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Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Puglia's Amaro Salento: Bitter Liqueurs and Limoncello

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Throughout Puglia we had seen bottles of Amaro Salento Classico in various grocery stores and restaurants and by chance we were passing near...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Gambero Rosso's Vini D’Italia 2025 Roadshow

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On April 30th, Gambero Rosso , Italy's premier food and wine media group, returned to Washington DC celebrating the Vini D’Italia 2025 ...
Thursday, April 4, 2024

Grape Spotlight: Sicilia DOC Grillo

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"Beginning with the Greeks, who arrived on the eastern part of Sicily in the 8th century BCE, the idea of methodical grapegrowing pract...
Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Grape Spotlight: Cortese di Gavi DOCG from Riva Leone

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The Gavi or Cortese di Gavi DOCG is an appellation covering still and sparkling white wines produced from the indigenous Cortese grape grown...
Monday, December 4, 2023

Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo DOC with the Villa Gemma Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo DOC Superiore

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Cerasuolo (chair-ah-swolo) translates loosely to "cherry-colored” in Italian and refers to Italian rosés in general. However the Abruz...
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Grape Spotlight: Masciarelli Trebbiano d'Abruzzo

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Abruzzo  is a naturalist's dream "as half of the region's territory is protected through national parks and nature reserves, mo...
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Grape Spotlight: Masciarelli Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

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Abruzzo is a naturalist's dream "as half of the region's territory is protected through national parks and nature reserves, mo...
Friday, December 23, 2022

Herbal Liqueurs: Amaro Montenegro 1885

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We are sticking with Amaro in our  Herbal Liqueur series with the Amaro Montenegro 1885 . As the name suggests, this liqueur was launched i...
Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Herbal Liqueurs: Amaro Nonino Quintessentia®

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Amaro translates to “bitter” in Italian, but the category of bittersweet herbaceous liqueurs is far from one-note. It spans a range of flavo...
Monday, November 28, 2022

Grape Spotlight: Oltrepò Pavese DOC Pinot Nero and Others

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Lombardy is one of Italy's largest and most populous regions and is located in the north-central part of the country. It consists of fiv...
Friday, June 24, 2022

Grape Spotlight: Abruzzo DOC Pecorino

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“…one morning in September, before the harvest, I and others went to Arquata del Tronto, in the hamlet of Pescara, where they had pointed ou...
Saturday, February 26, 2022

Grape Spotlight: Brachetto DOC Rosé Spumante

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Brachetto is a black-skinned Italian wine grape grown in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. The grape specifically is suited for the so...
Thursday, December 2, 2021

Grape Spotlight: Assisi DOC Grechetto

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Umbria, in central Italy, is a region of lush rolling hills, hilltop villages and iconic, historic towns. The latter are exemplified by Orvi...
Friday, October 22, 2021

Grape Spotlight: Nebbiolo Barbaresco DOCG

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Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato : This landscape covers five distinct wine-growing areas with outstanding landsc...
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Grape Spotlight: Terre Siciliane IGT Pinot Grigio

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IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is an Italian classification that was introduced in 1992 in order to allow a certain level of freedom to...
Thursday, September 9, 2021

Grape Spotlight: DOC Vermentino di Sardegni and the Argiolas Costamolino

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Vermentino is a white wine grape grown in various locations, and under various names, around the western Mediterranean -- most notably in no...
Thursday, August 26, 2021

Grape Spotlight: Brindisi DOC Tenute Rubino Susumaniello

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The  Brindisi DOC is a sub-region in Puglia that was created in 1979 and dedicated primarily to the production of Negroamaro wines. Yet the...