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Italian Wine Fact: Molise Has No DOCG Wines But It Won’t Be Ignored

Have you ever noticed that wines from Molise just don’t there fair shake? I know I have. Molise may not have any DOCG wines, a list which has seen its members swell exponentially in recent month but it does have … Continue reading

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Italian Indigenous Varieties: Bonamico From Pisa

It’s Thursday and that means indigenous varieties over here at Avvinare. The latest grape that I’ve learned about is called Bonamico nero. It hails from Tuscany, specifically from the area around Pisa. It tends to be cultivated in the plains … Continue reading

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Wine of the Week: Taittinger Champagne

As some of you know, I was a francophile before losing my heart to Italy lo those many years ago. I was a French major in college and lived in France during my junior year. My father is obsessed with … Continue reading

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Italian Artists: Movimento Degli Arcani & Apulia

Life is sometimes stranger than fiction and this past weekend it seemed that many of my different lives came together in a strange union of coincidences. As I mentioned when I changed the theme on my blog some months ago, … Continue reading

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Posts of Interest, Wine of the Week: Umathum Blaufrankisch 2004

One of the things I find so hard these days is trying to stay on top of everyone’s writing. I get irritated when I can’t read the entire New York Times or never finish a New Yorker or my latest … Continue reading

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Italian Wine Seminar, Frick Gallery and Lorenzo in New York

Yesterday was one of those magical days when the stars are aligned and everything seems just right in the world. The morning was taken up with the very lovely tasting seminar run by Lucio Caputo of the Italian Institute of … Continue reading

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