How to Read an Italian Wine List Like a Sommelier

There is a moment I see almost every night at MaMeMi. Someone opens our wine list, sees hundreds of Italian names they do not recognise, and their eyes go slightly wide. Then they close it and say, “Can you just pick something?” Which is completely fine. That is what Danilo is there for and he […]

Orange Wine vs Natural Wine vs Biodynamic: What Is the Difference?

These three terms get used interchangeably all the time, and they should not be. I hear it constantly at MaMeMi. Someone points at a bottle on the list and says, “Oh, is that one of those orange natural biodynamic wines?” And Danilo has to gently explain that those are three completely different things that sometimes […]

10 Italian Wine Regions You Should Know (And Taste in Copenhagen)

Italy has twenty wine regions. Every single one of them makes wine. That is not an exaggeration, it is a genuine fact that surprises people the first time they hear it. From the Alps in the north to the islands in the south, there is not a single corner of Italy where somebody is not […]