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!