Month: March 2018

Countdown Vinitaly: Time to Detox!

Categories AIS Associazione Italiana Sommelier, Amarone, Barolo, Brunello di Montalcino, Campania, Carlo Petrini, Chianti, Culture, Dolce Vita, Donne del Vino, Food, Juicing, Lazio, Liguria, Made in Italy, Milan Expo, mineral water, Montefalco, Morellino di Scansano, Piedmont, Pollenzo, Primitivo di Manduria, Prosecco, Puglia, Rosé, Sagrantino, Sassicaia, Sicily, Siena, Tuscany, Umbria, Uncategorized, Veneto, Vinitaly, WineLeave a Comment on Countdown Vinitaly: Time to Detox!

Breaking with tradition: we are not going to talk about wine. This is the Lent period in preparation for Vinitaly: time to give things up, purify, detox, and get ready for the biggest wine event in Italy, held every year in Verona. This year, from Sunday, April 15 to Wednesday, April 18, tens of thousands…

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Holy Cow, Holy Wine! Sagrantino

Categories Art, Culture, Dolce Vita, Food, Made in Italy, Montefalco, Renaissance, Sagrantino, Umbria, Uncategorized, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, WineLeave a Comment on Holy Cow, Holy Wine! Sagrantino

In Italian they say 'finire in bellezza' and that is exactly what we did, ending up the season of new release tastings in front of Benozzo Gozzoli's magnificent frescoes in Montefalco. Such beauty! It's taken me over a week to recover! Just adore St. Francis driving the demons out of Arezzo! Benozzo was busy, between…

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