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Aglianico del Vulture is not from Campania or Puglia

This post is about pet peeves that I have with certain  “wine experts” and winemakers. The need to educate wine directors and writers about Southern Italian wine continues. Since my blog post on August 3, 2018 “The Marketing of Wines from Southern Italy in the USA”, https://southernitalywine.com/marketing-of-wines-from-southern-italy-in-the-usa/I continue to experience the misclassification and lack of

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Map Updated

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

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Fundraiser to Benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

On March 2, 2019 we will be hosting a fundraiser to assist our friend Brittany Potter raise funds for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in connection with her running in the Boston Marathon. Here is a link to Brittany’s fundraising page. https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/american-foundation-for-suicide-prevention-boston-2019/brittanypotter. We will be serving nineteen Southern Italian wines made in

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Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation Fundraiser

This December 12, 2018 the Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation http://www.maseniorcarefoundation.org and I will be hosting a wine tasting event to benefit the Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of long term care services provided to the state’s older adults and people with disabilities.  It will be a social

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Marketing of Wines from Southern Italy in the USA

In each year of the last eight years we have visited and tasted excellent wine at a total of 64 different  family operated “eco-friendly” wineries in Southern Italy. A question, why is it so difficult to sell wines from Southern Italy in the USA and how can the problem be addressed? In the next several paragraphs

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