Read the in-depth story of 4 generation winery Ivaldi, featured in our recorded VeroTalk. Explore with us the story of Andrea Ivaldi and his family through the lens of their land in the Monferrato area of Piedmont in Northern Italy and through the variety of their wines (which cover just about the full spectrum for every palate and occasion).

This is not a pot roast recipe from your grandma… but a beef roast recipe with a piedmontese cuisine flair. Explore the bold red Nizza barbera wine and enjoy it with this traditional Monferrato roast recipe. It has a Piemontese touch with a hazelnut gravy and a wine pairing that will wow at your next dinner, and warm you up as the days get colder heading into fall.

When one thinks of ‘Italian Food’… normally pasta is the first thing that comes to mind. Let’s explore some pasta dishes from the piedmontese cuisine of the Asti Monferrato (like mushroom pasta), and get the wine pairing to match (spoiler, a great barbera wine goes a long way).

Keep reading on to get our exclusive recipe for a mushroom sauce with fresh lasagnette from a Vero Chef living in Piedmont, Italy.

Explore the Monferrato on a journey through pots, pans, and plates. The Piedmontese cuisine based food culture of the Monferrato and Asti is as varied as the wines of Nizza Monferrato winery Ivaldi.

Try this traditional chicken salad recipe from a local chef in the Monferrato in Northern Italy, and discover this delicious wine pairing (hint is with a champagne style wine from the area). The combination of this recipe and wine is a great idea for your next lunch, brunch or party you’re planning!

To the east of the famous Langhe, lies the off the beaten track Monferrato in the province of Asti. While the Langhe is famous for its big bold Barolo and Nebbiolo red wines, the Monferrato excels in crafting a broad range of wines. They have fresh and bold Barbera red wines, structured champagne style sparkling wines and aromatic dessert wines, like the white and fizzy Moscato d’Asti and the red spumante Brachetto d’Acqui. Discover Asti Monferrato in this article, what could become the next trending destination in Piedmont!

Learn about the Corino family’s unconventional ‘back to basics’ way of farming, viticulture and natural winemaking. It’s based on tradition and learnings starting with Biagio Corino in the mid 1800’s, passing down from generation to generation. The baton was just passed from 5th generation Lorenzo Corino to 6th generation Guido and Luisa. Find out how, without formal training in viticulture and wine, the latest generation of Corinos are excelling at regenerative agriculture and making natural wines. Read this inspirational and informative article.

Learn about the wild and multi-faceted sauvignon blanc grape and sauvignon blanc best wines from winemakers across Europe. For example,. how does sauvignon blanc taste and what impacts its aromas and flavors? There are more than just grassy, green sauvignon blancs out there. Find out more in this article.

If these trees could talk, they would tell you about the Febo family in Abruzzo farming their land as early as the 1500s.. Olives were the mainstay of their farming family, from the Febo family’s olive tree grove whose trees date back to 500 years ago. For centuries, they lived on a ‘cucina povera’ or poorman’s cuisine of which their treasured olive oil was a fundamental part of it. Find out what we learned about olive oil production on a small, artisanal scale from Davide Febo, winemaker of Febo’s natural wines, and their organic extra virgin olive oil they bottled from their family’s private stash just for us.

Let’s get to know the Czech Republic, tucked away next to Poland, Austria, Germany and Slovakia in Central Europe. A small yet fascinating country whose culture has been shaped by centuries of being taken over by other countries and empires and is fairly recently coming to its own. We have a local who takes us down the path of discovery in this article, where we also find out about its ancient, off-the-beaten track wines which are also steeped in history.

Want to know how to make a wedding extra special from an award winning expert? Are you planning an important event and need to make it extra special?

Find out from woman-entrepreneur Debra Thompson, a Knot hall-of-famer and Best of Westchester Event Planner how to plan and make the most of the special day.

We have practical tips too from this expert on what wine to buy for wedding wine and how much, wedding favor and welcome gift ideas. Whether you are planning your own wedding or helping someone do it, read on to find out the latest trends and get expert tips.

Ever wonder

• what cork is made of?

• where cork trees are grown?

• how cork is harvested?

• what cork makes the best closures for wine?

• what does it mean when a wine is ‘corked’ and what causes it?

Learn all about cork and cork farming in this article after our visit live with a cork farmer in Alentejo, Portugal.

At the base of the Italian-Swiss Alps in the Northern part of Piemonte (Piedmont), is the Canavese wine region. Meet on the newest Vero producers, Antonella Piatti who is from there and for over 20 years has been cultivating organic vineyards and making wine from native Canavese varieties. Discover this lesser known wine region of Piedmont, in the Langhe’s shadow, as well as white wine grape Erbaluce, a superstar wine capable of being vinified 3 ways, and woman winemaker Antonella Piatti’s lover for her pergola style vineyards and Erbaluce.

Film fans may have seen (before he went Searching for Italy) Stanley Tucci unveiling a sumptuous masterpiece called Timpano in the 90s film, The Big Night. We know we sure wanted a piece watching that climatic scene!

So we went searching, and found the history of the dish is actually found in an Abruzzese dish called Timballo. We got the recipe from a real Abruzzese, Gaia, who shared her family recipe for Timballo di Teramo with us! And surprise, it is not at all as difficult as we thought to pull together, very simple in fact!

So, pour yourself a glass of natural abruzzese wine, and read on about how to create your own Timballo at home.

Discover with us another Abruzzese traditional recipe, Scrippelle ‘Mbusse, or thin Abruzzese crepes served in homemade broth. A classic from the winemaking Abruzzese family’s kitchen, the Febos, and around the countryside in Abruzzo, Italy, this simple dish is easy to whip up for a quick and satisfying weeknight dinner. Get the recipe inside!

We’ve explored the landscape of Abruzzo, Italy… We’ve talked with a family winery about winemaking in Abruzzo… Now it’s time to discover the foods and dishes of Abruzzo! A flavorful, yet simple, cuisine, the Abruzzese culinary traditions are centered around the heart of their livelihoods: farming, sheep herding and fishing. Discover with us some of these traditions, and get the Febo family recipe for Pallotte Cacio e Uova or Meatless Meatballs, easy to make and pairs great with Febo’s natural wines.

When Nonno and Nonna Febo worked to buy and create a foundation for a family farm in Abruzzo, Italy, they could have only hoped for their grandchildren to have the same passion for the land as they did. Today, the Febo family winery now run by siblings Davide and Laura are certainly making their grandparents proud! Learn their family story, and about their passion for handcrafting natural wines in Abruzzo.

Abruzzo is not a top destination for tourists going to Italy, but that’s not because it’s not worth visiting. In fact it’s the opposite: it has the sights, food, wine, people and experiences that you seek out when going to Italy but without the crowds. It’s a land of emigrants, fishermen, shepherds and farmers. It could be your next destination in Italy. Read about it in this article.

There’s nothing like a really good olive oil. We came across some while visiting Antonella Manuli, the owner of La Maliosa who crafts not only natural wines but also award winning organic extra virgin olive oils. Find out in this article what we discovered on our recent visit to La Maliosa farm in Maremma, Tuscany. And start enjoying the delicious and healthy ways to use amazing extra virgin olive oils, like those of La Maliosa, for your own meals and entertainment with family and friends.

Calling all white wine lovers! Nestled in an area which was a former glacier, just south of Lake Garda in Northern Italy, is a little known winemaking region of great white wines called Lugana. In our last VeroTalk, with the family, Zamichele, who has been cultivating and making Lugana wines for 100 years, we explored the white grape behind these age-worthy white wines, along with the land, beauty, cuisine and last but not least, the animal-friendly vineyards of Zamichele estate winery. Discover Lugana and its delicious white wines in this article.

Check out the results of our recent forage for unique and delicious sparkling wines never before in the US market. We really go out of our way to seek out small production farmer-artisan wines which have never touched US soil, and the we have a lot of nice surprises in our most recent finds, including a super rare grape that has never been imported into the US before! Whet your appetite for these newcomer sparklers and get an exclusive look into what’s in store.