As New Years approaches and we plan our ringings and traditions, perhaps a welcome change may be to skip the Champagne and instead veer your tastes to northern Italy for the exclusive Franciacorta–the peninsula’s prized bubbles. Garnering more prize medals than Champagne at The Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships in 2019, Franciacorta has earned

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Franciacorta: Italy’s Hidden (Sparkling) Gem

Grappa can be found across the world on restaurants’ top shelves in amorphous, hand-blown glass bottles, usually served as a digestif to the cultured diner. However, its roots in northern Italy, and their locals’ respect for it, remain humble.Distilling as a practice to create alcoholic beverages was introduced to Italy around the 11th century by

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Grappa: Water-of-Life to the Northern Italians