Italian Wine
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Campanilismo in the Glass: Touring Central Italy for Cristaldi & Co.
A quick note to let you know that my inaugural piece for Cristaldi & Co. is now live, focusing on four producers that I visited in Central Italy (via media tour) in the Fall of 2025. It was a fantastic jaunt, with great food and…
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Amarone Finds a New Voice (The Amarone della Valpolicella Vintage Atlas)
I know a few things about writing books at this point (and trust me, I’m all authored-out at the moment!), so I appreciate those that are well thought out and well written. The Amarone della Valpolicella Vintage Atlas by Elisabetta Tosi, Giampiero Nadali (136 pages,…
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“Like a Memory of the Sea” (Ronchi di Castelluccio Recent Releases)
When describing what makes his family’s wines (and those from Italy’s Romagna in general) unique, Ronchi di Castelluccio‘s Aldo Mario Rametta keeps coming back to one thing: the soil. “The soil is like a memory of the sea,” he says (rather poetically) during an online…
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crowd pleaser wines, elegant wines, Italian Wine, kick-ass wines, on the road, sexy wines, wine reviewDizzying Heights… of Italian Cabernet (Highlights from VinoVIP Cortina 2024, Part 1)
This recap is nearly a decade in the making. I was lucky enough to have been invited to attend the 2024 incarnation of VinoVIP Cortina, held in the incredible locale of Cortina, Italy (which will host the 2026 Winter Olympic games, and was host to…
