Dining | Wine

Lovely bubbly: a taste of Italy's prosecco region

Italy's sparkling wine comes from a gorgeous valley north of Venice. Stay in vineyard B&Bs and osterie, and eat at local trattorie, for a real taste of the area - and its refreshing fizz ... Italy's famous sparkling prosecco wine comes from vineyards that cover a picturesque valley, just north of Venice. While Champagne refers to a region, prosecco is the name of the grape that is grown on rolling hills that stretch from the town of Valdobbiadene past Treviso and Conegliano, as far as Vittorio

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Garagiste Winemakers of Chile: Introducing MOVI

If I were Hugh Johnson or Jancis Robinson, I could clear my throat and begin my story with a distinguished pronouncement about how I've watched several wine regions around the globe evolve from their infancy to later stages of maturity ... But I lack the perspective of someone who's been a professional observer of the industry for decades ... While I may not be able to tell you how, exactly, I do know that wine regions evolve over the course of their history, and that Chile finds itself in a

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Has British street food come of age?

This week sees the launch of a UK style Vendys award, but have we really got a street food culture? Share your finds here ... New York is famous for the awesome spread of of food on offer and the city authorities have always tolerated and latterly encouraged a vendor culture. Last month the city held their latest Vendy Awards. For the fifth year running, New Yorkers nominated and celebrated their favourite street food vendors at a sell-out ceremony ... For most Brits, the notion of celebrating

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Burrata, mozzarella's rich cousin

Like father, like son. If Stefano Bruno's burrata is really delicious - and it is - it's because he learned at the hands of a master. Mimmo Bruno, Stefano's father, grew up in the southern Italian region of Puglia, home base for burrata, and has been making ...

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Accordini Il Fornetto 2000

Verona, August 2006It seems like a hundred years ago, my first trip to Verona and my first encounters with people who are now my fast friends in the wine world, like Elisabetta Tosi and Giampiero Nadali. It was a trip and an encounter that actually did change my life. One of the most memorable and pleasurable of my wine encounters back in August 2006 was a visit to the Stefano Accordini winery. Guided by Lizzy ...

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La Vigilia Napoletana

The Neapolitan Christmas tradition is one of the richest and most glorious in Italy, beginning with a fish-based Christmas Eve feast and continuing through Santo Stefano, the 26th ...

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1970 Giacosa, Bruno Barbaresco Santo Stefano, 750 ml, List Price: $399.95

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Pio Cesare Barolo 2004

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Giacosa Barbaresco Santo Stefano Riserva

Stefano ... Stefano ... bottles of wine in the whole of Italy. This weekend I was packing up all my wines ready to make the bottle shocking trip back to London via Switzerland and France and decided to save this bottle the journey and drink the famous Red Label from at my leaving meal in Venice. What a chore! Aside from some heartbreaking cork taint there 't going to be any question of disliking the ... 1998 has been my personal favourite and vintage to drink in 2008 and this bottle

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