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
On June 5th Manet Community Health Center is hosting an event, June Bloom, to raise funds to assist the health center in the provision of community based primary health care. One of the fundraising activities will be a “wine pull”. A ticket priced at $25; or three tickets priced at $20 per
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
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,
Over the past seven years with the assistance of our friends Gaetano Petrillo of The Wine Bus, and Manuela Piancastelli and Peppe Mancini of Terre del Principe (who are in photo above with me and Roseann), we have visited 52 wineries in Southern Italy; several on more than one occasion; Terre
Last year our friend Gaetano Petrillo of The Wine Bus introduced us to the brother/sister combination – Francesco and Chiara Romano of Antico Castello (in above photo third and fourth from right; their mother Fiorenza is on far right). Together with our friend Karen Munkley and Roseann’s sister Cathy and brother-in-law Mel, we
On Friday May 19th there was a grand tasting of Terre del Principe wines hosted by Manuela Piancastelli, Peppe Mancini, Vias Imports and Krokidas & Bluestein. The tasting was held at Krokidas & Bluestein’s offices located in the Federal Reserve Building; featuring panoramic views of the Boston skyline. We welcomed
Manuela Piancastelli and Peppe Mancini are hosting a tasting of five of their wines at my law office: 2011 Ambruco, 2013 Centomoggia, 2012 Roseto del Volturno, 2011 Piancastelli and 2014 Le Serole. These certified organic wines are made from three obscure ancient grapes cultivated only in the Southern part of the Caserta