Browsing by Category: Wine & Spirits

The tastings table is gorgeous custom made affair that is 5.4m (17.7ft) long.

Tonight I witnessed the most exciting thing ever to happen in English language wine education in Rome: the inauguration of the brand new Vino Roma tasting space on Via in Selci in Monti. The place is stunning. Not that the original tasting space in Prati wasn’t great. But this is something else. (more…)

On Saturday October 15, join Hande Leimer of Vino Roma and me at the enoteca Il Bacocco in Trastevere for a taste of Lazio’s great wine and food. We will serve one white and one red wine paired with food provided by DOL, Rome’s premier purveyor of traditional products from Lazio. Proceeds from the event will be donated to a local food charity. Learn more and book here.

Last night, 120 people gathered at Il Gelato in Rome’s historical center to eat savory gelato, drink wine, and contribute to a new food charity. The event, dubbed aperi-gelato saw gorgonzola gelato paired with celery sticks, red bell pepper gelato served with chips, and–perhaps the (more…)

On Saturday September 17 at 6pm, the inaugural Parla Food event will be held at Il Gelato in Piazza Monte d’Oro in Rome. The gelato-aperitivo will be hosted by Claudio Torcè, Patrizio Alunni Tullini, and yours truly. Guests will have the opportunity to taste both savory and alcohol-based gelato flavors (more…)

It’s no secret that Copenhagen is one of the world’s best dining cities at the moment. Still, I wasn’t prepared for such a mesmerizing enogastronomic landscape. In fact, I’m still reeling and yesterday began plotting a December return. It’s difficult to sum up the city’s food culture after only a week there, but the dominant characteristics (more…)