by Elena Boschini | Nov 10, 2021 | Blog
“Saint Martin’s summer lasts three days and a bit” is one of the wise proverbs of the ancient farmers. And Grandma Maria, yesterday at lunch, dusted it off as if opening an old drawer of memories. We were all at the table, in front of the crackling...
by Elena Boschini | Oct 27, 2021 | Blog
Halloween, the darkest and scariest day of the year, is approaching. And kids are already thinking about how to dress up and go from door to door asking “trick or treat”. The Celtic origin: Samhain’s feast It is believed that Halloween has its...
by Elena Boschini | Oct 14, 2021 | Blog
Who has ever, at least once in life, seen a flask of red wine? For us Tuscans it is quite likely to see it “towering” over our grandparents’ table or in a typical trattoria. The flask, an object that has the flavour of times gone by, is one of the...
by Elena Boschini | Aug 31, 2021 | Blog
One more reason to drink a glass of wine, apart from the fact that it tastes good and cheers us up? Because wine contains flavonoids! And flavonoids are allies of our well-being! What are flavonoids? Flavonoids or bioflavonoids (from the Latin flavus, meaning...
by Elena Boschini | Aug 30, 2019 | Blog
We often hear about wine’s sulphites, but not everyone has a clear idea about it. What are sulphites? In chemical, sulphite is the generic name for the neutral salts of sulfur acid. The most well-known ones are the sulphites of sodium and calcium, used in the...
