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…
Category: on the road
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…
🤘🤘 UP THE IRONS!!! 🤘🤘Join Me (and Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson) In Portugal For Wine Future 2023
🤘🤘 COME ON, YOU IRONS!!! 🤘🤘 I am beyond thrilled to tell you that I am once again joining forces with the team behind the Wine Future conference! Not just because Wine Future 2023 (held November 7-9 and themed “Breaking Down Barriers”) will be touching on topics near and dear to my wine industry lovin’…