Elisabetta Foradori took over her family’s estate in 1984 at the tender age of 20 after her father’s sudden death. Since then, she has made elevating the native Teroldego grape — an ancient variety that thrives in…
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Posted on 2021.01.27 in Wine-Aid Packages, Italy, Trentino Alto Adige  | Read more...
Castelrotto is a small hamlet on the hill of San Pietro in Cariano, one of the five towns that constitute Valpolicella, the historical Amarone producing area. It is where Carlo Venturini and his wife Alessandra Zantedeschi, both from winegrowing families,…
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Posted on 2021.01.06 in Wine-Aid Packages, Italy, Veneto  | Read more...
G.K. Chesterton wrote, “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” Despite (or perhaps because of) the tumult of 2020, we can probably all find something to be thankful…
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Posted on 2020.11.18 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Piedmont, Spain DO, Penedes, Beaujolais, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages, Italy, Rioja DOC, Alsace  | Read more...
Saturday Sips is back! We are applying in-store tasting protocols to ensure everyone stays safe and will limit the number of people tasting at any given time and adhere to proper social-distancing using assigned tasting spots marked on the floor….
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Posted on 2020.09.30 in Saturday Sips Wines, Italy, Lombardy  | Read more...
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Posted on 2020.09.15 in France, Spain DO, Italy  | Read more...
If you have yet to try Alberto Paltrinieri’s Lambrusco you are in for a treat. His wines are truly some of the best values we have ever come across. A well-made Lambrusco is a joy to…
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Posted on 2020.05.24 in Emilia-Romagna, Wine-Aid Packages, Italy  | Read more...
“The discovery of a good wine is increasingly better for mankind than the discovery of a new star.” — Leonardo da Vinci Introducing The Leonardo da Vinci, a $160 Wine-Aid package that includes six bottles of Italian wine. This small…
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Posted on 2020.05.05 in Marche, Wine-Aid Packages, Italy, Tuscany, Umbria  | Read more...
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Posted on 2020.03.05 in Saturday Sips Wines, Italy, Umbria  | Read more...
“An agricultural product is a flower that blossoms from the encounter of love between the creativity of nature and that of man.” — Stefano Bellotti The Italian town of Gavi lay in the easternmost reaches of the Monferrato hills at…
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Posted on 2019.10.31 in Saturday Sips Wines, Piedmont, Italy  | Read more...
Although published in 1990 and out-of-print, Burton Anderson’s The Wine Atlas of Italy still offers some of the most insightful observations on Italian wine to be found anywhere. Almost 30 years ago his take on Azienda Agricola…
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Posted on 2019.10.10 in Saturday Sips Wines, Italy, Lombardy  | Read more...