Italian Wines and Food

• February 2018

  Retailers report, and empirical evidence demonstrates, that Valentine's Day can be one of the busiest holidays for the wine and spirits business. Wine menu planning is a fun exercise but sometimes the rigors of workaday reality get in the way of our good time. And when it comes to wine, price doesn’t need to indicate how much you care. Wine is o... Read More

  From the article Eleventh Hour Valentine's Day Wines

  
  

• February 2018

  It's Friday night (well, now it's early Saturday morning) and we've just returned from an evening at the Italian Embassy in Washington DC.  The Washington Ballet Company was hosting a fund raising event there tonight and it was a blast.  Sandra really enjoyed herself.  We both love ballet.The wines and food pairings were exceptional.  Interestin... Read More

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• November 2017

  Also looking good was this earlier circular from Chambers Street. Oregon this time. Keep scanning down the list, Cameron makes good juice at several levels.    Linus the dog, barrels aging in the cellar, and Tom Sivilli and John Paul bottling the 2016 Rosé. Linus the dog is a ruffian purple heeler (cross of a blue and red heeler), and the protog... Read More

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• November 2017

  Decided to spin this out from another thread to keep things clear and more easily accessible.Please post your recommendations here. Will add my own when I have a spare moment.... Read More

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• October 2017

  According to the Wine Institute, in 2015, over 28 million liters of wine were produced by sixty-three different wine producing countries. There are currently 195 different countries in our world, which means that a whopping one third of it is making wine. We all cherish our favorite wine countries and regions, but there are some superior wine pr... Read More

  From the article This Wine Region is Trending

  
  

• September 2017

  Had a little going away party for a friend that is moving to Jefferson City, Missouri: Started with a bottle of riesling that got broken and this:I don't know why but I like cheap Vinho Verde and the same for Gruner Veltliner.  Good - but cheap is fine for me.  This was good.Then we did this with food - lottsa Italian food:Left to right - the Ti... Read More

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• August 2017

  Last night we attended our last Wolf Trap performance of the season, and it was the best yet!  We saw Garbage and then Blondie play many of their greatest hits from the new wave era and later stuff too.  I think Deborah Harry has lost a bit of her vocal range but she still did an excellent job.  We started by dining at the Ovations restaurant (m... Read More

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• July 2017

  As usual the event will be at my house.  South American wines will poured for the most part - and most of those will be from the local area.  What does that mean?  Won't be any high end wines, just wines that are readily available to the people attending - which will be a different group also.This going to a family style backyard bbq, just frien... Read More

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• June 2017

  Actually someone who very rarely shows any more, Greg DalPiaz, is the man for Umbrian and all wines Italian.Welcome, Magootwo. What kinds of wine are you looking for? White? Red? Standalone? Foodwines (and if so, with what types of dishes)? Particular styles?Have spent a little time there and eaten a lot of the food and drunk plenty of their win... Read More

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• June 2017

  I am Barry, and I live in Washington, DC, which boasts a large number of liquor/wine stores.  I am interested in learning about wines from Umbria that I might be able to access here in the city or even at Total Wine in northern Virginia.  Please advise.  Read More

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