From 13 to 15 March 2010, at the Stazione Leopolda in Florence, Pitti Immagine presents the fifth edition of Taste. In viaggio con le diversità del gusto, the fair dedicated to excellence in Italian food – featuring more than 190 specialist and niche companies – as well as the biological diversities of foods in the global age. Taste is an amusing and absorbing experience for members of the gastronomic and c ...

In Tuscany, cantucci di Prato—miniature, anise-flavored almond biscotti—are traditionally served at the end of a meal with a glass of Tuscan dessert wine, vin santo, for dipping. “But, being English, Trudie and Sting often eat them with tea,” Sponzo says. Il Palagio’s vin santo (which is Italian for “holy wine”) is made with Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes from the estate’s own organic vineyards, which are dr ...

It's new wine time, or Vino Novello, as we Italians call it. Vino Novello is the first of the crop; it goes on sale on November 6 and it's going to be available through February, not later than Easter. Beaujolais Nouveau, French version of the New Wine, goes on sale the 3rd Tuesday of November and will be available through Easter. Vino Novello goes from grapes to wine in about 20 days and has a unique taste ...