In about a month I am packing my bags and heading off to discover the home of Aglianico, Fiano, and Falanghina.— Campania!I am sure I have no idea what I am getting myself into. Not only will I be right there at the Amalfi coast (I will have to check it out!) and Napoli (not … Continue reading Campania, here I come. Mi aspetta!
Category: Italy
Nerello Mascalese—your summer wine!
Earlier this year, in the spring, right around the time I decided to turn a focus to southern Italian wines, my neighbor, Bruce, incidentally—and ecstatically—informed me that he and his girlfriend, Jan, were going to Sicily at the end of May! "Oh my God! That's so awesome!" I exclaimed, as I felt a surge of … Continue reading Nerello Mascalese—your summer wine!
Langhe-Roero and Monferrato become a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ever since I fell in love with Piemonte in 2005, I've committed myself to the promotion and preservation of the place, land, wine, tradition, everything! In fact one of the tenets of this blog, which you'll find on my About page, is to "Teach [my readers] respect and awe for the Italian people, their culture, … Continue reading Langhe-Roero and Monferrato become a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Live Wine Blogging: Day 2 — Why am I doing this, again?
Prologue I have this image of writers as people who, in order to successfully accomplish their objective, need to lock themselves away in a distant cabin with a typewriter, a heap of vodka, and not much else. That's a pretty old-fashioned image. So what is my idea of a modern-day writer? I guess it would … Continue reading Live Wine Blogging: Day 2 — Why am I doing this, again?
The Sierra Foothills Barbera Festival 2014
For a little background on the Sierra Foothills Barbera Festival, please read my 2013 entry.As for 2014, after sitting through harrowing, Friday the 13th, Bay Area traffic—what should have been a three hour drive turned into a five hour drive!—we made it to the Yorba tasting room in Sutter Creek with just enough time to … Continue reading The Sierra Foothills Barbera Festival 2014
Nebbiolo Prima 2014
Nebbiolo Prima 2014 - [nĕ-bē-'yōh-lōh prē-'mŭh 'twĕn-tē fôr-'tēn n] 400 wines from 230 different producers tasted blindly in 5 days by 90 journalists from 25 different countries. All Nebbiolo. "Solo Nebbiolo." Every morning from May 12-16, all ninety of us, from different corners of the world, assembled in the Palazzo Mostre e Congressi in Alba and … Continue reading Nebbiolo Prima 2014
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