by Debbie | Aug 8, 2018 | chianti, italian wine
Celebrating 50 harvests is just as monumental as celebrating your 50th birthday or your 50th wedding anniversary. Montefioralle is celebrating their 50th harvest this year. Located in the small medieval hamlet of Montefioralle that is located not to far from Greve in...
by Debbie | Jan 15, 2018 | italian wine
I was going through my notes and realized I never shared with you my wine and Ouija Board experience. Three years ago when we were cleaning out my moms house I found a Ouija Board that must have been from the 1950’s. I decided not to put it out for the garage sale,...
by Debbie | Feb 23, 2017 | italian wine
The beginning of February I had to opportunity to attend VINO 2017 in New York City. It was a trade tasting of over 600 wines from Italy. Tough job, but someone has to do it 🙂 When you walk into a trade tasting like this you have to have a mission. You can’t just go...
by Debbie | Jan 23, 2017 | italian wine
When you are in the store purchase wine from Italy you see labels with DOCG, DOC, IGT and Vino de Tavola, what does it all mean? It’s the Italian wine classification system. Pretty much it dictates what grapes go in the bottle. Let’s take a look at each...
by Debbie | Feb 8, 2016 | italian wine
What do you do when you are waiting for the winter storm that calls for a little bit of everything from snow to rain to high winds, you make Osso Bucco and hope the power stays on. Â That is what I did 2 weeks ago and I paired it with 2 Italian wines. Â We’ll...
by Debbie | Jan 28, 2016 | italian wine
 What do you pair with two Italian wines, one a young Barbera and one a Dolcetto both from the Piedmont region of Italy?  Leftover Filet Mignon and Pasta. Neither of these wines saw any oak.  All aged in stainless steel.  They both reacted differently to the dinner at...
