Tag: travel

• Exploring Campania with #ItalianFWT

  

  June’s installment of #ItalianFWT takes us back to southern Italy, to the beautiful and delicious region of Campania. As you can see from the map Campania is located on the south western side of Italy, at the front ankle of the boot. Campania is filled with great people, sites, food, wine and culture and it…

  Michelle Williams

  June 6, 2015

  #ItalianFWT, Campania, Food, Italian food, Italian wine, Italy, Travel, Wine

  #ItalianFWT, Aglianico, Amalfi Coast, Campania, Cantina del Taburno Greco White Wine 2012 Beneventano, Capri, Feudi Di San Gregorio Lacryma Christi Rosso 2010 DOC, food, Greco Bianco, Italian food, Italy, jazz, Lacryma Christi, limoncello, Mount Vesuvius, music, Naples, Piedirosso, Sorrento, travel, Villa Matilde Rocco dei Leoni Aglianico, wine

• Marche Revisited for #ItalianFWT

  I wrote two article about the Marche region of Italy last July to help my friends Piero and Katherine promote their business, Vita Verde Imports. They were planning a fall 2014 guided wine, food and truffle tour of Marche and although I was not able to attend it looked fantastic and I know their group…

  Michelle Williams

  May 2, 2015

  #ItalianFWT, Food, Italian wine, Italy, Marche, Terracruda, Travel, Vacation, Wine

  #DestinazioneMarche, #ItalianFWT, Ancona Jazz Festival, food, Italian wine, Italy, Jimmy’s Dallas, Le Marche, Marche, Marche Expo 2015, music, Terracruda, travel, Vita Verde Imports, wine

• Celebrating Sicily on #ItalianFWT

  Our April journey with #ItalianFWT takes us to the lovely Italian island of Sicily. Due to the date of April’s #ItalianFWT I was considering passing up this month’s Italian journey since I have been working so much on Easter and Passover articles. However, when the creator of #ItalianFWT, Jennifer of Vino Travels, announced our April…

  Michelle Williams

  April 4, 2015

  #ItalianFWT, Donnafugata, Food, Italy, Music, Sicily, Travel, Wine

  #ItalianFWT, Donnafugata, Donnafugata Sedara Sicilia DOC Rosso, Italian food, Italian wine, Italy, jazz, music, Nero d’Avola, Palermo, Recipe, Sicilian food, Sicily, travel, vacation, wine

• Wine & Dine in Trentino-Alto Adige with #ItalianFWT

  

  This month #ItalianFWT is traveling to Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy to explore the great food, wine, culture and activities in this beautiful region. As you can see from the WineCountry.it map, Trentino-Alto Adige is located in the northeast corner of Italy; boarded by Switzerland and Austria to its north with Veneto and Lombardy to its south…

  Michelle Williams

  March 7, 2015

  #ItalianFWT, Alto Adige, Food, Iron and Wine, Italian wine, Italian wine regions, Italy, Kaltern, Kaltern Caldaron, Lagrein, Music, Schiava, Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Wine

  #ItalianFWT, Alto Adige, Bolzano, Ferrari Trento, food, Iron and Wine, Italian food, Italian wine, Italy, Kaltern, Kaltern Caldaron Campaner Shiava DOC 2013, Kaltern Caldaron Lagrein DOC 2012, Lagrein, Mezzacorona, music, Shiava, travel, Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, wine, Winefolly

• Valpolicella Day Two

  

  I awoke on my second day in Valpolicella to a sound no winemaker in the region wanted to hear: rain! This region had received an abundance of rain and if there are two weather conditions wine grapes do not like it is too little rain and too much rain. I will go in to this…

  Michelle Williams

  October 3, 2014

  Amarone, Cantina Valpolicella Negrar, Cesari, Consorzio Tutela Vini Valpolicella, JEMA, Monteci Viticoltori In Valpolicella, Ripasso, Sartori di Verona, Valpolicella, Valpolicella Classico, Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Winetasting

  Amarone, American Authors, Best Day of My Life, Cantina Valpolicella Negrar, Cesari, Consozio Tutela Vini Valpolicella, Corvino, Corvinone, food, Italian wine, Italy, Locando 800, Monlinara, Monteci Viticoltori In Valpolicella, music, rondinella, Sartori di Verona, travel, Valpolicella, Valpolicella Classico, Valpolicella Classico Superiore

• A Rustic Meal in Valpolicella

  I spent last week in the Valpolicella region of Italy as a guest of the Consorzio Tutela Vini Valpolicella. It was an amazing week filled with the delicious wines of Valpolicella: Classico, Superiore, Ripasso, Amarone and Recioto; as well as incredible Italian food from the region. It was my first trip to Italy and I…

  Michelle Williams

  September 13, 2014

  #WinePW, Amarone, Consorzio Tutela Vini Valpolicella, Food, Gerry Rafferty, Italian wine, Italy, Music, Ripasso, Travel, Valpolicella, Valpolicella Classico, Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Wine, Wine Tour

  Amarone, Baker Street, food, Italian wine, Italy, music, restaurant, Ripasso, travel, Valpolicella, Valpolicella Classico, Valpolicella Classico Superiore, wine, Winelover

• Do You Know the Way to Le Marche?

  As you recall at the beginning of July I introduced you to my new friends Piero Pagliardini and his lovely wife Katherine Cohen, the proprietors of Vita Verde Imports. (To see post on July 7 click here.) In October of this year Piero and Katherine are hosting an exciting tour to Piero’s home region of…

  Michelle Williams

  July 25, 2014

  Food, Frank Sinatra, Italian, Italian wine, Italy

  Boccalino, Fly Me to the Moon, food, Frank Sinatra, Fun, Italy, Le Marche, music, Orcio, pasta, pizza, Tour, travel, Vita Verde Imports, wine, Winelover

• Le Marche Italy: Fall Tour for Winelovers

  I was recently contacted by Piero Pagliardini about sharing information regarding his fall wine tour to Le Marche, Italy. Many of you reading may ask, where? I am familiar with Le Marche (Mar-kay) as a result of a spring #WineStudio hosted by Protocol Wine Studio; however, many wine lovers, even Italian wine lovers, are not familiar…

  Michelle Williams

  July 7, 2014

  Aleatico, Brian’s Wine, Dallas, Frank Sinatra, Italian, Italian wine, Italy, Le Marche, Michael Buble, Music, Pergola Rosso, Terracruda, Travel, Vacation, Vita Verde Imports, Wine, Wine Tour, Winetasting

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