Today's Wine Wednesday is a marvelous sparkling wine I recently discovered from Enrico Serafino. It's an Alta Langa DOCG wine, a category I wrote about a couple of weeks ago in this post. This particular winery has been active since 1878. The grapes for these wines are harvested from Barolo, Langhe, Roero and Monferrato, Unesco... Continue Reading →
Wine Wednesday: Asolo Prosecco Superiore DOCG Bele Castel
Ferraro Family Despite the domestic terrorism witnessed in our Capital today, I am continuing with my exploration of Italian sparkling denominations and wines. This Wine Wednesday is dedicated to Asolo Prosecco Superiore DOCG wines and one specifically from Bele Castel. I didn't know much about Prosecco from Asolo Prosecco Superiore DOCG previously so I was... Continue Reading →
Ringing In The New Year With Prosecco
I have been writing about Italian sparkling wine for the past week. I have mentioned Trento Doc, Franciacorta DOCG, Alta Langa DOCG, and Lambrusco. Today I want to write about Prosecco. I work with a Prosecco brand, Val D'Oca, and have worked for the Prosecco DOC Consortium in the past so I rarely write about... Continue Reading →
Alta Langa DOCG: Piedmont Sparklers
Continuing with my exploration of sparkling wines from Italy, today is the turn of Alta Langa DOCG wines which are sparkling wines made in the classical method in Piedmont. These wines are available in the US but are still somewhat hard to find but I predict we will see more of them in 2021. Here... Continue Reading →
Trento DOC: Italy’s Classical Method Sparkler
For this Wine Wednesday, I'm continuing with my exploration of sparkling wine until the end of the year. Today’s post is about Trento Doc which is made using the classical method of secondary fermentation in the bottle. There are about 9 million bottles of Trento DOC made every year. Trentino is an amazing part of Italy... Continue Reading →
Join Me Tomorrow To Celebrate Val D’Oca Prosecco with Lorenzo Rispoli, Amy Zavatto and Silvia Baldini
Let's ring in the holidays. Join me for a chat about Prosecco and learn how to use Prosecco in cocktails and in making dishes with Lorenzo Rispoli, the export manager of Val D'Oca, Amy Zavatto, Author of Prosecco Made Me Do it: 60 Seriously Sparkling Cocktails and Chef Silvia Baldini of Stawberry and Sage. We... Continue Reading →
Brachetto d’Acqui-A Treat from Piedmont
For today's #ItalianFWT online conversation, we are dishing about Brachetto d’Acqui , a D.O.C.G from Piedmont which finds its maximum espression around the town of Acqui Terme. The Grape and the Wine The grape is called Brachetto and is used to make the wine called Brachetto d’Acqui. The grape is native to Piedmont, in particular... Continue Reading →
Lambrusco – Perfect for the Holidays -#ItalianFWT
The theme this month’s Italian Food, Wine and Travel (#ItalianFWT) group of food and wine writers is Italian Sparkling Wines. I love sparkling wine and could drink it at every meal and throughout the meal. Today I am writing out one of my favorite sparkling wines although it is really frizzante usually rather than sparkling, Lambrusco as... Continue Reading →
Vinitaly Day 2: Sparkling Wines Abound
As Vinitaly moved into its second day, I searched for bubbles from all areas of the peninsula. While Prosecco, Franciacorta and Trento DOC all have their obvious allure, I’m interested in tasting all kinds of sparklers from indigneous varieties and international ones or blends from the various regions. There are no shortage of bubbles to... Continue Reading →
Wine Wednesday: Berlucchi ’61 Brut
Guido Berlucchi has always been one of my favorite Italian brands. When I lived in Milan, this was one of two wines on every single restaurant and bar list. If I asked for a sparkling wines, the baristas would always say Berlucchi o Ferrari. I celebrated every occasion with one or the other and got... Continue Reading →