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James Suckling's tasting launches the new LG Signature wine cellar – Italian Cuisine

Technology, design and the pursuit of excellence in every detail have given life to the new cellar for LG Signature wines. The famous wine critic James Suckling presented it, an exceptional testimonial, with a high-level tasting

The new LG Signature wine cellar is born. A globally famous critic, the American, gave her baptism James Suckling, which for the occasion held a tasting of three labels equally iconic. Not only that, Suckling has made its important experience in the world of wine available to LG Signature, becoming a real ambassador of the cellar, which is positioned on a premium market level, with a series of trumps that will conquer even the most demanding.

A luxury home for the finest wines

In fact, the new LG Signature wine cellar minimizes variations in temperature, reduces vibrations, limits exposure to light and keeps humidity constant: in short, it recreates the perfect environment of a traditional cellar, where it can be aged. the finest wines without fear. There are three temperature-controlled zones for red wines, whites and sparkling wines, protected by the black glass door with mirror coating, which blocks heat and ultraviolet radiation. The wine cellar, capable of a maximum of 65 bottles, has a timeless luxury design, which adapts perfectly to classic and contemporary environments, and latest generation technological features, represented, for example, by the InstaView, a lighting system that allows you to see inside without opening the door, by knocking two quick blows on the upholstery
mirrored: in this way you can keep an eye on the bottles in the cellar without losing cold; or, again from the ThinQ, a system that allows you to open the cellar door with just the sound of your voice.

The wines tasted

Sukling, first leading collaborator of Wine Spectator magazine, where he worked for almost thirty years, and then director of JamesSuckling.com, on the occasion of the launch of the new LG Signature cellar, tasted Louis Roederer's Champagne Brut Premier as his first wine : “Champagne is a wine for every occasion, but never serve it too cold” was his first advice to taste it at its best. Then followed the Torrione 2015 by Petrolo, a Tuscan red, which conquered Sukling for its freshness and brightness and which the critic loves for its ease of drinking and pairing, recommending tasting it also with fish, served in this case, with a few degrees less. Finally, it was the turn of Almaviva 2017, a powerful Chilean red from Valle del Maipo, based on cabernet sauvignon, with a balance of carmenènere, cabernet franc, petit verdot and merlot, which for Sukling is a 100-point wine. “They often ask me what a 100-point bottle should be like,” says the critic; “It's simple, it must be a perfect wine that is also capable of making you fall in love”.

Vanity Fair launches a message against hatred – Italian Cuisine

On the night of last September 6 Willy Monteiro Duarte, an Italian boy whose family has Cape Verdean origins, died after being savagely beaten by some peers, small local criminals, known in the area for their abuse. A tragedy that Vanity Fair does not want to forget, and it does so by dedicating the cover to Willy. "Mai più" is the title of the cover of issue 38 on newsstands from 16 September, on which the boy's face stands out: the photo of a large mural created by the famous artist and street artist Ozmo in Paliano (Frosinone) the town where Willy is grown up.

A tribute that Vanity Fair wanted to dedicate to him, his family and his friends. To understand who Willy really was – little told in the news, who prefer to focus on his executioners – we went to his places and collected the thoughts of those who knew him. "He gave happiness without anyone asking him," said a friend at the end of the torchlight procession in his memory. "For Willy's death not to be in vain, we have to sit at an ideal immense table and look each other in the face, tell each other that we have failed as politicians and as parents, and only get up when we have an idea of how to correct things," he said. known as Domenico Alfieri, mayor of Paliano.
And since, as the director of Vanity Fair Simone Marchetti writes in his editorial: "The murder of Willy is only the last episode, one of the cruelest, of the black shadow of Italy, a dark area of history that is always there, always present to hide a ferocious beast, hatred, never dormant but ready to take over suddenly, entering the scene to collect its blood price ", we asked the director Enrico Mentana to reflect on the roots of hate, the same, behind the death of Willy and that of Maria Paola Gaglione, rammed on a scooter by her brother who wanted to punish her for her relationship with Ciro, a boy born into a woman's body in which he did not recognize himself. Director Daniele Vicari, who wrote an investigative book on the death of Emanuele Morganti, who passed away in 2017 in circumstances similar to those of the boy, tells us about his emotions in seeing the story repeating itself and trusts to see a sign of hope in the mobilization which followed Willy's murder. Finally, the brothers Fabio and Damiano D'Innocenzo, who were able to bring the suburbs to the big screen with La terra dell'abbecento and Favolacce, speak of the immense courage of being Willy that none of us has and how, even if only admitting to living in the fear, is the first step towards change.
The mural by Ozmo, who has decided to donate his compensation to charity, will be unveiled and delivered to the citizens on Tuesday 15 September at 9 pm during a public meeting attended by the director Simone Marchetti and the Mayor of Paliano.
The mural will also be unveiled in a direct IG live conducted by the editor of the weekly. Furthermore, on the occasion of the release of the Vanity Fair newspaper, it organizes 5 live Facebook round tables (also available on the IGTV and YouTube platforms) with 5 guests of honor who invite some exponents of the various communities to talk about hate online and offline, focusing on themes of Racism, Homophobia, BodyShaming, Misogyny and Discrimination related to ethnicity and religion.

The Vanity Fair Italia site reaches 9.7 million users, an increase compared to the past period and almost 86 million pages viewed with a + 17% MoM. The overall social fanbase is 3.1 MIO (3,166,178) – with YOY growth of + 15%.

Brad Pitt launches his champagne. It is a rosé – Italian Cuisine

The champagne is called Fleur De Miraval and is produced in the castle of Miraval, the estate in Provence purchased in 2011 by the couple who also married there

It might seem like non-news: yet another celebrity who puts his name on the label of a wine and that's it. Not for Brad Pitt, that he does things seriously. For this project (and not for a flashback) he met with the former Angelina Jolie and gave birth to Fleur De Miraval, the only champagne house dedicated exclusively to rosé champagnes. "This is not a celebrity wine," explains the actor. «I have personally supervised this adventure for the past five years and I am proud of the result. It is an authentic project of winemakers who combine skills, abilities and passion .

Brad and Angelina are not new to the passion for French wine: in 2011 they bought a chateau in the heart of Provence to produce – together with the Perrin family – the Miraval Côtes de Provence, a rosé wine that in a short time has achieved enormous success and great credibility in the sector. And now it Fleur De Miraval champagne.

Brad Pitt launches his champagne. It is a rosé — Brad Pitt and his champagne Fleur De Miraval.

For five years, the most beautiful ex-couple in Hollywood has been looking for the right formula and as always happens, sooner or later the magic happens: the grapes of a more mature Chardonnay, of different vintages, and those of a younger Pinot Noir, have given life to a harmonious, balanced and elegant champagne. The wine is aged in the cellars of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger for three years and then bottled in bottles that are lacquered, to prevent the light from altering the wine. From October 15, fans of the couple will be able to taste this champagne, in a limited edition of 20 thousand bottles.

This new adventure, inspired by the legend of Countess Fleur de Miraval, a noblewoman who only sipped rosé champagne, saw together a historical family of French wine, i Perrin, is Rodolphe Péters, owner of the Pierre Péters fashion house in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. "It took five years of coordinated work between the Perrin and Péters families"Said Marc Perrin in an interview with" Wine Spectator ", «To develop what the final product is. A blend of 75% chardonnay and 25% pinot noir, aged three years in the cellar of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger . A wine therefore that has all the characteristics to seduce lovers of rosé and beyond. And maybe Brad and Angelina too.