I was planning my next post for Barley and Vine to be on Southern Rhone but, since the holidays are here, I thought I would make a little detour and talk about dessert wines. Christmas is all about spending time with family and friends, enjoying good wine and good food! After gorging on that…
Tag: Italian
Piemonte (Piedmont) – Home of Italy’s Best Wine
Piemonte is considered the region that produces Italy’s best wine with a good variety of DOCGs and DOCs. Whoa whoa whoa ….what about Tuscany with their exalted Brunello, Barley and Vine – Tuscany. Like Lucy, I think I have some ‘splaining to do. Wine geeks all agree that Italy’s best wines are the three Big…
Valpolicella in the Veneto Region
Although there are many famous wine areas within the Veneto region, this post will focus solely on the Valpolicella viticultural zone as these wines are the most famous and are readily available in North America. We will revisit Veneto’s other famous wine offerings in later posts. The backbone, and most traditional grape variety in Valpolicella…
Wine Regions of Italy
There are 20 Wine Regions in Italy and it would take a lifetime to understand the nuances of them all. Within each region there is a comprehensive array of DOCG, DOC and IGT wine to explore but I don’t want my Scotch drinking time to suffer or my funds to deplete to the point where…
The Italian Minefield
Thoughts and Aimless Ramblings I’m sure you’ve heard people say that Italian wines are “better with food”. It wouldn’t be fair to paint them all with the same brush as there are so many types and styles of Italian wine. If you spend $15 on an Australian red you almost can’t go wrong but the…
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