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Showing posts with label Puglia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Puglia. Show all posts
Friday, March 29, 2024

Slow Wines Descent into Puglia

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The Puglia Wine Region is a long, thin wine region in the far south-eastern corner of the "boot" of Italy. According to wine-sear...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Fire and Roses at Salento's Cantine Cantele

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During our August trip to the Salento Peninsula, our hosts organized a tour and tasting at Cantine Cantele , one of the most well-known wine...
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...
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Puglia's Padre Peppe Elixir

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Was there any doubt that I wasn't going to purchase the  Padre Peppe Elixir  ($20) when I saw it in the DM grocery store? This walnut l...
Friday, June 25, 2021

Grape Spotlight: IGT Puglia Marchese de Borgosole Fiano

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It's been fascinating to read the history of Puglia and the Salento peninsula with the constant state of occupation and settlement throu...
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Saturday, June 19, 2021

Grape Spotlight: Salento IGT Torcicoda Primitivo

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"When I came to America in August 1958, I saw vineyards around Chateau Souverain and I was interested to know which grapes were grown t...
Friday, December 6, 2019

Why is Saint Nicholas the Patron Saint of Brewers?

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St. Nicholas giving dowry gold © Elisabeth Ivanovsky And that is not a rhetorical question, I honestly do not know why Saint Nicholas is...