These beautiful bottles arrived as media samples, and I wanted to give them a fitting pairing. The wines are from Il Conte Villa Pradone. The winery is very near the southern border of Marche in the Ascoli Piceno province in...
Unexpected White Wine Pairings I’m hosting this month’s #WinePW event on “Unexpected White Wine Pairings.” You would think that since I was hosting, I would have had an idea about my pairing. Nope! I have been racking my brain for...
As summer starts to wind down, we all will have been enjoying plenty of white wine in the heat. I am sure that along the way, you popped something in your mouth, took a swig of a white wine, and...
It’s easy sometimes to forget that Eugene is part of the Willamette Valley. We hear much about the Northern sub AVAs, Ribbon Ridge, Chehalem Mountain, Eola-Amity, and the rest. But the Willamette Valley AVA is expansive and dips south far...
I have always posited that sparkling wines can pair with anything. Well, this month, Deanna of Wineivore asked me to put my money where my mouth is, so to speak. “Does everything go with Cava?” That was the question. (This...
Rùfina East of Florence, near the Apennines, you find the smallest of the Chianti sub-regions, Rùfina. This was the region that for centuries provided the majority of the wines to Florence, being just 10 miles from the city. It is,...
Abruzzo, the verdant region on Italy’s eastern coast, packs so much beauty into its spot on the calve of Italy’s boot. The region runs from the Gran Sasso peak on the spine of the Apennines, east through inland high meadows,...
Late last year, when we visited Italy, we spent a bit of time near Verona but did not have an opportunity to dive into Valpolicella. I had heard about the valleys carved out by glaciers that also created Lake Garda. ...
Malbec Nouveau It’s not something I had ever tasted before. You are probably familiar with Beaujolais Nouveau, made with the Gamay grape. It creates a celebration on the 3rd Thursday in November on Beaujolais Day, as the first wine released...
Italy’s Eastern coast doesn’t get nearly enough love. Yes, the Amalfi Coast and Cinque Terre are stunning, but the Eastern Coast, the other side of the Apennines, has its own charm. Other than Venice, on the Northern part of this...
Sardegna Off the western coast of Italy in the Mediterranean Sea sits the large island of Sardegna. Just below Corsica, which is part of France, and above Sicily, Sardegna has almost 2000 kilometers of coastline and is the 2nd largest...
As the #ItalianFWT writers explore the regions of Campania, Basilicata, and Molise, I went searching for a wine from these regions. These are not regions that are easy to find in the US, so allowing us to choose from all...
Tempting Spoonfuls: Pairing single bites with glorious wines
Tempting Spoonfuls - small bites paired with wines from around the globe
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