You should always drink Vermentino in the sunlight. I know you can drink it at night, it will still be delicious, but Vermentino, more in my opinion than other white wines, tastes much better in sunlight. The afternoon sun was...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Le Marche is opportune for me. The Italian Food Wine and Travel group is dipping into Verdicchio from this region, just as I am doing a post on a session on Le Marche I attended at the Wine Media Conference. ...
The Delle Venezie DOC We’ve been hearing quite a bit about the Delle Venezie DOC over that last year. That is probably to be expected as this newly established DOC has been working hard to get its name out there....
When I say Pecorino, I know you are thinking cheese. But let me tell you about Abruzzo and the enchanting story of how this wine came to have the same name. The Charming Taste of Europe held a session on...
Mantua. When I hear the name, I think of a place of banishment, possibly a dusty trailer park in the Mohave Desert. Thanks, Baz Luhrmann! While Shakespeare never traveled to Italy, he chose this place for Romeo’s banishment after killing...
Lazio (or Latium) is a place that visitors to Italy flock to. It is the Italian region that sits at the knee of the boot, with Italy’s most famous city, Rome. Visitors flock to the city, but wine lovers? It’s...
Tempting Spoonfuls: Pairing single bites with glorious wines
