Below are the wines to be featured in the virtual wine tasting event that is being auctioned on Thursday, May 13, 2021. If you are interested in participating in the auction. here is the link to the auction page. https://e.givesmart.com/events/lnU/i/_All/dOIv/?search= The wines are from small family operated vineyards throughout several regions in
Have you ever examined a wine label for ingredients? Or have you assumed that wine is simply made with grapes with no additives except possibly sulfites? Because there is no requirement for wine labels to include a list of additives, unlike other food products, consumers have no idea what has
Organic and Natural Wines from Southern Italy that are Included in Raffle Item If you get headaches or feel sick after drinking conventional commercially made wines (or scientific wines), you may want to consider natural or organic wines which do not use chemicals or pesticides in the vineyard and use
Last year our good friend, Gaetano Petrillo of The Wine Bus, encouraged us to visit the Region of Molise because it is one of two regions in Southern Italy that we had not visited. (Abruzzo is the other one – note even though Abruzzo geographically is central Italy, it is culturally associated
As we observe social distancing we have not distanced ourselves from drinking fabulous Aglianico del Vulture wines. In addition to the three wines highlighted in my blog post of May 3, 2020, here are three more classics from the Aglianico del Vulture wine area: 2016 Titolo from Azienda Agricola Elena Fucci,
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
This evening’s tasting focuses on Southern Italian small family owned wineries that produce low intervention wines made with organically grown grapes. What is the definition of a producer of low intervention wines? Non-interventionist winemakers use as few additives as possible and as little manipulation as they can.http://www.morethanorganic.com/definition-of-natural-wine. (“More than Organic”) As More than Organic notes winemakers
A remote area of Southern Italy is poised to take the international market by storm with a group of small family operated wineries that abide by organic/natural methods in the vineyard and cellar. The Ciro` DOC is located midway on the Ionian side of the Calabria peninsula and includes the towns
THE MAGIC OF FIANO DI AVELLINO DOCG This is an excellent blog post from our good friend Simona de Pisapia, owner of Enoteca Si-Wine, which is currently located in Vietri sul Mare. Salerno. https://www.si-wine.it (Next month Simona will be relocating her enoteca to Cava de Tirreni.) Simona is a passionate supporter of Southern Italian