Category: Liguria
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Moonstruck in Luni: The New Cantine Bosoni
Maybe I’ve been inspired by the recent Blue Moon, but while the summer here in Italy seems to be ending, and quite abruptly at that, I’d like to flashback to a beautiful start to the summer, with the inauguration of the new winery at Cantine Lvnae. This party was long-awaited, delayed by the Covid moment.…
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Dante’s March
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in Amarone, Art, Culture, Dante, Liguria, Literature, Made in Italy, Montefalco, Piedmont, Renaissance, Sagrantino, Tuscany, Umbria, Uncategorized, Veneto, WineOn March 25, Italy celebrated the second Dantedì (Heaven forbid we use English and call it Dante’s Day, Dante would roll over in his grave!). This important celebration marks the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death in 1321. I hear you: “Why the Inferno March 25?” As recognized by most scholars of the Divine Comedy, on…
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May Your Days Be Merry and Bright…
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And may all your Christmases … and wines… be white! Italian Grapevine is going to dedicate two posts to a review of the year’s highlights – the best of the reds and the whites we’ve sampled this year. Granted, it was a tough year: practically no wine fairs, no travel, no restaurants. For heaven’s sake,…
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Over the Moon at Lvnae
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Good thing I live so close to the Winery of the Year 2020 in these no-travel Covid times! Lucky me, I got to visit Cantine Lvnae twice, in late summer and early fall. We are talking southern Liguria, getting close to the Tuscan border. Can I say what a pleasure it is to visit this…
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Wine, Women and Summer
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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been sipping and tasting with the lovely Italian Women of Wine in Liguria. Le Donne del Vino in Italy numbers over 800 members, with winemakers, restaurateurs, sommeliers, journalists, wine shop owners, etc. Two restaurants hosted special events to feature the wines of Emilia-Romagna paired with Ligurian cuisine. Get out…
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30 is the New 20! Young to Young 2019
Almost three days have already flown by at Vinitaly, and we at Italian Grapevine are looking forward to a great last day tomorrow! This morning I had the chance to participate in Young to Young, a tasting led by the famous Food&Wine journalists Paolo Massobrio (La Stampa, Il Golosario) and Marco Gatti. Young to Young aims…
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Blue Lvnae
This Halloween, I’m reflecting on the moon and its incredible influence on us, and on agriculture. In 2018, we’ve even experienced some supermoons. Our grandfathers knew how to plant according to the moon’s cycles, and maybe we should be paying closer attention to what it’s doing to us, too. For years, I would pass through…