Sweet Wines from Italy Made With Red Grapes
I confess, I have always been a sweet wine lover. I almost never pair the wines with a dessert but usually just sip them as my dessert. I also have to admit, that when I think of sweet wines,...
View ArticleItalian Indigenous Varieties Nightly On Instagram Live At 9:00pm
Once upon a time, in 2009, I started to write a column for an online website called Alta Cucina. I wrote about Italian indigenous grape varieties because I was amazed at how many there are and their...
View ArticleTasting Primitivo di Manduria – #ItalianFWT
Primitivo is a grape variety that you can find in the Italian region of Apulia or Puglia as it is called in Italian. Primitivo is related to the Croatian grape Tribidrag and California's Zinfandel....
View ArticleHiso Telaray’s Renata Fonte Negroamaro IGT
I had never heard of Renata Fonte until this past weekend. I watched a movie on YouTube that was part of a four part series that ran in 2018 called Liberi Sognatori. I was stunned that I never heard of...
View ArticleA Wealth of Grapes From Puglia
Today’s run for the Giro d’Italia is in Puglia. Lauren at the Swirling Dervish writes a great recap of the race here. Puglia or Apulia as we would say in English is a beautiful part of Italy. This long...
View ArticleWine Wednesday: Nero di Troia, Cantine Le Grotte
This Wine Wednesday I am tasting a Nero di Troia 2018 called Selva della Rocca from Cantine LeGrotte in Puglia. The wine comes from the province of Foggia, specifically from Apricena. It was lovely...
View ArticlePrimitivo from Gioia del Colle, A Revelation
Puglia or Apulia as we write in English, is a long region that is the heel of the Italian boot and is among the top wine producing regions in the country. A large part of the wines are made with...
View ArticleWine Wednesday: Fanova Riserva Primitivo Gioia Del Colle DOC
This Wine Wednesday is dedicated to a wine I hav tasted a number of times. It is alled Fanova from the Terre Carsiche winery in Puglia. I first tasted the wine in December 2021 when the Puglia in rose...
View ArticleItalian Indigenous Varieties: Ottavianello Nero from Puglia
Today’s post is about a grape variety that comes from Southern Italy, specifically from Puglia or Apulia as we say in English. The grape is called Ottavianello Nero. In France and Corsica, the grape is...
View ArticleItalian Indigenous Varieties: Pampanuto
Pampanuto also called Pampanino, this week’s Italian indigenous variety, hails from the Southern region of Puglia. Puglia can be split into North, Central, and Southern Puglia because different grape...
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