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The call of the Dolomites! The Italian Food, Wine and Travel blogger group – Italian FWT – will be looking[…]

Sometimes Prosecco gets a bad rap. In fact, it is a victim of its own success, to a great extent.[…]

I’m not much of a traditionalist when it comes to wine and food pairings. I love to cook, I love[…]

Talk about high expectations. After the very difficult 2014 vintage in Europe, 2015 has been universally acclaimed on the continent[…]

Sweet wines – that is, wines that are generally intended as dessert wines – get far too little attention and[…]

Oh, Primitivo, I’m sorry! I should never have doubted you and your potential. Continuing on the theme of “breaking stereotypes”,[…]

It is a long-standing stereotype that “the south” cannot make sparkling wines of any real interest because the climate is[…]

Montecucco Historical Tasting In 1998, a small appellation for Sangiovese-based wines was carved from the Maremma. Forged on the slopes of[…]

Walt Disney famously remarked “whatever you do, do it well.” It is good advice, but before you can do what[…]

Recently I wrote a couple of articles about Ciliegiolo and the Maremma. This was made possible because I had been[…]