Southern Italy Wine Culinary Travel Resource

November 17, 2023 Wine Tasting

On Friday November 17, 2023, we will be holding a private tasting in connection with raising funds for a public charity. The wines to be tasted will be from various regions of Southern Italy. All wines are from producers that abide by organic or biodynamic and/or natural/low intervention practices.  See my May

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Salvatore Magnoni – Natural Winemaker

I have translated the article to English with Google Translate. At the end of the Italian version there is short You Tube video on Salvatore. Here is the link to the You Tube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX_HnLwDfxo. And at the end of this blog article are my notes from our 2015 with

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Interview Article in Le Cronache

Below is a translation of an interview of me that appeared in the January 23, 2023 edition of Le Cronache – a newspaper based in the Southern Italian City of Salerno, Italy. Salerno is the “gateway” to the Amalfi Coast. The interview article is entitled “Salerno to Boston – a

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110 Wineries Visited

After our most recent trip to Italy we have now visited 110 different wine producers in Southern Italy. These meetings provide us insights as to the winemakers’ farming practices (biodynamic/organic/sustainable/conventional) and cellar practices (100% natural/natural-low intervention/low intervention/organic/conventional – the difference between natural – low intervention and low intervention is that

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Thanksgiving Day Wines

To assist family and friends in their selection of which wines to drink on Thanksgiving Day, and to avoid a 30 minute description of each wine before you select a bottle (thank you Kenz!) here is a guide to the various offerings. All the wines are either EU certified organic

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Advocates Sixth Annual Gala November 10, 2022 Wines to be Auctioned

NOTE – the Silent Auction to bid on these 12 bottles of eco-friendly wines is now open. Please go to this link to bid https://cbo.io/bidapp/index.php?slug=advocates&fbclid=IwAR1SUZ2JuCnwHASZQTcfnm6ZfjZM8wwFmgEqdBZeWrybGieQjNIXiNtQhGQ     On November 10, 2022 Advocates, Inc., a charitable organization that champions people who face developmental, mental health or other life challenges, is hosting its

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