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Month: October 2015

Total 13 Posts

Final Day With Close Friends Day 13

On the final day of our trip we visited our good friends, first at Le Vigne Di Raito and later at Terre del Principe. We have visited, had tastings and dinners at both wineries on several occasions over the past five years. Today was scheduled to be a quick visit over

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Irpinia Day Eleven

(Note to readers this blog article and each of the subsequent ones were written upon our return to the USA.) We planned an entire day in the Irpinia wine region, which includes Gaetano’s home town of Montemiletto. We had six places to visit, our busiest day of the trip. Irpinia

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Amalfi Coast and Salerno Day Nine

We left Rionero in Vulture to go to the Amalfi Coast for lunch at Osteria Reale which is located in Tramonti. Luigi Reale, the proprietor, also owns and operates an 11,000 bottle winery adjacent to the Osteria. We have visited Luigi’s winery a couple of times. After Tramonti, we were traveling to

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Corleto Perticara and Guardia Perticara Day Eight

Our itinerary included visits to my grandparents’ home town of Corleto Perticara and the adjacent, award-winning town of Guardia Perticara. If time permitted we planned to go to the Chestnut Festival in Rapolla.   We encountered rain, fog, and wind on a narrow, winding road over a mountain. Outside of the town of Laurenzana we reached a

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Embedded in the South Day Six

A leisurely day in the South is made even more leisurely when the herding of sheep on the main road connecting the wine-producing towns of Barile and Rionero in Vulture causes us to stop to let them pass. Today we visited three small organic wineries. Two are owned by the winegrowers and the third is owned

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Potenza Vulture Wine Day Five

It is impossible to share with the reader today’s experience in a short blog. Following is a brief description of our visits for the day.  In future posts, I’ll  write a more detailed report of each of the places visited. Caggiano-Summo Cheese To reach Caggiano-Summo Cheese Factory, located outside the hill town of

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Maratea Day Four

Maratea is a town in Southern Italy with narrow streets, a small piazza, and winding alleys where old and renovated homes offer an Italian wandering experience.  It is a bustling summer community that closes down in October. Our hotel, Locanda della Donne Monache, will close for the season October 16th and reopen in April.  Despite the

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