It’s been awhile since I joined my fellow wine writers of the #Winophiles group, but I’ve been waiting for the opportunity to share some wines from the Languedoc I tried along with what I lea...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2024/05/A-taste-of-the-Languedoc.html
I recently attended a virtual event on the Abruzzo wine region led by Andrea Erby, Italian Programs Director at the Wine Scholar Guild. It was a thorough look into the region highlighting all t...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2024/05/all-about-abruzzo-wines.html
Lake Garda in northern Italy is a perfect place to situate yourself for several reasons. Not only is the area a beautiful place to tour, but you have great accessibility to many great towns in ...
Although I love to share the lesser known grapes and wine regions throughout Italy, I also can’t pass up sharing wines I come across in tastings with a fantastic QPR, the quality relative to th...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2024/04/Famiglia-Cotarella-Falesco-Vitiano-Rosso.html
As with many, Tuscany was my first love in discovering Italy. It’s where I first lived outside the United States and fell in love with the city of Florence. Chianti were really the first wi...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2024/03/Contucci-Mulinvecchio-Vino-Nobile-di-Montepulciano.html
Sicily has been the talk of not only Italian wines, but the worldwide wine market as a whole mostly due to its unique volcanic wine production. Looking outside Sicily’s volcanic wines though ...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2024/03/Firriato-Calamoni-di-Favignana-Zibibbo-with-fish-cakes.html
Although I love highlighting Italy’s indigenous grapes, wine regions and producers I think it’s also good to take a step back from time to time and highlight some of the basics in understandi...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2024/02/Understanding-Italian-wine-classifications.html
If you haven’t discovered Italy’s many styles of rosé wines what are you waiting for? If you have yet to jump on the rosé bus then there is no better time like the present. You can find...
Over the past few months I’ve been highlighting some of the wines of southern Tuscany highlighting some of the differences of those from the more northernly neighbors in Tuscany. This week we...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2024/01/Bulichella-Wines-and-Brisket-pairing.html
In 2024 I plan to focus on more Italian food and wine pairings that are unique to the region. This month, I’m highlighting the Maremma wine region, often overshadowed by its neighboring wine ...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2024/01/Cantina-Vignaioli-wines-paired-with-Acquacotta.html
As I say goodbye to 2023 I wanted to thank all my loyal readers and followers along with the companies I had the pleasure to partner with through the year. It was a celebratory year for me as I...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2024/01/Top-5-Italian-wine-blogs-of-2023.html
Before the end of the year I wanted to highlight the Lombardy wine region and share a wine dinner I attended a couple months back in Boston sponsored by the Oltrepo Pavese Consorzio and wine frie...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2023/12/wine-and-food-pairings-with-Oltrepo-Pavese.html
After a couple week hiatus due to wonderful family vacation on a Disney cruise of the western Caribbean, I'm ready to share a recent tasting I had a couple months back including sparkling wines f...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2023/12/Borgo-Maragliano-wines-of-Alta-Langa.html
As we round out these last couple weeks of November, this week I'm focusing on the Piedmont wine region and one of its great white grapes, Cortese, specifically the wines produced from the Gavi a...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2023/11/Cortese-Grape-and-Gavi-Wines.html
As we’re approaching the Thanksgiving holiday we all look forward to good times with family and friends along with good food and of course good wine. The question every Thanksgiving that folks ...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2023/11/Michele-Chiarlo-Le-Orme-Barbera-dAsti.html
This month our Italian Food, Wine and Travel group explores the Valle d'Aosta and Piedmont wine regions led by our host Camilla of Culinary Cam . The Valle d’Aosta wine region of Italy tucked...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2023/11/La-Kiuva-Picotendro-pairing-with-mushroom-soup.html
As I wrap up this months feature on the Veneto wine region I’ll share some of the Veneto’s great red wines, those that come from the Valpolicella wine appellation. Some years ago I visited ...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2023/10/Monte-Zovo-Valpolicella-wines.html
Sometimes when I write these blogs I remind myself how many great native grapes are grown in Italy, hence why it can be so challenging when someone asks what’s your favorite Italian grape. Wh...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2023/10/Monte-Tondo-Soave-Classico.html
If you’ve been a follower of my blog you know that October is a month that I have much to celebrate. From my birthday, to my 10 year wedding anniversary since I got married in Italy, to one o...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2023/10/Prosecco-Superiore-wines-with-Bellenda-and-Villa-Sandi.html
This month I’ll be focusing on the Veneto wine region all month. Our Italian Food, Wine & Travel group will also be featuring wine and food pairings from this region with a number of writers ...
Earlier this year I highlighted the wine region of Puglia, but following that month’s feature I had the opportunity to sample a couple of wines from the Varvaglione winery in Puglia and connect...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2023/10/Varvaglione-1921-wines-in-Puglia.html
For part 3 of my tour of the Collio wine region I’m highlighting the Pinot Grigio and Sauvignon grapes from this region. My last day of touring the Collio region started at Borgo Conventi in ...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2023/09/Pinot-Grigio-and-Sauvignon-Wines-of-Collio.html
This week we explore the Alto Adige region of northern Italy featuring one of the established cooperatives found in Italy, Cantina Tramin. I had the opportunity to ask some questions of Cantina...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2023/09/Cantina-Tramin-wines-of-Alto-Adige.html
This week I’m staying in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region highlighting the Collavini winery. Collavini crosses between the Collio DOC and Colli Orientali DOCs. I'll be sharing some of their win...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2023/09/A-tasting-of-Colli-Orientali-and-Collio-with-Collavini.html
Last week I took you on a journey to my most recent trip to Italy to the Collio wine area within the Friuli Venezia Giulia wine region in northeastern Italy. This week I’m digging into two of...
https://www.vinotravelsitaly.com/2023/09/Collio-Friulano-and-Ribolla-Gialla.html