The Milano Files
The Milano Files champions the food, wine, beverage, and lifestyle culture of Milan - home to Italy's most electric food scene. Host Jaclyn DeGiorgio, who considers herself Milan's cheerleader-in-chief, is a food tour guide as well as a food, wine, and travel writer who's lived in the Lombard capital for over a decade. The fiercest champion for her adopted city and its surroundings you'll ever meet, Jaclyn celebrates Milan's, and most of Northern Italy's, overlooked, though no less noteworthy allure--especially on the food front.
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Natural wine in Milan with Alessandro Ambrosi
Many people don't know that Milan has a prolific natural wine scene, one that's on par with its counterparts in big European cities like Paris, London, and Barcelona. She speaks with Alessandro Ambrosi, the owner of an enoteca called Vinello a Milano, which specializes in natural, biodynamic, and organic wines.
Here are links to the places, wines, etc., discussed:
- Jaclyn's blog post about natural wine in Milan
- Vinoir, owner is Gianluca Ladu
- Pastamadre, owner is Francesco Costanzo
- Enoteca Naturale
Six natural wine producers from Lombardia to keep an eye out for according to Alessandro:
- Barbacarlo in Oltrepò Pavese
- Fausto Andi in Oltrepò Pavese
- Gemma by Mirco Pauletti in Collina del Milanese San Colombano al Lambro
- Josef by Luca Francesconi in Garda Colli Mantovani (Hills of Lake Garda north of Mantua, close to the Veneto border)
- Barbacan in Valetellina (The link is to the winery's epic Instagram account!)
- Orto Tellinum in Valtelllina
Photo: Instagram, @vinelloamilano
If you're visiting Milan and would like to book a food tour with Jaclyn when you're in town, send her an email: jaclyndegiorgiofoodtours@gmail.com
Jaclyn's blog: A Signorina in Milan
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