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Elisabetta Tosi
Staff Writer
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.

Stop That Train! Save Lugana Wine

Elisabetta Tosi
Features
6 min read
Let’s imagine a relaxing, colorful place, or, as described by the Italian singer-songwriter Roberto Vecchioni, a site with "scattered houses, cobblestone streets, uninterrupted rows of trees, patches of olive trees, rosemary, roses, twisted and mighty oaks, inns that suddenly appear, where you sit down, drink the fresh Lugana, chat, have

2012 Redux: The Traveling Grape, Predicting our Future Wines

Elisabetta Tosi
Features
1 min read
Palate Press has selected our top ten stories from 2012 and will publish a 2012 Redux article each weekday until January 4, 2013. These stories highlight our featured columnists, widely recognized contributors, and most popular works published through the year. The Palate Press editorial board hopes you enjoy these highlights as we look

Merlot and Cabernet of Italy

Elisabetta Tosi
Feature Stories
5 min read
The history of enology in Italy is rich in fairy-tale-like stories like this one. Once upon a time, there was a young Italian nobleman who loved two things: racehorses and French wines. His name was Marquis Mario Incisa della Rocchetta. In 1929 he was finishing his degree in agriculture at

In Case of Sickness, Take Nosiola Wine

Elisabetta Tosi
Features
4 min read
Almost all Italian wine regions have a wonderful tradition of “medicinal wine” used to restore strength to new mothers, to accelerate healing in those who are suffering from a bad flu, and to nourish old people. In Trentino, the wine to be uncorked “in case of sickness” or, as they

Vinegar, Not Only Dressing

Elisabetta Tosi
Features
5 min read
A few weeks ago, I was walking around a small fair of Italian foods and wines, in Northern Italy. A little crowd was gathered around a cotton candy machine that, swirling quickly, formed fluffy balls of cotton candy on the sticks. “Ah! Good for the kids, but too sweet for

The Traveling Grape: Predicting our Future Wines

Elisabetta Tosi
Features
4 min read
Visiting the oldest and most prestigious wine-growing areas in Europe, it’s entirely possible to run into very old vines interplanted with different red and white varieties.  In these situations, the owner might not even have identified all the grapes in his vineyard. In the area where I live, Valpolicella, most