Every year I reflect back on the best wines I’ve enjoyed the past year, and since I’ve had so many I often Google my name on the Internet to remind myself of it all. Of huge note was our trip to the Lake Garda, Italy DOC, and Chateauneuf du Pape…but there were many, many other…
ORTONA, ITALY (PRWEB) – Ortona, Nov 11, 2022. Every year, Wine Enthusiast magazine rewards the most influential players in the Wine and Spirits industry with the Wine Star Awards throughout various categories. For “Wine Region of the Year 2022″, Abruzzo won over Marlborough, New Zealand, Southern Oregon / Rogue Valley, Oregon, Uco Valley, Argentina and SLO…
NEW YORK (PRWEB) The Sicilia DOC Consortium recently opened registration for US wine professionals to its first Sommelier Competition. Applicants will need to pass a three-step selection process testing their knowledge of Sicilia DOC wines and indigenous Sicilian varietals as well as their presentation skills. Three finalists will be flown to Sicily in October to compete during Taormina…
NEW YORK (PRWEB) – The Prosecco DOC Consortium, the entity that oversees the production of the world’s most popular sparkling wine, is pleased to announce the fifth annual ‘National Prosecco Week’ (NPW) – a trade, media and consumer campaign developed in tandem with Colangelo & Partners – taking place from July 18-24, 2022. This year’s celebration…
I don’t seek out wines that are organic or vegan, but I’ve been asked enough times which of these types I would recommend so that when I was offered the opportunity to sample three from Corvezzo in Italy – a Pinot Grigio, Prosecco and the new Prosecco Rose (the Prosecco DOC was recently allowed to…
Gavi, Italy: La Raia, home to the 12-room boutique hotel “Locanda La Raia,” introduces a new experiential “summer stay” package that showcases the best of the 180-hectare estate, from meals at the in-house fine dining restaurant by Chef Tommasso Arrigoni, to tours of the biodynamic farm, Fondazione La Raia, as well as wine tastings led by the property’s sommelier. Perfectly situated in the pastoral region of Gavi, located conveniently between Milan and…
Did you miss me? My blogs over the past two weeks were “Vintage Eve” articles as I was in Northern Italy, namely Lake Garda where I was immersed in Garda DOC wine and education for four days. (Eddie and I chose to stay another week to explore Lake Garda.) Today, not-so-fresh from jet lag, I’m…
Did you know that wines made in Veneto, Italy, account for 28 percent of Italian wine exports? I didn’t. But heck, I didn’t know that when I ordered local wine while visiting Piazza San Marcos in the late 1980’s that I was drinking Venetian wines. This is a sampling of what I liked during a…
NEW YORK (PRWEB) – After a successful 2021, “Taste the Difference: Quality Wines From the Heart of Europe”, a campaign co-financed by the European Union and managed by Unione Italiana Vini (UIV) and the Spanish state-owned company PRODECA, will continue its mission of increasing the awareness of European PDOs (Protected Denomination of Origin) and PGIs (Protected Geographical…
Alella, a small wine district in the north eastern part of Spain centers around the village of the same name just a few miles from the eastern edge of Barcelona. Alella, one of the oldest in the Iberian Peninsula, dates back to the period of the ancient Romans and occupies an area of about 230…