Sicilian wines are the rage and for good reason: This enchanting – but previously below the radar – Mediterranean island is turning out high quality, reasonably priced wines that are gaining attention from global importers. In fact, U.S. imports of Sicilian wines has increased 41 percent over the past two years. Two decades ago, it […]
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Wine enthusiasts here’s your chance: Experience Italy, glass by glass, with Jo-Ann Ross
One of my favorite Italian proverbs goes like this: “Anni e bicchieri di vino si contano mai.” Translation: “Age and glasses of wine should never be counted.” The proverb might suggest a Bacchanalian night of drinking, but that’s not the point. It’s true meaning is: Forget about your age, stay young, and enjoy the company […]
Two cooool reds that refresh from Italy’s majestic Alto Adige/Suditrol
Coooooool climate wines? Where better to look than Italy’s Alto Adige (Suditirol), the country’s most isolated, northernmost wine-growing region whose borders touch Austria and Switzerland? Yes, the winters are cold and snowy near the Italian Swiss Alps and Dolomite mountains. Yet, most of the year there’s plenty of bright sunshine (300 days) to stimulate vines. […]
Taste your way to an education in Italian wines (like I did)
If you are truly interested in developing your global wine acumen, there’s no better way to start than with the Wine Scholar Guild’s Italian Wine Scholar program that begins Saturday, Oct. 13. My mentor , Jo-Ann Ross, will be teaching Unit 1 on Northern Italian wines, which covers Piedmont, Trentino, Alto Adige and Val D’Aosta. […]
Bixio Poderi's brave new world of Italian reds
If I had to select a Best of Show at the recent 2016 Boston Wine Expo, it would be Bixio Poderi, a small family owned winery (7.2 acres of vineyards) located in the heart of the Valpolicella Classico zone in Italy’s Veneto region. In truth, I sampled less than 3 percent of the 800 wines […]
Carignano del Sulcis: Sardinia's hidden gems
Dottore Marco Santarelli looks like a young Italian actor, more suited to making movies than growing grapes. But the 32-year-old enologist is serious about his craft — winemaker for the Santadi winery in Sardinia’s Carignano del Sulcis region. “Winemaking is very easy if the grapes grow clean,” says Santarelli, noting the less interference from the […]
