If you associate northern Italian wine with Pinot Grigio, I invite you to look again. Pressed against Austria and Switzerland at Italy’s northernmost border, Alto Adige produces only a small amount of the country’s total wine. But this picturesque region has the highest proportion of Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) wines in the country. That […]
Alto Adige offers more than one white wine (#ItalianFWT) Read More »
Home at last! Road construction, traffic tie-ups and now a UPS door tag reminded me I had missed the initial delivery of Prosecco DOCG for the next Italian Food, Wine and Travel (#Italian FWT) chat on July 6. Ugh! No worries – UPS would be back. Time to settle into the comfy chair, tune into
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Strawberry season is a special time of year. Here in Central Pennsylvania, strawberries ripen in late May to early June. For two to three weeks, strawberries play a starring role at every roadside stand and farmers market. Hand-picked local strawberries are the best. It’s worth a few aches and pains to crouch in the strawberry
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Once upon a long time ago, I majored in English language and literature. Decades later, I’m finding myself fascinated by Italian words. It all started when Lynn at Savor the Harvest challenged the Italian Food, Wine and Travel (#ItalianFWT) group of bloggers to write about pecorino or other grape varieties from Le Marche or Abruzzo
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Only one ferry line crosses the Mediterranean Sea between Sardegna (Sardinia) and Sicilia (Sicily). The twice-daily trip takes 12 hours! By plane, you can hop from one island to the other in just over an hour. But with these indigenous wines and classic Italian food, I wouldn’t mind the leisurely route. This month, the Italian
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