It is hard to believe it is December and almost the holiday season. In Italy, the holidays beginning this weekend with the Immaculate or the Immaculate Conception on Sunday, December 8. It seems a perfect time to explore some of the areas of Italy that we haven't discussed this year and that's why, this month's... Continue Reading →
Italian Sweet Wines: Stay Tuned for Twitter Chat on Saturday, June 3rd @ 11am EST #ItalianFWT
Italian sweet wines and more are the topic of this month's twitter chat. Join my fellow bloggers below and if you catch us in time, chat with us live on Twitter this Saturday June 3rd at 11am EST #ItalianFWT. Italian sweet wines don't get their fair share of attention in my view and it's a... Continue Reading →
Coastal White and Red Wines, Food & Travel with #Italian FWT
Italy is known as a country of "navigatori and marinai" or explorers and sailors. That's because so much of Italy is coastline. This led to the choice for this January's topic for writers in the Italian food, wine and travel group (#ItalianFWT). We are featuring coastal wines, foods and travel this month. Another reason for... Continue Reading →
Italian Organic Wines Are Becoming More Popular
The myth is that organic wines aren't that tasty. Certainly this is what many of my Italian friends ask me. I laugh and think how different it would be if we were talking about food. I can't imagine that any of them would say something similar about an organically grown tomato. Why should this be... Continue Reading →