Sometimes I get ahead of myself. Such was the case with my Italian Wines this year. I had picked up a Nosiola to taste for this month’s #ItalianFWT group as Marcia of Joy of Wine leads us on an exploration...
Irouléguy (EE-rool-e-gee). Perhaps not the first French wine region to come to your mind, but I’m here to make the case that you should explore this region, its wines, cuisines, and scenery. The French Winophiles are dipping into South West...
Sonoma This region unlike Napa, its neighbor to the east, does not have an overarching AVA. The landscape and climates are diverse across Sonoma County, allowing for a wide range of different styles and varieties of wine. There are 18...
Umbria… the word is rich, warm and full as it rolls off of your tongue. It’s almost meditative, like an Italian Ohm. Breathtaking dawn in the Castelluccio, Umbria, Italy This month the writers with #ItalianFWT are exploring the Orvieto DOC...
The French Winophiles chose to focus on Women Winemakers in France this month as we celebrate International Women’s Day. This wonderful day, happens to be right around my birthday, so I figured I would celebrate with some Grower Champagne made...
Nosiola. You would be forgiven if you had never heard of this grape. It is the last of the native white grape varieties in Trentino. This ancient grape was once found throughout the region, but now seems to only be...
Michael and I have been working on a new series, called “The Scenic Route”. It is an expansion of our trips that began in 2018 that take us into wine regions via beautiful paths… How “The Scenic Route” began A...
When it comes to romance, we probably all defer to wine as the beverage of choice. Even as a child I knew this watching Lady and the Tramp sucking up spaghetti noodles with a Chianti bottle holding a candle. For...
I have always been fascinated by Northern Italy. The region nestled into the Alps and the Dolomites seems an enchanting region with mountains towering over the vineyards and rivers bringing the snowmelt into the lower regions. Last Fall we had...
The Scenic Route 2021 Remember that trip we took in August? The Scenic Route 2021, where we visited a million wineries (okay not a million, but it was quite a few!). We caught you up on Day 9 at Caprio...
This month I’m leading the #ItalianFWT (Italian Food Wine & Travel) writers into the Piemonte region to explore Barbaresco. We will be gathering on Saturday, November 6th on Twitter to discuss the region. You can join the conversation by using...
The group at #ItalianFWT (Italian Food Wine & Travel) is celebrating the Big B’s of Italy! Last month Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm led us on an exploration of Brunell. Earlier in the year, in...
