Here’s a story about an Italian badass Countess from the Middle Ages, Matilde di Canossa who is considered one of the most powerful women of her day and age. Read on to find out how she was able to dominate in a male dominated world… and how she helped shape italian wine as we know it today.

Learn about the undiscovered wine region of Ventura County, Southern California, which has the landscape and geology to cultivate and make world class wines. Meet some people making waves in this up and coming wine region, with winery founders of Clos des Amis and Ojai Pacific View.

Join us on a journey through Italy, US and Brazil, as we explore Mardi Gras and Carnival traditions and how they have migrated and merged into an international celebration.

Want to try your hand at home made pasta making? Try Cjarsons, a vegeterian ravioli from North Eastern Italy. We got a recipe for you, and wine pairing suggestion.

Need a hot, hearty dish to fill you up on a cold winter night? Look no further… this delicious recipe for Goulash, a beef stew from Northern Italy is the ultimate comfort food. Read more to learn how to make this traditional dish, with the downloadable recipe inside!

Local legend is that the form of the tortellino, which looks like a belly button, was inspired by a pasta maker’s mistress. Got you curious? Read on about the ‘real’ Italian Christmas dishes.

Looking for wines to pair with Hanukkah festivities? Here are some food and wine pairing ideas.

Is all sparkling wine created equal? Most definitely not! Read more about the history of sparkling wine, crucial differences in the wine-making processes, and what makes champagne, well champagne.

Grab a glass of Vigna Petrussa’s white wine and indulge in a plate of Frico, or traditional Italian cheesy hash brown! It is as good as it sounds… so takes notes on the recipe inside!

Organic grower-winery Tomisa is situated in the hills around Bologna which, besides being know for food, also has some delicious wines. The go-to wine for the Bolognese is Pignoletto frizzante, or sem-sparkling, made with 100% Grechetto Gentile white wine grape, like Tomisa’s Ciparisso semi-sparkling wine. Join us in this blog as we explore the origins of this complex and unique grape.

Looking for a dessert recipe? Try this fig strudel recipe from Northern Italy! Pairs great with sweet wines!

There are few combinations more classically Italian than that of prosciutto (or cured ham) and wine. Learn about the history of a particular style, from San Daniele, and why it pairs so well with Vigna Petrussa’s white wines as an italian appetizer.

Pour yourself a glass of Ojai Pacific View’s Dolcetto and recreate some traditional Italian dishes from Trattoria Risorgimento for a perfect pairing! Recipes inside!

Pour yourself a glass of Vigna Petrussa’s wine and recreate this dish from Chef Luca Manderino of Sosta in Hermosa Beach! Recipe inside!

Flying over the Hermosa Beach coastline Luca Manderino saw a sign that would change his life…a for sale sign attached to a beautiful restaurant on the beach that very soon afterwards would become his own…

Pour yourself a glass of Ojai Pacific View’s Dolcetto and create some All American Chili Dogs for a perfect pairing! Recipe inside!

Try this traditional recipe shared amongst Northern Italy and its Central Eastern European neighbors, and pair with one of Vigna Petrussa’s Friulian red wines for a great pairing. Recipe inside!

Cold weather abounds, and there are few belly-filling comforting dishes like this Italian classic, Riso alla Pilota, or Mantovan Rice. Made with delicious sausage, soft rice, and creamy parmesan, this dish is great for quick weeknight dinners, or to impress friends at your next gathering.

Not technically a risotto, this is a special dish all its own, and now is the time to make it popular! It's yummyness plus great small production wines are sure to make it a hit!

As the saying goes ‘like mother like daughter’…the women of Vigna Petrussa have been following in the footsteps of their mothers and joining in on the family’s wine business.

The vineyards of Vigna Petrussa have been in the family for several generations, but it wasn’t until Hilde’s mother, Giuseppina, started to make wine from her father’s vineyards, in the north eastern Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Italy near the Slovenian border, that the Vigna Petrussa winery was born….

Passion, love, and the desire to prove to the world that a great Lambrusco could exist convinced Raffaella and her husband Giuseppe to risk it all.