Author name: Linda Whipple, CSW

Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW). WSET 3 Advanced with merit. Grateful for the grape and all things growing.

You’re invited to explore Italian grapes outside of Italy (#ItalianFWT)

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In the heart of Pennsylvania mushroom-growing country, there’s a tiny vineyard where French and northern Italian grapes yield wines that are simply “wow.” Va La Vineyards is a 6.7-acre plot of land along the main road between Amish Lancaster County and Wilmington, Delaware. In this unlikely spot, owner Anthony Vietri crafts wines of uncommon quality. […]

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Dolcetto d’Alba: A food-friendly bet for braised chicken (#ItalianFWT)

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Do you have a go-to wine list? You know, the tried-and-true varieties, blends, and producers you rely on to deliver consistently high quality and food compatibility. On my list is Dolcetto, a fruity, light-to-medium-bodied Italian red wine. Dolcetto hails from Piedmont, the same highly esteemed wine region that gives us the three big Bs: Nebbiolo-based

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Classic Rioja Alta to kick off virtual trip to Spain (#WorldWineTravel)

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Once a month, throughout 2021, a new group of wine bloggers, World Wine Travel, is visiting Spain. Regarded as the “sleeping giant of the wine world,” Spain has more land under vine than any other country in the world and ranks third, behind Italy and France, in global wine production volume. So where to start

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This Francs Côtes de Bordeaux lets the fruit shine through (#Winophiles)

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As the largest wine region in France, Bordeaux has thousands of estates making millions of cases of wine annually. But to investors and other “serious” collectors, only 100 or so châteaux, those producing first-growth or premier grand cru wines, are worthy of attention. Of course, these top-quality wines carry price tags to match. What if

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What if you could blend your own Pinot Grigio? (#ItalianFWT)

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Welcome, 2021! Perfect time to think about arguably the world’s most pressing problem – climate change – and renew a commitment to living and drinking sustainably. For the first Italian Food, Wine and Travel post of the new year, the assignment from Jen at Vino Travels was to choose a favorite Italian red or white

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