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…
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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…
A Deep(er) Dive Into Romagna’s Forlì
While Predappio Sangiovese seems to get all the media love (hey, I’m guilty!), there’s quite a bit more to the region—Forlì—that birthed Romagna’s latest potential foray into DOCG territory. During my media visit to the region last year, we braved the record-breaking Summer heat wave to sit in the presence of multiple, enormous fans and…