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Where Do You Stand?
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Continue reading →: Where Do You Stand?Over the years, I’ve taken dozens of photos of stands at Vinitaly that struck me for some reason. Deciding how to portray your winery with a stand is no simple or laughing matter. It’s serious business and can cost quite a bit as well. Some elaborate, some simple (at times,…
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Talk About Girl Power!
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Continue reading →: Talk About Girl Power!Italian Grapevine concluded Vinitaly 2022 with a bang: Our post, Girl Power Forever! by contributing editor Francesca Giuliano, won a prize for best communication of the day in the Young to Young tastings. This annual feature at Vinitaly, created in 2015 by Il Golosario’s Paolo Massobrio and Marco Gatti, showcases…
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Continue reading →: Girl Power ForeverYoung To Young is by now an annual appointment for Italian Grapevine at Vinitaly. Organized and led by the Food&Wine journalists Paolo Massobrio and Marco Gatti of Il Golosario, this event aims to connect young producers to young communicators and opinion makers. Today we had the pleasure of participating in…
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Amarone, Barolo, Basilicata, Chianti, Culture, Donne del Vino, Made in Italy, Piedmont, Sassicaia, Sicily, Super Tuscans, Trentino Alto Adige, Tuscany, Uncategorized, Veneto, Vinitaly, Wine, Wine Spectator
Iconic Women of Italian Wine
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Continue reading →: Iconic Women of Italian WineTwo of the powerhouses of this year’s Vinitaly, Wine Spectator and Veronafiere-Vinitaly, have paired up on more than just Opera Wine this year. There is a whole calendar of tastings and master classes to complement the pavilions that feature, region by region, Italy’s vast array of vintages. The tasting we…
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Alto Adige, Chianti, Culture, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Siena, Tuscany, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Wine, Wine&Siena
A Pilgrimage of Wine
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Continue reading →: A Pilgrimage of WineFinally, a wine event! After practically two years of isolation, Saturday, March 12 was a special day: the 7th edition of Wine&Siena, organized by The WineHunter, inaugurated the tasting season. And they chose a great day to do so: my birthday! Visiting Siena is a step back in time. An…
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architecture, Art, Chianti, Culture, Dolce Vita, Made in Italy, Olive Oil, Renaissance, Sassicaia, Super Tuscans, Tuscany, Uncategorized, Wine
Villa Le Corti and the Tuscan Prince
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Continue reading →: Villa Le Corti and the Tuscan PrinceI had seen the villa with its symmetrical towers for years. Stately, it dominated its crest and serenely looked out over the valleys of San Casciano Val di Pesa. But when I finally met the owners, spoke with them, walked the grounds of the villa and visited its cellars, I…
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Continue reading →: We Can Be HeroesIn the northwest corner of Italy, there lies the smallest and highest region of all: Valle d’Aosta. Here the mountains reach the sky, majestic Mont Blanc dominates the valleys, and medieval castles dot the crests. Impossible not to dream of princesses, knights, witches, and mythological creatures. Nowadays, spotting a witch…
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Barolo, Chianti, Culture, Dolce Vita, Donne del Vino, Lazio, Liguria, Made in Italy, opera, Prosecco, Renaissance, Sassicaia, Super Tuscans, Tuscany, Uncategorized, Veneto, Vinitaly, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Wine, Wine Spectator
People Who Need People
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Continue reading →: People Who Need PeopleLast Saturday I had the great good fortune to attend Wine Spectator’s pull-out-the-stops event, Opera Wine 2021 live and in person in Verona. This was one of the first live tasting events since the pandemic, and it brought together – as is tradition – producers, buyers, journalists from around the…
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Amarone, Art, Culture, Dante, Liguria, Literature, Made in Italy, Montefalco, Piedmont, Renaissance, Sagrantino, Tuscany, Umbria, Uncategorized, Veneto, Wine
Dante’s March
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Continue reading →: Dante’s MarchOn March 25, Italy celebrated the second Dantedì (Heaven forbid we use English and call it Dante’s Day, Dante would roll over in his grave!). This important celebration marks the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death in 1321. I hear you: “Why the Inferno March 25?” As recognized by most scholars…
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Apulia, Culture, Made in Italy, Music, Negroamaro, Primitivo di Manduria, Puglia, Uncategorized, Wine
Moonshine and Negroamaro
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Continue reading →: Moonshine and NegroamaroIf you know what these two things have to do with each other, you are on top of your Italian culture! Last Saturday night, the 71st annual Festival di Sanremo, Italy’s annual music festival, concluded with a surprise win. The rock band Måneskin took first prize with a song called…
Suzanne Branciforte
has one foot firmly planted on either continent
is New York born and Harvard educated
is Italian and American and Italian-American
has resided on the Italian Riviera for the past 15 years
has a Masters degree and a Ph.D. from UCLA
is a writer, translator and interpreter
interpreted for the President of the Bundesbank and Nobel Prize winning economists and authors
is the author of the international best-selling textbook Parliamo italiano!
has lived extensively in California, France and Italy
knows that good wine doesn’t grow in ugly places
is convinced that living is your greatest work of art
Suzanne Branciforte's Italian Grapevine 