Vocabulary

The use of wine tasting descriptors allows the taster to qualitatively relate the aromas and flavors that they experience and can be used in assessing the overall quality of wine. Wine writers, [...]

Digestion is the mechanical and chemical breakdown of food into smaller components that are more easily absorbed into a blood stream, for instance. Digestion is a form of catabolism: a breakdown [...]

Off the Vine has created several itineraries for wine and food lovers alike.   TUSCAN TOUR   DOC and DOCG Chianti Classic Region Montalcino and Montepulciano Bolgheri and Super Tuscan   [...]

Bolgheri is located in the comune of Castagneto Carducci, a few kilometers north-west of the capital and lies in the Province of Livorno, on the foothills of the Colline Metallifere, south of [...]

Tuscan wine (Italian Toscana) is Italian wine from the Tuscany region. Located in central Italy along the Tyrrhenian coast, Tuscany is home to some of the world’s most notable wine regions. [...]

Montalcino is a hill town and comune in Tuscany, Italy. It is famous for its Brunello di Montalcino wine. The town is located to the west of Pienza, close to the Crete Senesi in Val [...]

Tenuta di Fiorano. White and Red wine bottled by the Prince Alessandro Jacopo Boncompagni Ludovisi. The Ludovisi were a noble Italian family, originating from Bologna. Famous members of the [...]

The Maremma is an extensive area of Italy bordering the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas. It comprises part of south-western Tuscany – the Maremma Livornese and Maremma Grossetana (the later in [...]

Sangiovese is a red Italian wine grape variety whose name derives from the Latin sanguis Jovis, “the blood of Jove”. The most accredited theory about the origin of Sangiovese is in [...]