Stefania Ruffo

Bolllicine in Love

By Stefania Ruffo / 7th February 2020

Love, what a wonderful word. Full of promises and whispers. It’s been said that red is the colour of love. It’s been said that bubbles can stimulate the appetite by tickling taste buds. Are they capable of tickling hearts too and making people fall in love? And what if the bubbles were red? I don’t…

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Roger Brun, the Champagne des rêves

By Stefania Ruffo / 13th December 2019

What defines the elegance of a woman? The posture, the way she looks or her inner beauty? Probably all of them, and it is what makes her so unique. And what about wine? When can we describe wine as elegant? By the shape of its bottle, by its label or by the content? More than…

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Bolllicine The Green

By Stefania Ruffo / 5th June 2019

Turn, turn, turn…beautiful! How many times did we hear this exclamation when listening to a commentator’s speech during a sporting competition? Think about acres of land coloured by a sea of flowers, winding paths bordered by majestic trees, quiet lagoon occasionally crossed by ancient stone bridges, sometimes inhabited by frightening alligators. The roar of the…

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Experience Sparkling Beauty at the Armani Hotel Milano

By Stefania Ruffo / 12th February 2019

When it comes to love a very romantic person may picture a cosy scene of two lovers exchanging glances sitting in front of each other on a dinner table that has been made magical by soft lights whilst warming that moment with a glass of wine. There may be a soft melody coming from behind…

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UK meets Italy in the Name of Sparkling Wine

By Stefania Ruffo / 17th December 2018

XVIII century It is 1730 in London, England. ‘Mr Woodbridge and Captain Holland’ a painting by William Hogarth depicts two men, a successful lawyer and a naval officer, sitting around an ornately carved wooden table in the middle of what must be Woodbridge’s office. A servant walks through the door with a note in his…

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Franciacorta, Bubbles like Diamonds

By Stefania Ruffo / 9th November 2018

Have you ever wondered why women are so fond of diamonds? Is there a reason why each time they see those stones they act like magpies trying to get them? Is that because that their shimmer enhances their beauty? Or makes them more self-confident? Or just because often diamonds are a symbol of love? Who…

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Sicily Black & White on Volcano Heights

By Stefania Ruffo / 10th July 2018

Think blue: boundless horizons are mirrored in the sea. Look around and think yellow: lemon crops give roundish contours. Then take a breath: orange blossom brings candied peel aromas to your nose. Now indulge your senses in listening to the majestic gait of the waves collecting shells and rocking flourishing vineyards. A tinkle of cowbells…

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Recioto, the Golden Bubbles of Easter

By Stefania Ruffo / 26th March 2018

The small town of Gambellara in the province of Vicenza is set quite perfectly amid flourishing hills and slopes almost as if the people who decided to build it had thought of giving birth to a jewel amongst the rocks. And not just a common jewel, one of the most iconic metals. And not just…

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Durello, the Sparkle of an Eternal Love

By Stefania Ruffo / 8th February 2018

Some say true love is hard to find. On the other hand, some say it may come as easily as love at first sight. What about Romeo and Juliet? They definitely fell in love in a blink of an eye. But what about the context where they lived? The families, the conflict to gain possession…

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