Sometimes it takes a special event to nudge you to take another look at a familiar winery or wine region. That’s what recently happened to us with the wines of Tuscany in general and San Felice in particular. A Tuscan Wine Giro Our old friend Peter and new friend Gina are newlyweds planning their first […]| The Wine Economist
It is useful to step back for a minute and appreciate some of the ways that the wine industry is evolving under the influence of innovative producers. Sometimes innovation is so obvious you can’t miss it. That was the case for us, for example, when Sue and I participated in the big SIMEI wine technology […]| The Wine Economist
Who is Lillian? And why did she inspire this post, my first in a long while? Lillian is an extraordinary Canadian cook who took care of meals and snacks at the kayaking lodge where the spouse and I stayed last month. By extraordinary, I mean she uses fresh ingredients to prepare healthy and scrumptious food […]| My Full Wine Glass
Like many of you, no doubt, I’d head to the mountainous region of Alto Adige in northeast Italy if I were looking for white wine. Think Pinot Grigio. Some 65% of the region’s grapes are white. But guess what? White grapes are grappling with warmer temperatures and weather extremes in this Alpine region high in […]| My Full Wine Glass
Historic towns dating back to Roman times, gently rolling hillsides covered in grapevines, high-quality wines. Italy’s Piedmont region certainly is alluring, right? A visit to Coppo Wine Cellars wo…| My Full Wine Glass
In Northern Italy's Valtellina Valley, Marcel Zanolari is testing PiWi Grapes to find delicious resistant grapes to make wine without chemical input.| Crushed Grape Chronicles
It is cold comfort for U.S. winegrowers, producers, distributors, and retailers, but they are not alone in suffering a cascade of wine market woes. Recent reports from Italy, for example, paint an increasingly clear picture of a major wine-producing country in crisis. UIV Analysis Focuses on Exports The Unione Italiana Vini, which has more than […]| The Wine Economist
The first season of Stanley Tucci’s new travel and food series, “Tucci in Italy,” is running this summer on the National Geographic network. Click on the image above to view the series trailer. Sue and I can’t get enough of Italy, so we’ve been tuning in regularly for this just as we did a few […]| The Wine Economist
The Team Behind The Four Horsemen Opens Its Second Restaurant, I Cavallini The post Horse of a Different Color appeared first on Edible Brooklyn.| Edible Brooklyn
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[This is the third and final article in a series inspired by our recent visit to Collio DOC in north-east Italy. Click here to read the first report and click here to read the second.] What does it…| The Wine Economist
The similarities with between the restaurant Sicilian chef Fabrizio Ferrara opened last fall - Osteria Ferrara - and his former restaurant, the beloved Caffe dei Cioppi, are easy to recognize. At the new restaurant, an understated and tasteful redesign of the former bistrot occupant, Au Vieux Chène, one encounters the same unshowy preparations, the same loose risotto, the same divine sbrisolona, the same just-edgy-enough wine list.| not drinking poison in paris
[This is the second in a series of articles inspired by our recent visit to Collio DOC in north-east Italy. Click here to read last week’s introductory report.] When Sue and I first visited C…| The Wine Economist
Collio DOC is a tiny appellation snuggled up against the Slovenian border in north-east Italy. It is a beautiful place. How beautiful? After our recent visit to the region, I noticed that Sue chang…| The Wine Economist
Every winery has a story and I’m on a mission to share them with you from my home in Barolo but also beyond. This week I visited GD Vajra in the commune of Barolo in Piemonte. The Visit When I […] The post Farmers or Rebels? The Evolution of GD Vajra appeared first on Roger Bissell.| Roger Bissell