Trieste, one of the major cities of Collio wine region along the Adriatic, is known as one of the coffee capitals of the world, and as Italy’s caffeine capitol in general. Steeped in history with the stuff, I know several northern Italians who would argue that, when it comes to coffee, there’s no good reason…
Category: on the road
Sustainability Tricks of the Trade in Italy’s Wettest Wine Region (Dispatch From Collio, Part 3)
In the immortal words of Kermit the frog, “it isn’t easy being green.” That’s especially true when you’re trying to hit sustainability targets in Italy’s rainiest—and therefore, one of its most disease-prone—winegrowing regions: Collio. During a (somewhat) recent media jaunt to the area, a handful of Collio’s winemakers described what it takes to make wines…
A New Era (Dispatch From Collio, Part 2)
Generally, I am not at all a fan of most gender-focused/themed wine experiences. I mean, yes, we certainly need to support and call attention to groups of people who have been historically underrepresented in any given sphere such as wine, BUT… in my mind, we have winemakers. Some happen to identify as men, some as…
Give… Us… Friulano!! (Dispatch From Collio, Part 1)
Back in November (whatever, STFU, I’ve got a toddler!), I was fortunate enough to take part in a lovely little media jaunt to Italy’s far northeastern corner, to the small (5k square miles or so) region of Collio within Friuli Venezia Giulia. For the next few weeks, I’ll be highlighting the, well, highlights from that…