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Stefania Gioia

Aug 13, 2018
2 min

Vino Vero, for Natural Wine Lovers

With a huge selection from all over the world, Vino Vero specializes in natural wines, to be paired with an exquisite assortment of gourmet cichetti. Nowadays, more and more winemakers are dedicated to produce natural wine, obtained with minimal chemical and technological intervention in both the vines and the cellar. The number of these passionate producers is growing along with a crowd of natural wine lovers, whose knowledge guides them to specialized wine shops and bars. V

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OurRustica: Learn to Cook in a Place to Call Home

Stefania Gioia

Jul 2, 2018
3 min

OurRustica: Learn to Cook in a Place to Call Home

Take a wonderful spot immersed in the verdant Prosecco hills, a charming ruin out of the GPS radar, a couple of passionate food lovers ready for a life change and a fair amount of hard work. For Ruth and Andrea these turned out to be the right ingredients and a path to happiness. The accurate recipe can’t be revealed and might not work for everybody, as it depends on a number of emotional variables, but we thought their story is worth being told, in case someone would like to

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Santa Maria Valverde: a Splash in the Green Vineyards of Valpolicella!

Stefania Gioia

May 16, 2018
2 min

Santa Maria Valverde: a Splash in the Green Vineyards of Valpolicella!

A great wine comes from the perfect combination of three essential elements: climate, terroir and human culture, meant as experience. That’s why not everybody can do it. Nicola and Ilaria Campagnola, who opened Santa Maria Valverde estate in 2008, know it very well. In fact, rooted in this Valpolicella rural farmhouse, Campagnola’s family has been growing grapes since the end of 1800. When, a century later, Nicola decided to restore the ancient house and the surrounding viney

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Osteria All'Arco and its Unforgettable Cichetti!

Stefania Gioia

Apr 6, 2018
2 min

Osteria All'Arco and its Unforgettable Cichetti!

"When I'm asked to be interviewed by journalists and food bloggers, I smile to myself and wonder what I could say about the most obvious, natural thing in the world: eating quality food prepared with love and mindfulness". Matteo doesn't have any doubt, just like his grandfather when, coming from Apulia, started in Venice one of the first retail shops for wine and oil. At that time, the modern concept of wine-bar was still unknown by the family, that opened Osteria All'Arco o

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Stefania Gioia

Feb 9, 2018
2 min

Filippi: Woods and Vineyards

Whoever has been here, talks about Filippi’s winery as a special, out of time place: apparently as much as his owner, an unconventional entrepreneur who inherited his historic family’s properties in the Colli Scaligeri and started to produce his very own wine in 1992. Often depicted as a lone wolf, Filippo Filippi is committed to producing a wine that fully reflects Soave’s terroir, rather than the DOC Soave. Inspired by Castelcerino’s beautiful landscape, he strives to make

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Stefania Gioia

Jan 12, 2018
2 min

Mauro Lorenzon and his "Wine Bevar"

Once you walk through La Mascareta’s front door, and especially if you’re lucky enough to meet its host Mauro Lorenzon, you’d better let go any traditional knowledge. As a matter of fact Lorenzon - who will probably be wearing his inseparable bow tie, a colorful vest and crazy, briar hair - renamed the wine bars “wine bevar”, where “bevar” means “to drink” in Venetian dialect and, in order to recognize a good wine, invented the “Stomachism” theory, by which stomach is conside

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Naranzaria: Wine and Cicheti on Canal Grande

Stefania Gioia

Jan 5, 2018
2 min

Naranzaria: Wine and Cicheti on Canal Grande

Located between the very ancient church of San Giacometto and the historic Campo dell’Erbaria, this small bar and restaurant was once part of the oldest Venetian core, also known as main trading point between East and Europe. As a matter of fact, Naranzaria takes its name from the historical citrus market that used to flourish in this area. The current management, a result of cooperation between historic owner Conte Brandino Brandolini d’Adda, architect Umberto La Caprara and

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Stefania Gioia

Dec 29, 2017
2 min

Zardini: Young and Wise

When you are born to a Valpolicella vintners’ family and you spent your entire boyhood playing in the vineyards and following closely your ancestors’ hard work, then you know for sure that winemaking job is a matter of genuine passion and utmost devotion. And probably, if you’ve chosen this career, you will excel in it. This is what happened to Pietro Zardini, a young oenologist who, after a degree in Agriculture and a viticulture specialization, started to work for one of th

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Stefania Gioia

Dec 22, 2017
2 min

Pure Tradition at Osteria Al Cicheto

As of today, through a superficial lens, Venice swarms with touristy eateries, ordinary (and expensive) pizza places, average wine bars that offer commercial wines and costly menus. But if you learn some off the beaten path routes, you’ll realize that this city, despite the overwhelming tourists’ flocks, didn’t forget its typical recipes and significant oenological tradition. Osteria Al Cicheto, managed by Simone Salin and his two brothers, is a great example of quintessentia

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Stefania Gioia

Dec 1, 2017
1 min

Wine Tasting in Barrique

Owner of L'Antica Quercia farm and winery in the heart of Prosecco, the Francavilla family started a project that harmoniously connects the man-made with the surrounding environment. From the majestic oak tree (quercia, in fact) that always grew in this place to the local glera vine, brewed with indigenous yeasts, nature has been deeply respected and followed in its rythm. The winery, whose vineyard enjoys the wind blowing from the Dolomites, produces biological prosecco, spa

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Stefania Gioia

Nov 24, 2017
1 min

Welcome to Ca' Lustra!

When Zanovello's family, in the 60's, bought this countryside refuge on the Euganean hills, probably didn't expect its descendants would convert it in a farm of 42 hectares, 25 of which are currently covered in vineyards. Franco and his sons Marco and Linda, along with some contributors, run Ca' Lustra winery not only with strenght of purpose, but with an original approach that suits perfectly the soil's unique geology. The territory, a Bio-District and a UNESCO MaB candidate

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Stefania Gioia

Nov 10, 2017
1 min

Zýmē: between Tradition and Provocation

Celestino Gaspari's Zýmē vineyard, born in the heart of Valpolicella more than 15 years ago, is represented by a logo that itself stands clearly for the company values. A grape leaf overlaps a pentagon, whose five sides symbolize soil, water, sun, vine and man, five elements essential to yield one of the most exquisite wines in Veneto. The philosophy of Gaspari, a passionate character who learned to work the land according to tradition, sees wine production as research, testi

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Stefania Gioia

Oct 27, 2017
1 min

A Real Wine & Cichetti Temple

Cantine Schiavi, open in Dorsoduro since 19th century, is not only one of the most emblematic bacari in Venice, it is an autentic legend around here! Strolling into the wine shop and bar I feel at ease, not only as I've known for at least 3 decades the Gastaldi brothers, whose typical moodiness is utterly adorable, but also because I love browsing between their shelves, stocked with hundreds labels of mostly local, excellent wine. In fact, here you can buy a bottle to enjoy a

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Stefania Gioia

Aug 19, 2017
1 min

Wine & Poetry at Gregoletto Winery

In the sleepy village of Premaor, nestled in the Prosecco verdant valleys, the Gregoletto family has been cultivating vines since 1600. Their work from the vines to the bottling is done by hand, artisanally, carefully and patiently, based on oral traditions passed down over the centuries. While the 83 year-old father Luigi represents the tradition, his two dynamic sons, Giovanni and Giuseppe, work hard on innovation. Get caught in conversation with Giovanni, a wonderfully ecc

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Stefania Gioia

Jul 15, 2017
1 min

Zanze XVI: the Elegant Osteria

Our last food discovery, utterly remarkable in many ways, happened just two weeks ago, and can be defined as a unique travel through flavours. Zanze XVI, a historical osteria, is reborn as an "elegant osteria", where the spirit of a Venetian wine bar is combined with a more sophisticated and contemporary cuisine. The menu is an explosion of contrasts, where excellent earth and sea products blend with unusual savours. An interesting wine list, a refined, not studied service an

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