COLOPHON

Typographic notes and editorial principles.

Notes on how this publication is built, the typography it uses, and the editorial principles that shape it.

01 · Colour

Bordeaux on warm-white. A single signature accent, no gradients, never pure white.

Bordeaux #3A1F2B Signature · Titles · Links
Bordeaux Deep #2A1620 Deep variant
Warm White #FAFAF4 Page — never #FFFFFF
Ink #1A1A1A Body text
Ink 2 #444444 Standfirst · Deck
Ink 3 #888888 Label · Byline · Metadata
Border #E0DED8 Hairline · Dividers
Dark Section #1A1A1A Dark card · Placeholder

02 · Typography

A single serif for display and body — Fraunces. Inter for interface, navigation and metadata only.

Families
Fraunces Serif · Display · Body Display 300 · Body 370 · Italic (accent) · opsz 144 (display) / opsz 18 (text)
Inter Sans · Nav · Metadata 300 · 400 — never on long-form
Type scale
Display L · 92 Taste has a story
Display · 72 A deliberate stop
Section · 52 Why Sosta, why now
Pull quote · 32 Every selection is a thesis.
Headline · 28 The measure of a dinner
Subhead · 26 The invisible ritual of the table
Body L · 19 A living agricultural product is not a commodity.
Body · 17 To pour oil is a small decision.
Body S · 14 In the Val d’Orcia, 12 June 2026.
Label · 11 ISSUE 00 · SUMMER 2026
Label S · 10 WINE & SPIRITS · №03
Micro · 8 ON TASTE, PROVENANCE, RITUAL AND HOSPITALITY

03 · Spacing

An 8-point scale. Section padding is the largest unit; it does the heavy editorial work.

xs · 8px
sm · 16px
md · 24px
lg · 48px
xl · 80px
2xl · 120px
3xl · 160px

04 · Principles

01

Argue, don't describe

Every piece is a position we are willing to defend. Taste as criterion, not preference.

02

No scores

We do not review, rank or award stars. No prices in editorial content.

03

A single accent

Bordeaux marks titles, links and the wordmark. Never more than one full-bleed section per page.

04

No icons unless functional

If a glyph isn’t load-bearing, remove it. The numeral is №, never "No." or "#".

05

Show, don't declare

The posture is embodied in the work, not announced. Photography is authored, or an honest placeholder.

06

Bilingual without compromise

IT/EN paired. The English is reconstructed, not machine-translated: it receives the same care as the original.

Set in Fraunces & Inter.