Sebastiano Ramello globe trotter, wine ambassador and Italian wine expert residing in the beautiful Piemonte region at the foot of the Alps in one of the most important territories of Italian wine, through the Turin publishing house Echos Edizioni, published his second book a few days ago in Italy: “IN VIAGGIO CON MANEKI” (Title in Italian, translated into English: “Traveling with Maneki”) a narrative of travel on a sailing boat in the Atlantic ocean between the wonderful Canary Islands. In this online interview we first ask Sebastiano: «who is Maneki?» «Maneki is a beautiful Jeanneau, a 9-met ..read more

Italy is renowned for its rich history and culture, stunning landscapes, and of course, its wine. Italian wineries have a long and storied history dating back centuries and are known for producing some of the world’s most exceptional wines. The history and culture of Italian wineries date back thousands of years and are deeply intertwined with the country’s rich and diverse cultural heritage. Italian wineries have been producing wines for over 3,000 years, with the ancient Greeks and Etruscans being among the first to introduce grape cultivation and winemaking to Italy. Throughout history, win ..read more

Sebastiano Ramello, Italian, expert and international wine consultant since 2008, originally from Piemonte in the province of Cuneo. For years he has been promoting Italian wines and their territories in the main world markets, it was precisely this activity of his that led him years ago, between the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012, to start the first research in the world on food intolerance dedicated to wine, giving life to Low Histamines, www.lowhistamines.com, a brand that selects and guarantees wines with a histamine content below 0.5mg/litre, wines which according to various doctor ..read more

Based in Tuscany, Italy, Antinori is a wine-producing firm. One of the oldest wine estates in the world, it was established in 1385. The company uses both conventional winemaking techniques and contemporary technology to produce a variety of red, white, and sparkling wines. Tuscany, Umbria, and Puglia are just a few of the Italian regions where Antinori has vineyards, along with California, Washington State, and Chile. The business is well-known for its premium wines, which have garnered numerous honours and awards. The Antinori family inaugurated a new winery for the first time in 26 generat ..read more

The first organic winery in the Italian province of Piacenza, Il Maiolo, has been cultivating vineyards since 1996. I recently had the pleasure of visiting them, and I learned a great deal about wine. When tasting wine, there is no right or wrong way to do it. This is all there is to it: do you like what you are drinking or not? Even before you start drinking, there is a formal way to taste wine that reveals more about the wine in your glass. One common question we all have is why wines taste and smell like so many different things and not just grapes. Elena responded that the more wine you dr ..read more

The two Primitives sent to the White House in over 700 cases The White House drinks Apulian, even Primitivo, the one produced in the area of Gioia del Colle: 720 cases of six bottles each have left for the residence of President Donald Trump (but is abstemious). The order fell a few weeks ago in the Tenute Chiaromonte, an agricultural company based in Acquaviva delle Fonti and the patron Nicola Chiaromonte confessed: “I risked a cuddly, but it was a moment, then I toasted”. The Puglia-White house link was not Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the 45th president of the United States who spent the ..read more

Unfortunately, for weeks the strong increases in electricity and gas prices that have been taking place in Italy, linked to the increases and the lack of raw materials, have been bringing extra costs of a total of over one billion euros in the Italian wine production sector, many Italian wineries, especially those that produce “entry level” wines, to face strong and real risks especially on foreign markets, the international ones. Unfortunately, every single cost item increases in price: glass, cork, packaging, fertilizers, fertilizers, fuel, transport, and above all electricity and gas. Not ..read more

Rosé wine is becoming more and more popular in the world especially among young people and women, thanks to its freshness, its simplicity in tasting it during an aperitif at the end of work but also for its combinations, a wine that is increasingly being replaced to classic white wines when paired with fish-based dishes and which is also perfect paired with fried as “Tampura”, spicy dishes such as those of Indian or Chinese cuisine but also paired with white meat such as chicken. In India, the biggest producers and wineries have been producing both still and sparkling rosé wines for some years ..read more

From 10 to 13 April after two years of absence, the most important international wine fair in Italy returns, Vinitaly, which has been held for over fifty years. The 54th edition. A wine event that counts thousands of Italian wineries ready to exhibit and offer their best red, white, rosé (rosa) and sparkling wines. There will also be trendy wines such as organic, biodynamic, Low Histamines and vegan wines. An event that will open its doors to thousands of visitors, ready to reach the city of Verona, professionals in the wine sector from the main world markets including India.   Just a fe ..read more

Many of us know Mr. Sebastiano Ramello as an expert in Italian wines, a tireless globetrotter, a photographer, a promoter of the territories of Italian wine, but that’s not all. Sebastiano Ramello is also a writer of novels and travel narratives. A few days ago, in Italy, his book was published by the Turin publishing house Echos Edizioni, a novel of 328 pages, an international thriller that covers current events between 2017 and the end of 2019, facts that have led to the events of these last two years, events experienced by all of us and by the whole world. Today, through whatsapp I was able ..read more