Next month Ro and I are off to Southern Italy for our sixth visit over the last six years. We hope to share photos and short articles with our readers while in Italy. Here is our tentative itinerary: We will be spending two nights in Rome. While in Rome we
Several readers have asked me where they can find wine from the wineries featured in this blog. Listed below are stores where I have purchased wines from Southern Italy wineries, including wines from Terre del Principe, Le Vigne Di Raito, Caggiano, Molettieri, and Perillo. Vintages – Adventures in Wine – 53 Commonwealth Ave,
Antonio Caggiano, Salvatore Molettieri, and Michele Perillo are premier producers of Taurasi wine. I have visited their wineries collectively eight times. I look forward to our annual visits as Antonio, Salvatore, and Michele are most welcoming of us. When I showcase their wines at tastings I have been asked which
On a cold winter day in 2011 while reading Luciano Pignataro’s wine blog (http://www.lucianopignataro.it) (a must read for people interested in wines from Southern Italy) I came across an article on Le Vigne Di Raito. The winery bottled its first vintage in 2007. In the article the owner of the winery,
Ingredients: butter 100 grams sugar 125 grams; almonds 125 grams; dark chocolate 125 grams; 3 eggs. Finely grind the almonds and put them aside. Grind the chocolate; add the softened butter, the sugar and the three eggs’ yolks; work with a spoon; add the almonds and blend more. In
There have been exciting developments in Southern Italy over the past thirty years with the advent of new wineries, innovative cuisine, recognition of cultural sites and the introduction of agriturismo. The purpose of this blog is to make the reader appreciate the depth of these developments and to encourage the reader
There is always a beginning, where roots are established. For my family our ancestral roots are in the Town of Corleto Perticara, Potenza, Basilicata, but our modern Southern Italian roots are planted in the frazione of Squille, Town of Castel Campagnano, Caserta, Campania, specifically, the winery of Terre del Principe.