From left to right at the top row: Quantico, Etna Rosso DOP 2022, Linguaglossa, CT Sicilia -natural/low intervention organic wine made with the nerello mascalese and nerello cappuccio grapes. Terre di Balbia, Fervore Calabria IGP 2018, Altomonte, CS Calabria – organic wine made with the magliocco grape. Casebianche, Aglianico Cilento DOP 2020, Torchiara,
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In 2011 my Mother celebrated her 85th birthday with my wife and me in Italy. The actual day of her 85th birthday was celebrated at our dear friends Manuela Piancastelli’s and Peppe Mancini’s B&B/Cantina located in Castel Campagnano, Caserta. They prepared a special dinner for us. Here are my notes
On October 25,2024 DOVE, a public charity dedicated to working to end domestic and partner violence, is having its annual fundraiser at the Marriott Hotel in Quincy, MA. The above wines will be one of many auction items at the event. Here is a brief description of 12 bottles of
On January 22, 2023 Le Cronache, a Salerno, Italy newspaper published an interview of me. The interview was a continuation of the newspaper’s coverage of the January 14, 2023 conference at Stazione Marittima di Salerno of certified organic or in conversion to organic wines included in the recently published Guida
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
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
On October 15th from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm at the Weymouth Knights of Columbus there is an event to raise funds to help find a cure for Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia (NKH), a rare, genetic, metabolic disorder caused by a defect in the enzyme system that breaks down the amino acid glycine,
Manet Community Health Center on June 9, 2022 is holding its annual fundraiser, June Bloom. https://www.manetchc.org/june-bloom/ There will be a “wine pull” with 100 bottles of wine for guests to “win” a bottle after purchasing a chance for $25. The above wines are four of the wines that will be
On Friday April 8, 2022, we will be holding a private tasting in connection with raising funds for a public charity. One of the hosts of the event has ancestry from the City of Benevento and the Town of Calvi, Benevento. There will be 12 wines as part of the
With first time visits this October to 11 Southern Italian wine producers, my wife and I have now visited 101 different producers since our first visit in 2010 to Terre del Principe. Most of the producers are small family operated companies that adhere to natural/organic/sustainable practices in the vineyard and