If I needed an excuse to cook spaghetti and meatballs, I found one this month when the Winophiles group of intrepid bloggers landed on the French island of Corsica. Yes, that’s right – French. Corsica – the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte – was ceded to France by Genoa, a former Italian city-state, in 1768. Located […]
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Everyone’s heard of Napa and Sonoma, right? But how many of us say, “Wow, I really need to visit Livermore Valley next time I’m in California.” Here’s one reason to go: Murrieta’s Well. One of California’s original wine estates, Murrieta’s Well has been growing grapes since the 1800s. In 1884, Louis Mel purchased land in
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Brazil is by far the largest country in South America and all of Latin America. In fact, Brazil is the world’s fifth-largest country by area and the fifth most populous. Yet, it is only the fifth largest wine-producing country in the southern hemisphere. Of course, we all know the reason. Location, location, location. Much of
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Last winter, I set sail with the Italian Food, Wine and Travel (#ItalianFWT) group of intrepid bloggers to explore (virtually) the islands of Italy. My “travels” landed me in Sardinia and Sicily, but I couldn’t help but notice Pantelleria, a speck of an island to Italy’s southwest barely visible on this map. Closer to Tunisia
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New Zealand winemaker Daniel Brennan feels a spiritual affinity to his Sicilian great-grandfather, though the two settled continents apart. A musician and band member, Brennan uprooted himself in 2007 and moved from Philadelphia to Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, to pursue winemaking. He describes having an epiphany after discovering the potential of New Zealand wines. His
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