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Elisabetta Tosi
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Elisabetta Tosi is a freelance wine journalist and wine blogger. She lives in Valpolicella, where the famous red wines Amarone, Ripasso and Recioto are produced. In her working time Elisabetta is a web-consultant for wineries, and in her free time she writes books about Italian wines. Elisabetta is a contributor to Vino Prigo.

(Re)Discovering Sagrantino

Elisabetta Tosi
Features
5 min read
I still remember my first Sagrantino wine. It was a relatively rare Sagrantino di Montefalco Passito. And I found it to be a very tannic sweet red wine -- hard to drink for someone who was used to the gentle silkiness of my native Recioto della Valpolicella. Fast forward a

Amarone for Newbies: Intro to One of Italy’s Great Wines

Elisabetta Tosi
Features
5 min read
If you ask an experienced winelover, “What are the greatest Italian red wines?” It’s likely their reply would be, “Barolo, Brunello and Amarone!” But how many people can say they have sampled Amarone? Barolo is the celebrated Piedmontese wine made with Nebbiolo grapes. Brunello is made with Tuscan sangiovese grapes.
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Best of 2017: Exploring Minerality

Elisabetta Tosi
Features
4 min read
Minerality = [SS + A + CC] - [E + T] - [O²] (Those interested in figuring out what this odd formula means should keep on reading.) Funny how things happen. Until the 1990s, the term minerality didn’t appear in the most acclaimed guides, not even the Oxford Companion to

3 Christmas Cakes to Try… With Wine

Elisabetta Tosi
Features
4 min read
If you have ever traveled in Italy, you have probably noticed how Italian people love to stay “with your legs under the table,” to use the typical local phrase. To a foreigner, spending so much time at the table might seem odd or even boring, but in Italy -- and

Crossing Trentino

Elisabetta Tosi
Feature Stories
4 min read
In 1494, a young German painter living in Nuremberg, just married but unhappy, took the opportunity of a black plague outbreak to leave the city, and to leave his wife - at least temporarily. His aim was to explore Italy, the country of the Renaissance, and to study the art