We are back to Europe for our column dedicated to international markets to interview Thomas Ilkjaer who is a Danish wine writer and lecturer specialized in Italian wines. He has been writing about wine for 20 years and is currently contributing to the Danish daily
Hong Kong is an important hub for international commerce and distribution of wine addressed to the Asia-Pacific area and above all to China. We spoke about it with Ronny Lau who is the chairman of Hong Kong Wine & Spirits Writers Association, and former chairman
Sunday 2 June from 6 p.m., in Piazzetta Sant'Onofrio in Pollara will take place the 29th edition of the Caper Festival. A Slow Food Presidium and an integral part of the landscape and economy of Salina, this small perennial shrub, probably of tropical origin, has
Cantine Aperte / Open Cellars - Sicily Saturday and Sunday, May 25-26, 2019 Open Cellars is the most important wine tourism event in Italy. Since 1993, member wineries of Movimento Turismo del Vino open their doors to personally meet the public on the last Sunday in May.
From 6thto 10thMay - five days of tastings, visits to wineries and cultural tours of Sicily and its Unesco World Heritage Sites The official presentation will take place at UniCredit’s Forum on Economies on 16thApril Palermo, 7thFebruary 2019 - Assovini Sicilia announces the sixteenth edition of Sicilia en
A small piece of paradise at Makari, a mere two miles from the town of San Vito lo Capo on the gulf of Monte Cofano, where the blue of sea meets and mingles with that of the sky. All of this takes place at Marilù
Lorenzo Landi, born in 1964, grew up in the town of Pescia, near Montecatini in the province of Pistoia, a spot not known for its viticulture but rather - even if it borders on Montecarlo di Lucca, a township which is also a controlled appellation
On the 20th August 1535, after three long days of navigation, Charles V, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, landed at Trapani. This was the beginning of the trip that would take him, as it will take us, on a voyage to the interior of
The modification of the production rules and regulations of the Terre Siciliane IGT (Typical Geographical Indication) which, beginning with the 2017 vintage, excludes the possibility of producing and labeling wines as Grillo IGT or Nero d’Avola IGT. This provision, according to which these, grape varieties,
Widely planted in the western part of the Island of Sicily, particularly in the province of Trapani, Grillo is a key variety for the production of wine in the area. An essential part of Marsala, it has demonstrated in recent years, it has also shown