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Hello Again, Lambrusco – Everyone Deserves a Second Chance (#ItalianFWT)

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Are your 2020 holidays shaping up differently than past events? No surprise. Starting with a toned-down Thanksgiving, it appears we’re moving into a lockdown or semi-lockdown holiday season. So how do we create a festive celebration – whether that’s Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or New Year’s Eve – in a pandemic year? Italian food and wine […]

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Primitivo: Zin’s not quite identical twin (#ItalianFWT)

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Expect the unexpected – in wine as in life – that’s my new mantra. Not sure what I was expecting when I poured my first Primitivo from Puglia in southern Italy. Yes, it’s genetically the twin of Zinfandel, the popular California grape variety. But these twins grew up an ocean apart – in different terroir

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Benanti – Capturing the soul of Mount Etna wine (#Italian FWT)

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Are volcanic soils better than others for growing wine grapes? Maybe you’ve heard or read they are. Not necessarily, but some volcanic soils are definitely good for vines and wines. Here’s why: Volcanic soils are porous. High draining capacity allows vines to dig deep for nutrients while naturally controlling vigor and reducing yields. Volcanic soils

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Alois Lageder – Driven to create wines in harmony with nature (#ItalianFWT)

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Working with nature in the vineyard to keep soils healthy and continue to produce high-quality grapes. Experimenting with different techniques in the cellar to mitigate climate change. This is the dual path to sustainability chosen by Alois Lageder, a leading wine producer in Alto Adige. The Italian Food, Wine and Travel blogging group is focusing

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Velenosi wines showcase little-yet-mighty Le Marche

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If you’re lucky enough to take over the reins of a family wine business – whatever shape it’s in – you have a head start over your peers. Self-starters who lack this advantage face a steeper hill to climb. Now think about climbing that hill as a woman in a male-dominated industry. That’s the story

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