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The DOCG You Didn’t Know Existed… @Montelvini
I picked up this bottle of Prosecco from Venegazzù Montelvini and studied the label carefully. ”DOCG Asolo” was written clearly, and yet, Italian Wine Geek that I am, I could not tell you that I had...
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Chiara Boschis: First Lady of Barolo @winestories
Chiara Boschis in her family’s vineyards. Photo by Mauro Fermariello. My favorite Italian wine writer to follow is Mauro Fermariello. His website, Winestories, is a passionate and carefully curated...
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How to Keep a Sailor Warm
Dan Bjugstad of Pizzeria Locale in Boulder CO, with Claudio Morelli I had the profound pleasure of escorting a Marchegiano gentleman, Claudio Morelli, around Colorado a few weeks ago. We were there...
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Italian White Wines Can Age. #truth
I posted this picture on my Instagram and Twitter feeds last week and got a number of surprising responses. “Was it still good?” and “Does Verdicchio last that long?” and “Where did you find that?...
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Take me where I can see the Mountains. #valdossola #prünent
A view of Val d’Ossola in Piemonte. Wines are emotional for me- some more than others. Cantine Garrone makes some of the most potent wines I know- effectively pulling at my heartstrings anytime I...
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Bubbles by Benanti
I had the pleasure of tasting this bottle, Benanti’s Noblesse, a few weeks ago after we found it thanks to Dan Pirelli, at the Wine Hotel in Los Angeles. 100% Carricante grapes, 100% Etna. Who says...
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Kings of the Carso. @winestories
Friends of mine are going to the Carso soon. I am ecstatic for them because, even as this is a place I have not yet seen in person, I feel like I know it already. There will be a stiff breeze from...
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I say take no thought of the harvest…
… but only of proper sowing. (T.S. Eliot) Ripe Prünent grapes waiting for harvest at Cantina Garrone. These powerful words by T.S. Eliot remind us that in these frantic, labor-intensive days of...
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On Spaghetti Westerns and Brunello. @michaelnemcik
Thanks to Michael Young of Palm Bay Imports, I had a chance to enjoy this bottle of Brunello the other night at Union restaurant in Pasadena. (if you haven’t tried this place yet, do yourself a favor...
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La Sibilla: Lessons in Salt and Acidity
Photo by Oliver McCrum- Falanghina and Salty Fried Fish. One of my favorite terroir-minded producers from the area around Naples is La Sibilla, a winery owned and operated by 5 generations of the Di...
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