Italian Wine Society-Amici del Vino
3805 Mont Blanc Terr B3K 6S3 Halifax, NS, Canada

In Sardinia the oldest wine in Europe, It dates back to the Nuragic civilization, 3 thousand years ago To read article translated by Google click link below https://translate.google.ca/translate

FROM THE MIDDLE AGE TO DATE PANDEMIC CRISIS OR NOT, ITALY CONTINUES TO SHOW HOW TO LIVE, PARTICULARLY ART, WITH FOOD AND WINE People that in the past 21 years travelled to Italy with me remember that two years ago when our group was invited by Marquis Piero Antinori at a reception he held for us at his medieval Palazzo Antinori in Florence. Prior to enter his residence I did show some of the participants an opening on the palazzo exterior wall. These openings commonly found in many wine producing aristocratic Florence palaces are still used today, particularly at this time, and are known as "Le Buchette del Vino" or Wine Holes. Read article below: The re-emergence of charming 'little wine holes' in Florence https://www.cnn.com//little-wine-holes-buchette/index.html

During the truffle season, for as long I remember my dear friend Alberto (originally from Venice) places an order in Italy for white truffles. As soon these tubers arrive in Canada he organizes a dinner where he invites some friends that appreciate good food but more important being Albert like myself a lover and collector of good wines, a vast selection of outstanding wines are present in his cellars and served with truffles. Let the pictures speak for themselves. I say thi...s because today when I went to visit him, soon after my wife and I arrived at this place, Alberto knowing that I prefer red vs. white wines asked his wife if she could go downstairs and take a bottle of red wine. When Gabrielle came back and placed the glasses and the bottle on the table, by recognizing the label I screamed , "Please not this bottle, it is too good for this occasion". Soon Alberto and I realized that not only she brought a bottle of Turriga (valued today more than $200) but it was also a 1999 bottle that he bought when years ago visited Sardinia. In lieu of the Turriga we drank a bottle of Barolo. . See more

TO ALL OUR MEMBERS Due to Covid19 unable to organize our annual Spring dinner you are invited to attend the virtual DINNER FOR ITALY Organized on a Zoom webinar by the Italian Embassy in Ottawa.

Covid-19 AiutiAMO l'Italia, a fundraising campaign to support the Italian Red Cross's COVID-19 preparedness and response activities To my friends who, although far away, are and feel Italian and to the four hundred and more Canadians and Americans who in the last twenty years visited Italy with me sometimes more than once maintaining ties with our country, I launch an heartfelt appeal to help our brothers and sisters in Italy who strenuously and courageously fight the war aga...inst COVID19. Let's do it with a small contribution to the Red Cross that with its Doctors, Volunteer, Nurses and First Aid Ambulances are at the forefront of this tough battle, endangering their health and lives each daily whenever they leave home to do their jobs. True heroes. I am sure that all of us will accept the invitation of the Italian Embassy in Canada to make a small contribution to the Red Cross because even a small drop contributes to form a sea of Hope, Solidarity and Love ************************ Ai miei amici che pur se lontani sono Italiani e ai quattrocento e piu Canadesi e Americani che visitando con me l’Italia negli ultimi venti anni hanno mantenuto solidali legami con il nostro paese, lancio accorato appello per aiutare I nostri fratelli e sorelle che in Italia lottano strenuamente e con coraggio contro il COVID19. Facciamolo con un piccolo contributo alla Croce Rossa che con i suoi Medici, Infermieri Volontari e Ambulanze di Primo Soccorso sono in prima linea in questa dura battaglia mettendo giornalmente in pericolo la loro salute e la loro vita.ogni qualvolta escono da casa per recarsi a lavoro. Veri eroi. Sono quindi sicuro che tutti noi accoglieremo l'invito dell'Ambasciata Italiana in Canada per dare un piccolo contributo alla Croce Rossa perché anche una piccola goccia contribuira’ a formare un mare di Speranza, Solidarietà e Amore. Click below to donate https://secure.redcross.ca/registrant/donate.aspx

The steel rooster sculpture located at Rocca delle Macie Winery in Castellina in Chianti, main area of for the Black Rooster Chianti Classico wine production Scultura di gallo situata all'entrata dell'azienda vinicola Rocca delle Macie in Castellina in Chianti. zona di produzione del famoso Chianti Classico Gallo Nero

Wine Fair and tasting organized by the Italian Wine Society under the auspices of the Italian Trade Commission (ICE) in Halifax Nova Scotia. The profit of $12000 generated by the tickets sales was donated in equal parts to the IWK Children Hospital and the Canadian Immigration Museum (PIER 21). Presentazione e degustazione vini Italiani organizzata dall'Associazione Amici del Vino sotto gli auspici dall'Istituto Commercio Estero (ICE) in Halifax NS. Il profitto di circa $12000 generato dalla vendita dei biglietti e' stato diviso in parti uguali e donati all'Ospedale Pediatrico IWK e al Museo Canadese dell'Emigrazione Molo 21.

AD UN GRANDE PERSONAGGIO ITALIANO ANDATO IN PENSIONE LA SCORSA SETTIMANA A CUI AUGURO SALUTE, PACE E SERENITA' Oggi, come negli anni passati, ho ricevuto gli Auguri Natalizi da un grande personaggio che rispetto, ammiro e continuo a stimare dopo quasi 40 anni che ci legano in una profonda amicizia da quando mi nominò Console Onorario della zona Est del Canada. Mi riferisco all’Ambasciatore Francesco Paolo Fulci, un vero uomo e servitore di Stato del quale desidero ricordare a...Continue reading

Invited at the Christmas Reception by the Hon.Governor of Nova Scotia Arthur Le Blanc and his wife Patsy, also Members of The Italian Wine Society Invitato al Ricevimento Natalizio dal Governatore della Nova Scotia l'On. Arthur Leblanc e sua moglie Patsy, membri inoltre dell'Associazione Eno Gastronomica Amici del Vino

Discover Sardinia one of the World Blue Zones, Scoprite la Sardegna una delle Zone Blu nel mondo Video prepared to publicize the photographic, cultural and eno-grastronomic trip that I will guide from Aprils 29 to May 9 2020. Open video by clicking the photo... Video preparato per pubblicizzare la Sardegna nel viaggio Fotografico, Culturale, Eno-Gastronomico che guiderà dal 29 aprile al 9 maggio 2020. Guarda video cliccando foto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLD3aBplH3o&feature=youtu.be

SICILY-MALTA LAST WEEK--- SICILIA-MALTA ULTIMA SETTIMANA Carousel of Pictures taken during the second week of a busy but memorably 15 days trip to Sicily and Malta focusing Italian wines, food and culture. This photo album opens up with a shot of Capaci the place in Sicily where Giovanni Falcone the founder and head of the Anti-Mafia Pool, a team of magistrates established to fight organized crime, along with his wife and four police escort were massacred by the Mafia that b...y placing 200 Kg. of dynamite under the highway overpass they were travelling, during his top secret voyage that from Palermo airport was taking them to the city Two months later Judge Paolo Borsellino another pool magistrate was killed in front of his mother house by a bomb places in a parked car nearby. The rest of the pictures were taken during our last few days in Sicily and Malta. Carosello di foto scattate durante la seconda settimana di un viaggio impegnativo ma memorabile di 15 giorni in Sicilia e Malta incentrato su vini, cibo e cultura italiani. Questo album fotografico si apre con uno scatto di Capaci, il luogo in Sicilia dove Giovanni Falcone, fondatore e capo della pool antimafia, una squadra di magistrati istituiti per combattere il crimine organizzato, insieme a sua moglie e quattro poliziotti scorta furono massacrati dalla Mafia quando ponendo 200 Kg. di dinamite sotto il cavalcavia dell'autostrada che stavano percorrendo, durante il suo viaggio top-secret che dall'aeroporto di Palermo li stava portando in città Due mesi dopo il giudice Paolo Borsellino un altro magistrato del pool fu ucciso di fronte a casa di sua madre da una bomba in un'auto parcheggiata nelle vicinanze. Il resto delle foto sono state prese durante i nostri ultimi giorni in Sicilia e Malta.

ITALIAN WINE SOCIETY-AMICI DEL VINO 15 days from Sept 20th. to October 5th. trip to Sicily and Malta On Sept 20th.. 24 members of this Association departed for Europe to commence the 21st annual trip to discover Sicilian and Maltese wines, food and culture. After two weeks in Sicily, participants, by spending one week in Marsala and one week in Noto near Syracuse (All UNESCO world heritage sites) were able to visit a dozens by tasting almost 80 different wines to experience ...that their superior quality versus prices when compared wit other wines contributed to today’s success of Sicilian wines particularly in Europe in the USA . As far as Canada talking with Sicilian producers they stated that although Sicilian wines are very popular in Ontario and Quebec, they perform not to well in Nova Scotia Maybe the Sicilian producers should consider to establish a stronger liaise with the Nova Scota Liquor Commission During the two weeks spent in Sicily, the participants discovered also the history and cultural richness of this island, by visiting, The Norman Palace, Catacombs , Monreale Cathedral, Erice, Trapani Salt Flats, Agrigento Valley of the Greek Temples, Segesta, Baroque and Unesco towns of Ortigia, Syracuse Archeology Park Noto, Modica, , Turkish stairs,and more. Tomorrow we will leave to discover the island of Malta. Stay Tuned See more