Tag Archives: Italy
Allegrini Palazzo Della Torre, Veneto, Italy.
April 11, 2012Grapes 70% Corvina, 25% Rondinella, 5% Sangiovese Facts Oh sure, I’d like to drink Amarone every day! But with what I consider a “decent” bottle starting at $50, and going swiftly upwards from there, my current budget just doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews | Tagged Allegrini, Allegrini Palazzo Della Torre, Corvina, Italy, Rondinella, Sangiovese, Valpolicella, Veneto | Leave a comment //Gallo Adds Brancaia to Portfolio.
April 4, 2012News article taken from Shanken News Daily A little-known small family-owned winery in California (you probably haven’t even heard of them) E&J Gallo has confirmed they’ve added Tuscany’s Brancaia label to their portfolio. The label was formally part of the Hess … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Gallo, Italy, Tuscany | 2 Comments //Chateau Drew Barrymore.
February 18, 2012Drew Barrymore is the latest celeb that has entered the wine business. Wilson Daniels Ltd. has been named the U.S. importer for Barrymore Wines. Drew’s first offering is a Pinot Grigio from Italy. Barrymore Pinot Grigio is an IGT Delle … Continue reading
Posted in News | Tagged Antonio Banderas wine, Drew Barrymore, Drew Barrymore wine, Italy, Pinot Grigio, Wayne Gretzsky wine | Leave a comment //Luigi Righetti “Capitel de Roari” Amarone, Valpolicella, Italy, 2008
February 2, 2012Grape Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara (%’s unknown) Facts I’m turbo-passionate about Amarone, and if I could afford to drink it every day, I promise you I would! Amarone is stylistically very different than anything else Italy puts out, and is … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews | Tagged Amarone, Amarone wine pairing, Capitel de Roari, Corvina, Italy, Luighi Righetti, Molinara, Rondinella, Valpolicella, Veneto | Leave a comment //Querceto di Castellina L’Aura Chianti Classico, Tuscany, Italy, 2008.
January 25, 2012Grapes 90% Sangiovese, 10% Ciliegiolo Sangiovese [san-joe-vay-zee] is the main grape in Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Carmignano and Brunello di Montalcino. Ciliegiolo [chee-lee-eh-joh-loh] is a much more obscure grape than Sangio, and it took a little research to … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews | Tagged Chianti, Chianti Classico, Ciliegiolo, Italy, Sangiovese, Tuscany | 2 Comments //La Spinetta Nebbiolo, Langhe-Piedmont, Italy 2008.
January 6, 2012Grape 100% Nebbiolo [neh-bee-oh-low] Facts La Spinetta was founded in 1977 by Giuseppe and Lidia Rivetti. They’re big on the idea that the best wines are made in the vineyard, rather than in the winery, and take as minimal … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews | Tagged Italy, Nebbiolo, Piedmont | 2 Comments //Grilled Flank Steak in a Garlic, Balsamic and Red Wine Marinade, Paired with Masseria Pietrosa Salice Salentino.
November 10, 2011If you’ve been following these food and wine pairings, you’ll know that I ideally like to keep the recipes as quick and simple as possible. This pairing epitomizes that concept. The wine for this pairing is the Masseria Pietrosa Salice … Continue reading
Posted in Pairings | Tagged Apulia, Italy, Malvasia, Malvasia Nera, Negroamaro, Puglia | Leave a comment //Est! Est!! Est!!!
November 5, 2011An Italian white wine named Est! Est!! Est!!! got its name from a medieval story (you decide whether it’s true)…. A bishop was planning to travel the Italian countryside and asked his scout to find inns that had good wines, … Continue reading
Posted in Facts, Funny | Tagged Est! Est!! Est!!!, Italy | Leave a comment //Make Sure Your Other Half is Getting “2 a Day”
November 3, 2011Numerous Italian studies argue that women who drink two glasses of wine a day, have better sex than those who don’t drink at all. I’ll drink to that!
Posted in Facts | Tagged Italy | Leave a comment //The Wine Lovers Giveaway!
October 5, 2011It’s been a little while since I did a giveaway, so I thought I’d GO BIG! Here’s what I have to giveaway: Soiree Wine Aerator – the ONLY way I aerate my wine! The Wine Lovers Journal – a very … Continue reading
Posted in Giveaway | Tagged Italy, La Fiera, Pinot Grigio | Leave a comment //La Fiera Pinot Grigio Veneto – Italy 2010
September 16, 2011Wine La Fiera Grape 100% Pinot Grigio Place Veneto, Italy Price $11.99 Imported through Wine Sellers
Posted in Reviews | Tagged Italy, La Fiera, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Gris, Veneto | Leave a comment //Cesari Mara Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso 2008
July 28, 2011Grapes A blend of Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara (don’t worry if you haven’t heard of them before, these grapes are generally only used in Italy in the wines of Valpolicella). Facts Read that title again! What a mouthful…….and that’s why … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews | Tagged Amarone, Corvina, Italy, Molinara, Ripasso, Rondinella, Veneto | Leave a comment //← Older posts
