Wine Education and Tips
Stop reading labels and start choosing by region and colour. Here's the Italian way of picking wine — the same principle behind the house carafe at any Roman trattoria — applied to your everyday table.
Wine alcohol content and calories: "sweet = high calorie" is a myth. An Italian importer breaks down how calories work in wine and how to read alcohol labels with confidence.
A guide to choosing sweet and lightly sparkling wines, from someone who imports and pours Italian wine in Tokyo. From Moscato d'Asti to Prosecco, how to choose by sweetness and bubbles, plus the foods they love.
How to choose sparkling wine, explained by a pro: the difference from Champagne, production methods, reading dry vs sweet labels, picks by occasion, and how to enjoy it at the Japanese table.
The history of Prosecco, the Glera grape, and what "Millesimato" (a single vintage year) really means on the label, explained by an Italian importer from a Veneto point of view, with how to enjoy it in Japan and a bottle to start with.