by Lauren Voigt | Jul 30, 2019 | Country, Italy, Italy, Sicily
Roman traditions & indigineous Sicilian varieties Vito Catania was one of many generations in a family focused on agriculture through the production of wine and olive oil. As Vito took over the family business, he pioneered a focus on the cultivation of several...
by Lauren Voigt | Jul 10, 2019 | Country, Italy
Situated on a narrow strip of land just between the Secchia and Panaro rivers just north of Modena, is Cantina Paltrineri’s main vineyard, “Christo”, where loose soils rich with organic matter impart salinity and savory notes to Paltrineri’s Lambruscos. Produced in...
by Lauren Voigt | Jul 10, 2019 | Bourget News
Before a sparkling water of the same name started trending in the American market, another grapefruit called pamplemousse had long been trending across France. Pamplemousse is French for “grapefruit”, and the French have long been making a wine cocktail of it by...
by Lauren Voigt | Jul 2, 2019 | Country, D&A Imports, Spain, Spain
Ever noticed the sticker on a bottle of Txakolina? It guarantees that the wine’s origin is of indigenous grapes in addition to a number of other controls, in order to be worthy of sporting it. The designation came about in 1989 after years of petitioning by Bixente...
