Ratafià is a generic term used to name a number of different fruit-based homemade liqueurs. It is not a liqueur with a unique recipe, but rather a method that includes the infusion of fruit in alcohol, especially with the addition of spices. Exclusively for our followers gourmets we have a recipe from Carlo Quaglia, a Master Distiller whose family has been producing liqueurs in [...]
Bruno Cingolani began working in front of restaurant’s stoves at a very young age. Native of Marche region, he left the Adriatic Sea for Piemonte and for 15 years has been running his Dulcis Vitis. Your cooking is not just with tradition recipes. I feel very creative. As an artist uses oil paints to create a painting, I use nature's ingredients, every day, to [...]
The connoisseurs of high quality Piedmontese wines from the Langhe hills know these two words: bric and sorì. However, the visitor who is not a great specialist in the best wines from Piemonte, the two words bric and sorì followed by a proper name (for example sorì Paitin or bric del Fiasc) always arouse some doubts and perplexity. These are words from the Piedmontese [...]
Mountain herbs contain aromatic substances in high concentration. Alcohol is a good solvent for essential oils; it extracts them, making them usable for medicinal, therapeutic uses or even simply for creating liqueurs and bitters. Among the most famous alpine herbs we find wormwood, the predominant herb in vermouth. The use of genepì is much more limited. Among the gourmet rarities, the Genepì del Piemonte. [...]