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Punset wines: the story of one woman’s perseverance (#Italian FWT)

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Are Italian women taken seriously? Or does the longstanding culture of Italian machismo persist? Looking at the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2020, Italy has the worst ranking in Western Europe on progress toward reducing disparities between men and women. Italy lags behind some African, East European and Asian countries, too, such as […]

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Discovering Torrette from tiny Valle d’Aosta (#ItalianFWT)

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What a discovery! There I was, in the Pennsylvania state liquor store (which, by the way, I sometimes knock), shopping for the southern Italian wine I found online and thought I’d feature for this month’s Italian Food, Wine and Travel (#ItalianFWT) post. Scanning the shelves, I spied a Valle d’Aosta place name I didn’t recognize

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A taste of Tuscany without leaving home (#ItalianFWT)

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Let’s face it: There’s no substitute for a visit to Tuscany. Just the mention of iconic Tuscan landmarks is enough to evoke rapture in the hearts of those who’ve been there – Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance and home to masterworks by Botticelli and da Vinci, among others; Pisa and its gravity-defying leaning tower; the

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Fresh Abruzzo wines to pair with fall produce (#ItalianFWT)

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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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Passito and peaches – perfect late-summer fare (#ItalianFWT)

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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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