Tag: Italian wine
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Forbes Article: Piedmont Wine Region, Home Of Italian Royalty And More
Mountainous terrain, Mediterranean sun, and grand cru vineyards, its no wonder Piedmont is home to Italy’s finest wine. Yet, there is so much more to this exquisite wine region
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Forbes Article: Look To The Black Rooster For Quality Sangiovese In Chianti
Chianti conjures up many images, from Anthony Hopkin’s enigmatic portrayal of Hannibal Lecter to a fiasco, straw-wrapped bottle, atop a red and white checkered plastic table cloth in an Italian restaurant.
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Forbes Article: Three Glasses Signify The Best In Italian Wine
Forced off its US tour by the pandemic, Gambero Rosso, Italy’s top wine guide, pivots into the virtual world with delicious results. Learn how they managed this enormous shift, along with the 12 wines toured, in my Forbes latest.
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Forbes Article: Celebrating Heroic Viticulture with Donnafugata’s Ben Ryè
Pantelleria, a remote island off the coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, is home to “heroic viticulture – strong wind, little rainfall, absence of natural ground water, steep terraces, and isolated position,” explains Antonio Rallo, Winemaker at Donnafugata. Yet, this unforgiving land produces one of Italy’s most sought after sweet wines – Ben Ryè.…
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A Summer of Italian Wine
In Italy what grows together, goes together. This is one reason Italian wines are so food friendly. Another contributing factor to the ease of Italian wine-food pairing is the landscape of the Italian Peninsula – northern mountains trail down its spine, lush green plains and forests, rolling hills, ancient volcanoes, and two distinct islands, all…
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Discovering Italy’s Delicious Lesser-Known Wines
Americans’ love affair with Italian wine has raised awareness of that country’s greatest appellations. Barolo, Barbaresco, Chianti, and Brunello are well-known in the States, but their high status also translates to high prices. Lying quietly within many of these regions are smaller sub-regions that produce delicious wines from the exact same grapes. Wine lovers seeking…
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Life is Sweeter with Amarone
Amarone della Valpolicella is one of Italy’s greatest wines. It is a complex wine, rich and bold, with each sip embracing years of tradition. There is no other wine made quite like it. It can also be a divisive wine. While most people adore the rich notes of dried fruit and raisin-like sweetness some find…
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The Daily Meal Article: I’m Dreaming of an Italian Christmas
Christmas is only a week away. Have you decided what to make for the big meal? Is Christmas dinner round two of Thanksgiving or do you prefer to branch out and make a different meal? I prefer to vary up the meal, making something special, but different each year. This year I have decided to…
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Il Palagio: The Message in the Bottle is Delicious
Celebrity wines are becoming quite numerous, and they are often met with a mixed response. When the celebrity attaches their persona to the wine consumers often flock to the wine, wanting to determine for themselves whether or not it is a good wine. Critics tend to receive the wine with much more skepticism, after all…
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Bubbles for Breakfast? It Must Be Brunch!
Brunch: a combination of breakfast and lunch usually eaten between the hours of 11am and 3pm. Brunch is believed to have originated in England in the late 19th century, becoming popular in the US in the 1930’s. In China brunch is observed dim sum style; South Africa brunch is unique because it only consists of…
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