Gambero Rosso

The restaurant of the young and volcanic Michele Belotti that offers a truly solid and traditional cuisine, enlivened by refined products, also locally sourced, and creative flair is proceeding at full speed. The pastas are the strong point, don’t miss...

This is a smart, eco-friendly, and contemporary concept in the heart of San Mateo, a 30 minute ride outside San Francisco. Pausa is at the same time an Italian-style bar, a pizzeria and very well focused traditional restaurant focused on...

If today in the United States there is so much talk of Roman pinsa, much of the credit goes to Gianluca Legrottaglie. After the openings in San Francisco now Portland and New York branches are also opening. His first restaurant...

A rustic and casual atmosphere identifies this bar restaurant opened on October 2016 by Rocco Scordella. He created an effective concept, a multifunctional eatery that is both a wine bar and a contemporary bistrot, with a traditional and well-centered kitchen...

An Italian milestone in San Francisco since 1989. Chef Suzette Gresham and Giancarlo Paterlini’s Nob Hill restaurant has very few Italian restaurant contenders in the US. Among the three different available menus, we suggest the pumpkin and seaweed risotto, red...

The al dente bite of the pasta alone betrays the kitchen skills of this place. Fortes include Roman pasta classics such as bucatini alla amatriciana. Ingredients shine in classic examples like pasta di Gragnano IGP, well cooked canned tomatoes hailing...

Among the international grape varieties also cultivated in Italy, Sauvignon is one of the most renowned, producing excellent wines in Alto Adige and Friuli Venezia Giulia. Here are the best value-for-money selections from Collio and Colli Orientali del Friuli

Wine also has its own specific lexicon that anyone wishing to enter this fascinating world must know. Without claiming to be exhaustive, here is a glossary featuring the most frequently used terms (and their meanings) in tasting notes, useful for...

Let's discover how to taste wine and what key characteristics to consider. Nothing too technical or specific—these are mostly practical notions to apply when holding a glass

In the Bolgheri area, a hamlet of Castagneto Carducci, some of the greatest red wines of Tuscany—and beyond—are produced under the prestigious DOC. Here are the ones we liked the most (including two whites that made it to our final...