Posts Tagged ‘Italian sparkling wine’
Villa Schinosa Falanghina Spumante
Villa Schinosa is a winery located in the beautiful Apulia (Puglia) region at the south-eastern tip of Italy. Under the control of Ferdinand and Corrado Capece Minutolo, all grapes at Villa Schinosa are selected and vinified from their own vineyards. Falanghina Spumante is made from 100% Falaghina grapes, a local white grape variety characterised by its citrusy aromas and apple and pear flavours.…
Read MoreVignarosa Prosecco & Sparkling Wine
Prosecco PROSECCO D.O.C. TREVISO BRUT PARK Produced with the Charmat method, this is a classic sparkling wine with a typical freshness and fruity aroma, make it perfect for any occasion. PROSECCO D.O.C. TREVISO DRY VILLA This sparkling Charmat, made only from Glera grapes is elegantly soft with a fruity aroma and is excellent for any festivity. PROSECCO…
Read MoreLa Piotta Italian Sparkling Wine
In the heart of Oltrepo, at Montalto Pavese in an area particularly suitable for the production of fine wines, is where you will find the Padroggi family farm where La Piotta is made. La Piotta was founded in 1985 from a long-ling of dedicated winemakers. They currently have 15 hectares of completely planted vineyards and produced around 70,000 bottles of…
Read MorePairing Italian Food with Sparkling Wine
Italian food is some of the best in the world and regularly eaten in many households. It’s always handy to have some bubbly to pair perfectly with your dishes! We’ve stuck mostly with Italian bubbly, but there’s also some to mixing and matching. You can find many of these in your local UK supermarket. Creamy Pasta Such…
Read MoreMeet our Sommeliers! – Chantal Serrano, The Cinnamon Club, London
How did you become interested in wine? My parents were wine lovers and introduced me to the joys of having a glass of wine with meals. I picked up my own interest by working on a harvest in a Champagne vineyard, attending the Independent Wine Producers show in Paris twice a year and simply tasting,…
Read MorePiuma D.O.C. Garda Sparkling Wine
Piuma D.O.C. Garda sparkling wine is produced from hand-picked Chardonnay grapes from a single year. The wine is produced in the heart of the Morenic Hills, immersed in quiet green woods of birch and oak near Mantova and Lake Garda in Italy. Cesare “Maître de Chai” and Franco Gozzi’s DOC Garda sparkling wine is normally a mix…
Read MoreIncrease in Popularity of Pignoletto Italian Sparkling Wine
Major UK supermarket Sainsbury’s reported that a certain Italian bubbly boosted their festive sales by a futher 0.8% – and they weren’t taking about Prosecco. Sainsbury’s Pignoletto DOC Spumante Brut was a Christmas hit as many customers chose it above Champagne and Prosecco for their celebrations. Tesco also released their own Pignoletto in their Tesco Finest…
Read MoreLini 910 Metodo Classico – Italian Sparkling Wine
Alice and Emma founded The Italian Wine Women through their love of wine and wanted to bring the best of it to the UK. The wines they choose to sell are made by artisans focused on producing the best possible wine in the most sustainable way. LINI 910 METODO CLASSICO BIANCO V.S.Q. MILLESIMATO 2009 A truly…
Read MoreMaeli Moscato Giallo Fior D’Arancio
Maeli is the splendid enterprise set in the Euganean Hills and guided by Elisa Dilavanzo that has drawn new energy from the support given it by Gianluca and Desiderio Bisol, who have encouraged the search for new expressions in a grape variety that still has so much to reveal. The estate overlooks the magnificent Villa…
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