Wine

Mount Etna

It doesn't surprise me at all that among the beautiful places Italy has to offer for a wine fair, that…

12 years ago

Planting New Vines

There is no rest for the strong here! Once we completed pruning the vines, we moved straight onto digging up…

13 years ago

Winter in Italia

Brr. It is flat out cold here these days. Ironically enough, it seemed warmer in the Himalayas than it has…

13 years ago

Valeria’s Wine Bread in 5 easy steps

For lack of a better description, we’ve dubbed Valeria’s recent breads as “Wine Bread”. We call it wine bread because…

13 years ago

Creating a “mother yeast” (natural yeast) for baking

Did you know you can bake bread without commercial yeasts? You can cultivate your very own yeast at home, and…

13 years ago

Sagra Dell’uva Round 2

Experiencing my second wine festival was for lack of better words: great. Having Jordan around gave me a chance to…

13 years ago

La Verticale di Gli Eremi (2000-2010) – Tasting 11 Years of Vintage

  This was such a magical afternoon. What a priviledge it was to be a part of Corrado's verticale tasting…

13 years ago

Vendemmia 2012

This year's harvest was much different than last year's. With a hot summer, we began the harvest much earlier this…

13 years ago

The Birth of a New Vineyard: Ca’Liptra Azienda Agricola

Giovanni has come a long way since I met him a year ago. While he is the most dedicated and…

13 years ago

Sagra della Sangria

Sangria festival - man they really have festivals for EVERYTHING around here. Giovanni and I randomly discovered there was a…

13 years ago