Tenuta Licinia This is a story of reinterpretation, a story of elevating the subsoil, allowing it to speak through the wine. It’s a story that can be a bit confusing, too. When I received these samples of wines from Tenuta...
The Veneto and Verona Ah, the Veneto, tucked in the Northeast Corner of Italy, it holds Venice and its canals, the lush hills in Valdobbiadene where they grow glera for Prosecco, and those cities we are all familiar with from...
Trentino-Alto Adige North and West of the famous Veneto, you find a region with a long name. Perhaps not as flashy as the Veneto, which has the stunning cities of Venice, Padua, and Verona, and without those well-known wines like...
Liguria & Cinque Terre Last October, we took our epic 21-day trip to Northern Italy. Our last day, well, part of our last day, was spent in Cinque Terre. We drove in from Florence, skipping a stop in Pisa to...
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,...
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. ...
Travel. It’s something that, following COVID, we all longed to do. It has become more important than ever for us, as humans, to see this planet of ours and meet its people. Perhaps there is a sense of urgency with...
Davide Fasolini’s energy is palpable. Tall with ginger hair, a beard, and glasses that seem held up by the ends of his smile, you can feel his energy, excitement, and passion as he waits to tell you about his wines. ...
Puglia Puglia, Italy, the heel of the boot. This long fertile region is surrounded on three sides by water. To the east is the Adriatic Sea, to the south and west the Ionian. Sticking out, as it does, into the...
Vigna Petrussa – Three generations of women in this family vineyard on Italy’s Slovenia Border Francesca Mecchia works with her mother Hilde Petrussa, on their family-owned vineyard in Friuli Venezia Giulia. Located on the Slovenian border in Friuli Colli Orientali,...
On a rainy morning in Milan, Francesca Mecchia jumped on her moped and made the 10-minute drive to meet us at our hotel near Milano Centrale. The plush lobby had ample seating nooks to allow us space to set up...
Day 7 – 12 days of Wine – Italy and Prosecco Albino Armani Prosecco DOC Extra Dry, Grave, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy Italy Italy is a country with more than 400 grape varieties. Because the country evolved with many regions...
Tempting Spoonfuls: Pairing single bites with glorious wines
Tempting Spoonfuls - small bites paired with wines from around the globe
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