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Vacation in Sardegna
Some time ago HF and I spent a very relaxing week in Sardegna, staying in the village of Capoterra. We stayed at the charming Hotel Santa Lucia. The grounds of the hotel are lovely, and the...
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Cantine Argiolas
The wine highlight of our Sardegna trip was definitely the afternoon spent at the beautiful and newly-remodeled Cantine Argiolas. The Argiolas family has worked diligently to become the leaders in...
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Gung Hei Fat Choi aka Conversational Italian, Week 1
On Monday evenings I’m now taking Conversational Italian at City College because my Italian, is, well, rusty. Class was supposed to start tonight. City College, however, was closed for Lunar New Year....
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Italian wine night #3 – this time with pizza!
This wine night featured an unspectacular attempt at pizza (someday I’m going to be proud of my crust), dramatically improved by a delightful, easy-drinking Nebbiolo: 2010 Elio Grasso Langhe Nebbiolo...
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Italian wine night #4 – 10 varietals from Italy
Last week I took a class at the San Francisco Wine Center, taught by Mauro Cirilli, formerly wine director at Perbacco and now NorCal District Manager for North American Sommelier Association –...
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Three Big B’s of Italy: Barbaresco, Barolo and Brunello
This week for Italian Wine Night I took another class at the San Francisco Wine Center, also taught by Mauro Cirilli. We drank an extraordinary selection of wines, whilst learning about Barbaresco,...
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Modern Blends from Italy
International Grapes Italy has more than 600 indigenous grapes – more than any other country in the world. So why would Italian wine producers turn to international grapes? I’ve just attended a tasting...
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Orange wines – history and soul in a bottle
Recently I attended a seminar on Ribolla Gialla from Oslavia. Oslavia is in the Collio DOC, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The area borders Slovenia, and the people and winemaking traditions are the same on...
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This wine made my day
I’m studying for the Italian Wine Specialist certification through the North American Sommelier Association. Today, I brought a bottle to share with the class…. Abissi Spumante Metodo Classico Appinato...
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