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The importance (or not) of alcohol
The importance (or not) of alcohol By Roberto Lo Russo “Wine without alcohol is not wine!” were used to yell most of the people until not so long time ago. Because, as the most erudite sommelier were saying “if the ABV is lower than 9% you can’t even call it wine, as per law!”. Those [...]
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Semi-serious approach to survive a wine list
Semi-serious approach to survive a wine list By Roberto Lo Russo Choosing a wine at the restaurant is not so easy as it could seem, but there're few tricks to safely escape the situation. In the last 12 months the entire world accumulated an insane quantity of postponed dinners to date to be set. Dinners [...]
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Are orange wines a trend shortly fading away?
Are orange wines a trend shortly fading away? By Roberto Lo Russo Fashion, trend, discover, re-discover, innovation, renewal of traditions. Call it as you like, but what sure is that Orange Wines became today an integrated part of the wine world and find their epicenter in Italy. For less wine-experimenting people, orange wines are basically [...]
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Holiday’s wine
Holiday’s wine By Roberto Lo Russo Time to get ready for the journey back from holidays (or almost time). All clothes and swimsuits to be washed are being just thrown in the suitcase that sooner or later we’ll be emptied to start the marathon laundry-drying. What? Non everybody have been at the sea? Of course, [...]
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So you wanna learn geography? Let’s drink wine!
So you wanna learn geography? Let's drink wine! By Roberto Lo Russo The biggest fear for students approaching the final exam to become sommelier is not being able to remind the hundreds of existing denominations (italian DOCG and DOC, plus those from other Countries). In Italy only there are more than 70 DOCGs and over [...]
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Can you too smell a sandal get wet by lake water, at sunset, in a warm end of July evening?
Can you too smell a sandal get wet by lake water, at sunset, in a warm end of July evening? By Roberto Lo Russo Let's admit it, looking at an expert tasting a wine in front of an audience is fascinating. The ease of observing, of sniffing, of tasting the wine and talking to the [...]
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I don’t drink Tavernello, or maybe yes…
I don't drink Tavernello, or maybe yes... By Roberto Lo Russo There's a game that I like to play with the sommelier course students, but also at events where self-proclaimed wine connoisseurs. It cannot be avoided to note that the majority of these persons - luckily not everyone! - already at the beginning of their [...]
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You can’t judge a book by its cover…or maybe yes!
You can’t judge a book by its cover…or maybe yes! By Roberto Lo Russo Come on, we all know first impression, on every topic of our existence, is what counts. External appearance, either stuff or persons, puts us automatically in a mood that creates expectations - good or bad - about the real meaning of [...]
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Harvest, when man wins over technology
Harvest, when man wins over technology By Roberto Lo Russo Someone said that wine is made in the vineyard, that the only way to achieve a high quality wine is to have care of the vine and of its fruits since the very beginning of the ripening season (actually, since the planting of the vineyard [...]
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As you’re knowledgeable, would you suggest me a good wine?
As you're knowledgeable, would you suggest me a good wine? By Roberto Lo Russo This is probably the more frequent question people are gonna ask you as soon they will get to know about your knowledge on wine, regardless you are a wanna-be sommelier at his very first lesson, a worldwide famous expert or a [...]
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