My message is straightforward. When dining at a restaurant that advertises itself as serving Italian cuisine one should have the opportunity to order Italian wine from a wide selection to pair with the food. Recently in San Francisco we ate at two restaurants that featured Italian cuisine that included wine
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This evening’s tasting focuses on Southern Italian small family owned wineries that produce low intervention wines made with organically grown grapes. There is also a short discussion on extra virgin olive oil. What is the definition of a producer of low intervention wines? Non-interventionist winemakers use as few additives as possible and as little manipulation
This 15th Annual Wine and Extra Virgin Olive Oil tasting focuses on Southern Italian small family owned farms that produce low intervention wines and extra virgin olive oil made with organically grown grapes and olives. There will be 19 different wines and three different extra virgin olive oils included in the tasting. There is no expectation that all
Since the last Map Update we have made two trips to Italy. Here is a summary by region of vineyards, tasting rooms, enoteca, lodging, olive oil producers and restaurants visited. Please click on the word map (above on this post), which is between the words home and about. New additions
This year’s Krokidas & Bluestein wine and extra virgin olive oil tasting features wines from Irpinia, which is located in Avellino, Campania and two regions in Sicilia: Mt. Etna and Siracusa-Modica; and extra virgin olive oils from Irpinia and Vulture, which is located in Potenza, Basilicata. All wines are produced by
For those interested below is where you can purchase the wine and extra virgin olive oil which were featured at The May Institute grand tasting on Thursday March 15, 2018: Wine Spumante La Matta and Il Fric – Eataly Boston or view the importer’s website for other stores: http://www.giannoniselections.com Zer05, Ragis
This March the May Institute https://www.mayinstitute.org and I will be hosting “A Taste of Southern Italy” in grateful recognition of individuals who support the May Institute. It will be a social evening of wine and extra virgin olive oil paired with hors d’oeuvre. There will be 19 different wines and 7 different extra
This year’s tasting includes wine and extra virgin olive oil from both new and old friends. The number of bottles of wine (15) and extra virgin olive oil (7) to be tasted has increased over last year. For more information on the extra virgin oil to be tasted please review my post of January
In January I will be hosting my first extra virgin olive oil tasting, There will be seven different oils from six organic producers; all from Southern Italy. All but one of the producers make wine for commercial purposes. Wines from the those producers will also be served at the tasting.
Time to reflect on our 2017 trip to Southern Italy: the many highlights, new friends/old friends and learning experiences; this Part One post features reflections from Calabria. Our first trip to Calabria – we loved our four days in Calabria from the three olive oil producers to the five wineries and the agriturismo,