Tag Archives: Italy
Newer posts →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 | Leave a comment //Banfi Collectors Club Wine Dinner – Jacksonville TPC Sawgrass
January 17, 2012Banfi Collector’s Club Wine Dinner Tuesday, January 24th 6:30 – 9:00 PM $100 Experience a delicious multi-course dinner by Chef William Murphy. Each course will be perfectly paired with a Banfi wine selection. Raise your glass and make your reservation … Continue reading
Posted in Events | Tagged Banfi, Italy, TPC Sawgrass, Tuscany | Leave a comment //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 | Leave a comment //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!
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