of the Sorrento’s traditional cuisine with the culinary innovations.