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
Azienda Agricola Papa Maria, a tiny producer located in Castiglione di Sicila on the northern slope of Mt Etna, produced its first vintage in 2016; 900 bottles (600 .75 liters and 300 magnum). We have enjoyed the first vintage; strong hints of spice on the nose and red fruits, smooth on
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
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
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
This year’s Krokidas & Bluestein wine and extra virgin olive oil tasting features wines from Irpinia, which is located in Avellino, Campania and two regions in Sicilia: Mt. Etna and Siracusa-Modica; and extra virgin olive oils from Irpinia and Vulture, which is located in Potenza, Basilicata. All wines are produced by
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
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