The old school vs. new school trope gets a work out in Chianti. After our brief flirtation with Florence, our tour headed south toward the
Tag: Italian Wine
Wine Review: Fasoli Gino Alteo Amarone della Valpolicella 2011
Amarone might be the richest dry wine available. After harvest, carefully selected grapes are air dried for several months until they shrivel into raisins thus
Budget Wine Review: Villa Antinori IGT Toscana 2014
This wine exemplifies what I love about Italian wine. Not that it’s a great wine but that it’s charms are distinctively Italian—beautiful aromatics with an
Budget Wine Review: Kirkland Signature Chianti Classico Riserva 2014
Classic Vin Ordinaire. This is another well-priced but not entirely satisfactory foray into European wine regions for Costco. It’s from the prime growing region of
Wine Review: Tenuta Dell’Ornellaia Bolgheri Superiore 2000
“Sprezzatura” is a word from the Italian Renaissance, coined by Baldassare Castigione in his The Book of Courtier, where he defined it as “a certain
Budget Wine: Conte Di Bregonzo Amarone della Valpolicella 2014
This is a Trader Joe’s exclusive at an unheard of price of $17 for Amarone. Amarone is expensive to make. The grapes are dried for
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 