Louis Thomas

The social media star resurrecting Italy's forgotten culinary classics

Massimo Bazzoli has amassed an online audience of hundreds of thousands thanks to his 'Forgotten Italian Classics', a series where he aims to show the world that Italian cooking is "not just pasta and pizza". Fresh from filming thirty new...

Giovanni Mazzei brings a taste of Florence to London

Trogolo, which opened in London's Notting Hill this week, promises to provide "the most authentic Tuscan experience possible" in the British capital. Louis Thomas finds out more from co-owner Giovanni Mazzei

Burgundy dominates but Italy is rising: a look at London's fine wine trends

A report from 67 Pall Mall, the London private members' club for wine, reveals how fine wine tastes have changed in the British capital over the last decade.

Costco Prosecco recalled over exploding bottle fears

US wholesaler Costco has recalled almost a million bottles of its Kirkland Signature Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG due to concerns that its bottles can "can break or shatter, posing a laceration hazard".

'We're not reinventing Italy': Francesco Mazzei opens new London restaurant

Ahead of the opening of his new restaurant, Mezzogiorno at Corinthia London, Francesco Mazzei tells Gambero Rosso why he is bringing a taste of his native Calabria to the British capital.

Goodbye to Gamay del Trasimeno, hello to Grenache

Nicola Chiucchiurlotto, owner of the Madrevite winery near Lake Trasimeno, explains why a change in grape variety name could be good news for Umbrian wine.

Social media wine star Tom Gilbey releases book

Tom Gilbey shot to fame when he tasted a glass of wine at every mile of last year's London Marathon. Now the social media sensation has written a book about his life in wine.

London wine thief avoids jail

The thief who stole more than £31,000 worth of wine from London restaurants using a tuk-tuk and a wheelie bin has avoided a jail sentence by returning some of the missing bottles

Education and economics: understanding Brazil's wine market

Ahead of the Top Italian Wines Roadshow visit to São Paulo on 24 November, Gambero Rosso speaks with Luma Monteiro – a Brazilian national, a wine influencer, and senior marketing manager at Davy's of London – about how Brazil's wine...

Q&A: Saverio Galli Torrini, director of the Consorzio Vino Chianti

Ahead of the Consorzio Vino Chianti's appearance at the Top Italian Wines Roadshow in São Paulo, Brazil (24 November) and Lagos, Nigeria (27 January), Gambero Rosso speaks with its president about this Tuscan region's ambitions in these markets
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