How to Drink Like An Italian

Some guidance based on years of unsolicited advice, straight from the source.

Marcella Newhouse

After many years living in and traveling around Italy as an American, just trying to understand the wine, a few key—yet unanticipated—habits rubbed off on me. The biggest one: How to drink wine like an Italian. There is a certain ceremony and order to it—if you ask an Italian. I did not. But I might as well have asked each winemaker I met from Piedmont to Puglia, “What’s one thing you think Americans are doing wrong when we drink wine?” Here’s how they answered the question I did not ask. Siediti Grab a chair. There is nowhere else to be, they might implore. Sit down, relax and let what’s in the glass pull you in. Gli amici What’s better than a good bottle of wine? Sharing it with friends. Camaraderie is key. Maybe the…

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Wine Enthusiast (Digital) - 1 Issue, August/September 2022

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