Pairings pandoro, panettone and wine

Christmas Eve dinner. After a sumptuous lunch, comes the dessert time. And here begin the classic opposition between the fan of pandoro and the fan of panettone.
Above all it is a battle between generations, between those who love the classic and sweet taste of the Milan dessert for excellence and who prefer the taste of its Veronese rival. If the panettone is characterized by an intense and bold aroma of raisins, and candies, the pandoro wins for the soft, sweet and intriguing vanilla scent.

Eco Friendly paper wine bottle

Oenophiles are skeptical, while the environmentalists are thrilled about the news that you can see on supermarket shelves from January 2012:  the bottle of wine for the paper.
From the synthetic closures, recycled cork, lighter bottles, cellars "grip off" and labels "carbon footprint" we're coming to bottles of paper to a future increasingly eco for the wine industry.

Salad with truffle, artichokes and Parmesan

The truffle. The name evokes a rich flavor and opulent, precious and rare, like all good things that are hidden at the first sight.
The first news about the truffle go back to the time of the Sumerians, who are used to prepare soups with barley, chickpeas, lentils and mustard. The success of the truffle was unstoppable and  arrived to Piedmont, where the search for the truffle was a real noble divertissement. Still in Piedmont, the Count Camillo Benso di Cavour used the truffle as a diplomat means.

Christmas Gifts: give a little bit of Sorrento

It is almost Christmas and starts the inevitable stress related to gifts. What to give?  Do you have forgotten anyone? The grandfather, the grandmother, the aunt ... and what about the inevitable friend / relative / colleague who shows with the gift. And here starts the classic banal excuse “what a combination: I have forgotten your gift at home ..."

Chili and chocolate muffins

The chili and chocolate muffins: an intriguing and aphrodisiac recipe that combines the delight of the chocolate and the spicy chili flavor in a marriage of flavors that is very hard to resist.
The muffins are very easy and quick to prepare, also excellent as a gift.

Tignanello: a wine, a style

Today we talk about the Tignanello, firstborn of SuperTuscans. It’s the first of innovative wines that have shocked the wine history of Tuscany and all Italy. “Tignanello of the onset, that of the vintage of the 1971", Piero Antinori precises, "did not have these characteristics: it was a Chianti with no white grapes matured in barrels. Caused a sensation because it was more expensive than a table wine of the Chianti Classico Riserva.