By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina March 23, 2021March 24, 2021 Center, Wineries, Wineries in ItalyFeatured, Tuscan wines, Tuscany, Wine Tasting, Wineries, Wineries in Italy, Wineries in Tuscany

Castello di Meleto Casi and Poggiarso Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2017

Living the reality of Castello di Meleto is like breathing more than a thousand years of history inside the four walls of its castle on a hilltop of Gaiole di Chianti, in the road between Siena and Florence in Tuscany which overlooks the Chianti valley. What was once the Abbey of Coltibuono belonging to the…

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina March 10, 2021 Restaurants, Southern ItalyCampania, Featured, Japanese restaurant, Restaurants, Restaurants in Campania

Me Geisha Salerno: The Best Japanese Fusion Restaurant in Town

Me Geisha Salerno was born from the idea of Italian – American entrepreneur Giuseppe Tuosto. Being an accomplished restaurateur in the United States after opening successful Asian fusion restaurants both in New York and Los Angeles, he decided to trace back his roots and traverse his way to where his family originated from, Italy. Immediately,…

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina March 1, 2021March 2, 2021 Central Italy, Restaurants, Restaurants in ItalyFeatured, restaurants in Abruzzo, Restaurants in Italy

MangiamoRi: A Cozy Restaurant in the Abruzzo Countryside of Francavilla al Mare

In a lightly remote country road of Francavilla al Mare in the region of Abruzzo, MangiamoRi, a cozy restaurant owned by Rina Di Stefano gives a setting of a welcoming restaurant tucked among tennis courts in the local club. It is located on the upper floor of the clubhouse of the Tennis Club La Campagna…

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Center, Italian Wine Labels, Wine Labels, Wineries, Wineries in ItalyFeatured, Sensi Vini, Tuscan wines, Tuscany, Wine Labels, Wineries in Italy, Wineries in Tuscany

Sensi Governato Toscano IGT 2018: Using The Old Traditional Chianti Vinification Method

Governato Toscano IGT 2018 is a product of Sensi’s passion to explore the best techniques in creating wine. With this particular vinification process, they used the “Governo all’Uso Toscano”, a vinification technique that goes back between 1834 to 1837 institutionalized by Baron Bettino Ricasoli. He divulged that the composition he considered as the most suitable…

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina February 17, 2021 Restaurants, Restaurants in RomeFeatured, Fregene, Lazio, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome

Truly Fish at the Roman Seaside: Rosario Restaurant of Albos Club, Fregene, Italy

Just forty kilometers from Rome, you can find Rosario Restaurant of Albos Club along the shoreline of Fregene Beach. Its proximity from the capital and its guaranteed excellent quality makes it one of the most popular seafood restaurants in the Roman shores. The restaurant is owned by Rosario Malapena, the chef, while his wife Cristina…

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina February 9, 2021 Center, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome, Wineries, Wineries in ItalyFeatured, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome, Wineries in Italy, Wineries in Lazio

Alfonso Crisci: The New Chef of Epos Bistrot of Poggio Le Volpi Wine Estate

A new adventure starts at the kitchen of Epos Bistrot and Barrique Restaurant of Poggio Le Volpi Wine Estate as Felice Mergè, patron and oenologist of the winery, along with General Manager Rossella Macchia, choose Alfonso Crisci as the new Executive Chef of the restaurants. “Three years after the beginning of my adventure in the…

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina February 4, 2021February 5, 2021 Restaurants, Restaurants in Italy, Restaurants in RomeFeatured, Japanese restaurant, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome, Rome

Doozo Art, Books & Sushi: Center for Japanese Cuisine and Culture in Rome

When in the midst of a bustling city lined with buildings, finding a serene garden courtyard bordered by ancient Roman walls is gratifying. Doozo Art, Books and Sushi has pinned the ideal spot in Rome where Japanese culture and cuisine can be valued at a most fitting environment. It is a spacious oasis of relaxation…

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina February 2, 2021February 3, 2021 Events, Hotels, Hotels in Italy, Italy, Restaurants, Restaurants in RomeCocktail Bar, Cocktail Bars in Rome, Featured, Hotels in Rome, Palazzo Manfredi, Restaurants in Rome, Rome, The Court

Roma 4 Roma: An Initiative Uniting Rome’s Bartenders at The Court in Rome

It’s a very challenging moment for cocktail bars to stay afloat in this pandemic period alright. For a sector that exclusively starts to open their doors in the evening and closes them in the wee hours of the morning, the Covid-19 regulations in Italy completely clash with how they function. But resilience is the key…

Michelin-Starred Restaurants

Chris Oberhammer Defines South Tyrolean Cuisine at Tilia Restaurant You will have to give up your dusty hiking boots and shorts to casual elegant clothes when you venture into the door of Ristorante Tilia, a Michelin-starred restaurant in the heart of the Dolomites. The restaurant is housed in a small modern glass and steel structure…

Wineries

La Tognazza Presents “Amici Miei”, Combining Wine, Food & Music The doors of Casa Museo di Ugo Tognazzi in Velletri opened once again on the last Saturday of November, the 30th, to an exclusive night of “Amici Miei”, a creation of Gianmarco Tognazzi of La Tognazza Winery. Amici Miei (My Friends), a name borrowed from the…

Hotels

Unique Al Palatino Garden Restaurant of Kolbe Hotel in Rome, Italy Old Roman structures can give unexpected labyrinths of rooms and gardens in their internal spaces. Kolbe Hotel is among one of them. As you walk through its front door and cross the lobby, another door opens to a peaceful oasis. A garden with centuries-old…

Castello di Meleto Casi and Poggiarso Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2017

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina March 23, 2021March 24, 2021

Center, Wineries, Wineries in ItalyFeatured, Tuscan wines, Tuscany, Wine Tasting, Wineries, Wineries in Italy, Wineries in Tuscany

Me Geisha Salerno: The Best Japanese Fusion Restaurant in Town

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina March 10, 2021

Restaurants, Southern ItalyCampania, Featured, Japanese restaurant, Restaurants, Restaurants in Campania

MangiamoRi: A Cozy Restaurant in the Abruzzo Countryside of Francavilla al Mare

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina March 1, 2021March 2, 2021

Central Italy, Restaurants, Restaurants in ItalyFeatured, restaurants in Abruzzo, Restaurants in Italy

Sensi Governato Toscano IGT 2018: Using The Old Traditional Chianti Vinification Method

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina February 28, 2021February 28, 2021

Center, Italian Wine Labels, Wine Labels, Wineries, Wineries in ItalyFeatured, Sensi Vini, Tuscan wines, Tuscany, Wine Labels, Wineries in Italy, Wineries in Tuscany

Truly Fish at the Roman Seaside: Rosario Restaurant of Albos Club, Fregene, Italy

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina February 17, 2021

Restaurants, Restaurants in RomeFeatured, Fregene, Lazio, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome

Alfonso Crisci: The New Chef of Epos Bistrot of Poggio Le Volpi Wine Estate

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina February 9, 2021

Center, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome, Wineries, Wineries in ItalyFeatured, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome, Wineries in Italy, Wineries in Lazio

Doozo Art, Books & Sushi: Center for Japanese Cuisine and Culture in Rome

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina February 4, 2021February 5, 2021

Restaurants, Restaurants in Italy, Restaurants in RomeFeatured, Japanese restaurant, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome, Rome

Roma 4 Roma: An Initiative Uniting Rome’s Bartenders at The Court in Rome

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina February 2, 2021February 3, 2021

Events, Hotels, Hotels in Italy, Italy, Restaurants, Restaurants in RomeCocktail Bar, Cocktail Bars in Rome, Featured, Hotels in Rome, Palazzo Manfredi, Restaurants in Rome, Rome, The Court

Tasting Umbria with the Wines of Torre Bisenzio

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina January 28, 2021March 17, 2021

Center, Italian Wine Labels, Wine Labels, Wineries, Wineries in ItalyFeatured, Italian wines, Torre Bisenzio, Umbria, Wine Tasting, Wineries in Italy

Umbria, the small Italian region with rolling green hills, medieval hilltop towns and thick forests, is one of Italy’s known regions for excellent food and wine culture. Often referred to as the “Green Heart of Italy”, it has a wide expanse of panoramic beauty of the countryside that overlooks neatly combed rows of vineyards and…

The Beginning of a New Territorial Identity of Giusti Wines by Oenologist Graziana Grassini

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina January 27, 2021

Italian Wine Labels, North, Wine Labels, Wineries, Wineries in ItalyFeatured, prosecco, Wineries in Italy, wineries in Veneto

“I chose Graziana (Grassini) for her combination of feminine grace, Tuscan dedication and international sensitivity. I came back to my homeland to give back some of the luck I got in my life, the result of years of commitment and sacrifice. My dream is that this little corner of Paradise, the Montello area, will become…

The Tedeschi Family’s 400 Years of Winemaking in Valpolicella, Italy

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina January 22, 2021January 23, 2021

Italian Wine Labels, North, Wine Labels, Wineries, Wineries in ItalyFeatured, Italian wines, Tedeschi Wines, Valpolicella, Wineries in Italy, wineries in Veneto

Riccardo, Sabrina and Antonietta Tedeschi, fifth generation of the Tedeschi Family, together with their father Lorenzo, have been keeping the family tradition of winemaking in Valpolicella for 400 years. It was in 1630 when their ancestors first purchased vines and two centuries later, in 1824, the company which bears the family name today was established…

Rhinoceros Entr’acte: The Rooftop Restaurant of Palazzo Rhinoceros of Alda Fendi Esperimenti in Rome

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina January 21, 2021January 21, 2021

Hotels, Hotels in Italy, Restaurants, Restaurants in RomeFeatured, Hotels in Rome, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome, Rome

Inspired by the atmosphere of Out of Africa, a novel written by Karen Blixen, Rhinoceros Entr’acte is the restaurant of the six-storey Palazzo Rhinoceros of the Alda Fendi Esperimenti Foundation. The historical building sitting next to the only surviving 4th century quadrifrons triumphal arch in Rome, the Arch of Janus, was redesigned inside by award-winning…

An Italian Culinary Journey That Highlights Piedmont at Ditirambo Restaurant in Rome

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina January 15, 2021

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Signifying a poem in praise of wine and love in Italian literature, Ditirambo, as the name means, is a restaurant that attributes its kitchen to the love of Italian food and wine. Born in 1996 from the value of good eating and drinking, partners Beatrice Gazzelloni, Edoardo “Dado” Micozzi, who had had experience at Roman…

The Meat Market Doubles in Rome: The Second Restaurant Opens in Piazza Bologna

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina January 11, 2021

Restaurants, Restaurants in RomeFeatured, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome, Rome, The Meat Market

More knives are sharpened, roaring fires are lighted up in more grills, tables are set up and cutlery is polished. Having experienced success in the Testaccio district of Rome, The Meat Market owners Anita Nuzzi and Vito Fiusco decided to expand and open a new branch across the city in the Nomentano district. Considered as…

A Touch of New Nordic Cuisine at Carter Oblio Restaurant in Rome

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina January 6, 2021

Restaurants, Restaurants in RomeContemporary Restaurant, Featured, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome, Rome

An opening of a restaurant in the midst of the pandemic when the food sector is in a cumbersome period takes a robustness in conviction. Chef Ciro Alberto Cucciniello had a lot of keenness in taking out his idea of contemporary cooking. With the support of life partner Joana Razmyte who directs the dining room,…