This is part two of a three-part series covering my media jaunt last year to Sannio, in Italy’s southern region of Campania. For part one, we focused on the region’s signature white (Falanghina). Today, we’re going to highlight Sannio’s signature red, Aglianico del Taburno. And we will also mention Chuck Norris (more on that in…
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Postcard From Sannio, Part 1: Falanghina del Sannio
Today we’ve got the first in a three-parter covering my media jaunt last year to Sannio, an important but still relatively under-the-radar winegrowing region in Italy’s Campania area. [ Before we get started, however, I want to dedicate a moment of appreciation for one of our media traveling companions on that trip, Suzanne Branciforte, who…
The Sangiovese-Plus Garden (Il Conte Villa Prandone Recent Releases)
“Everybody has Sangiovese in their garden, basically.” As Il Conte Villa Prandone co-owner Marina De Angelis and Sales Director Luigi D’Angelo put it during an online media tasting of the estate’s releases, their home turf in Italy’s Marche is a hotbed of Sangiovese awesomeness. Since the 1950s, the De Angelis family has managed the entire…
Cool Wines In Overly Hot Climes (Tasting Through Romagna’s Faenza)
Alllllriiiighty, folks… this will be my last feature entry on my 2023 media jaunt Romagna, this time focusing on the wines of Faenza (in the province of Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna). As cool as the wines of Romagna are, even I am kind of sick of talking about them at this point. Speaking of cool, that was…