Author: Åsa Johansson

Åsa Johansson kom till Italien 2001 och har en examen i statsvetenskap och journalistik från Florens Universitet. Hon skriver om vin och resor för BKWine Magazine och för ett flertal andra svenska, norska och italienska media. Åsa organiserar och leder BKWines specialiserade vinresor till Italien sedan 2007. – – – – – Åsa Johansson came to Italy in 2001 and has a degree in political science and journalism from the University of Florence. She writes about wine and travel for BKWine Magazine and also for sevreral other Swedish, Norwegian and Italian magazines. Åsa organises and guides BKWine’s specialised wine tours to Italy since 2007.
Presenting Petra wines, a new era

Petra, revival in the Tuscan winery

The Petra winery in Val di Cornia along the Tuscan coast is making a fresh start. Today, they focus more on elegance than power.  Petra presented their new wines at the end of March in

Chianti Classico Collection wines

Anteprima in Tuscany: Chianti Classico Collection 2018

New vintages: Chianti Classico 2016 and Chianti Classico 2015 The Chianti Classico Collection, the preview of the new vintages from the wine region Chianti Classico between Florence and Siena, takes place in Florence every year

Tasting Piromafo IGP Salento

Piromàfo, an elegant negroamaro from Apulia

—Piromàfo means fighting fire in Greek says Elio Minoia. It’s a stone used for ovens in the past because it resists the heat so well, he continues. Elio Minoia is a low-profile winemaker and a

The sea outside Marsala

Grillo jumps higher in Sicily!

In this case, grillo is neither an Italian politician nor a grasshopper, but a grape from Sicily. From being one of the ingredients in Marsala producers are moving towards a new style of grillo. Come

Pantelleria. A drop in the Mediterranean

“Are we in Iraq?”, asks a fellow traveller, looking out the car window. “I think it looks like Tunisia,” says another. “Are we in the right place?”, asks number three. Yes, we are in the

The sea outside Marsala

Grillo jumps higher in Sicily!

In this case, grillo is neither an Italian politician nor a grasshopper, but a grape from Sicily. From being one of the ingredients in Marsala

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