The most influential wine makers in Italy today |
Riccardo Cotarella, Angelo Gaja, Piero Antinori,Roberto Conterno, Romano dal Forno
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| Italian Winter Vegetables |
| The wonderful and distinctive flavours of Italian regional cuisine are found in the different ways vegetables are prepared. Winter is the season of some of the most interesting, yet little known varieties. Due to their seasonality, they are available for 5-6 months, but only at their best for three. More >> |
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Have you ever tried to make a dish from a cuisine you love, and never been able to reproduce that taste? I used to wonder why? |
Dec 2008 - Taste is a sense that I have always found intriguing and fascinating. By taste, I do not mean the flavour of specific foods such as an apple, an orange or a banana, but a more general sense of taste that is the expression of a culture. More >> |
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Is wine worth £116 a gulp? |
| Oct 2008 - This credit crunch has come as a wake-up call, which seems to happen every so often: we can remember the share collapse of the late eighties and the dotcom bubble of the mid nineties. More >> |
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The Food in Rome |
| Mar 2007 - There is an enormous contrast between the grand past of this city and its unsophisticated, heartwarming staple diet. More >> |
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THE ENOTECA TURI APPROACH TO FOOD AND WINE MATCHING |
Nov 2006 - Giuseppe Turi guides you through the four factors which will help you
choose the wine you like. More >> |
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A Taste of Italy |
| May 2006 -Pizza and pasta, those indisputably delicious yet ubiquitous staples of any Italian menu, have only appeared as part of the country’s cuisine as recently as in the past 100 years – adopted as a ‘fast food’ by increasingly busy Italian families. More >> |
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Italian wine: the incredible journey |
Jan 2006 - Known as Enotria – the land of wines – by the Greeks, Italy boasts over 2,000 grape varieties, over 2,000 growers of wine and a wealth of different regions, each with their own culture, soil type and micro-climates. More >>
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| The perception of Italian food has changed dramatically in the last 15 years. |
Sept 2005 - Gone are the days of Spaghetti Bolognese, Lasagne and Pollo Sorprese of the 70’s and 80’s; now Italian food is associated with fine seasonal ingredients, handled with passion and care. More >> |
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