What makes a wine taste fresh? I began to ponder this question while quaffing three fresh-tasting Abruzzo wines – one white and two reds – for this month’s #ItalianFWT Twitter chat on Oct. 5. The white is a Pecorino, a grape native to both the Marche and Abruzzo regions of Italy. The two reds are […]
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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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