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,
Last weekend we sheltered in place at our beach house with three fabulous three Aglianico del Vulture wines; Serra del Prete 2011 from Azienda Agricola Musto Carmelitano, Camerlengo 2014 from Azienda Agricola Camerlengo and Le Drude 2012 from Azienda Agricola Laluce. We have visited each of the wineries; Musto Carmelitano once, Camerlengo twice
I have been quiet on social media over the past month and half, except for a recent Instagram post in which I posted the above photo of Southern Italian wines that my wife, son and I have had during social distancing. (There is also a bottle of Guinness which was consumed on
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
The updated map includes new wineries, accommodations and restaurants we visited, stayed or ate at this past October. Also included is a restaurant that we visited in 2018. To open the map please click on the word map (above on this post), which is between the words home and about. Eight new wineries