Do you like Barolo and Barbaresco? Made from the Nebbiolo grape, these wines are known for their tannic vice-grip combined with a complex array of fruit, floral, and pepper aromas and flavors. The Piemonte region of Italy, with the Barolo and Barbaresco locations within its borders, is the much more familiar source of Nebbiolo-based wines….
Category: Wine education
A special, great value, and lesser-known (not for long) region: Marche, Italy
Medieval towns, magical mountains that whisper of fortune-telling witches, and the music and performance of opera. The birthplace of Rafael, of the Renaissance, the painter and architect. A cuisine influenced by a beautiful coastline and the farming traditions of the inland parts of the region. We are in Le Marche, a region in central Italy,…
A Guide to Aging and Cellaring: Part 2
Back in May, we provided some guidelines for the types of wines that can age well, with the premise that not all wines age well. Now we’ll explore some ideas around actually building a cellar or storage area. If you intend to purchase bottles and to keep them for years, then the tips below are…
Drink now or later? A guide to aging and cellaring
What really happens when a wine ages, and what are some good age-worthy wines?
Now available…your convenient and simple quick reference guide to the Old World
Looking for something good, interesting, and inexpensive? Use this quick reference guide to easily explore Old World wines.
Wine Hack #2…Bevi Italiano.
Beloved Italy. In the US, we love Italian food; we dream of travel to Italy. Its history inspires us dating back to the Roman Republic. The cuisine of Italy is no secret to those of us in the US…and other countries, as well, as I’ve stumbled into good establishments serving Italian-inspired food all over the…
Favorite wine hack – video!
This is a brief, less-than-3-minute video, that summarizes my post on my favorite wine hack. What kinds of Spanish wines have you tried, and what are your impressions?
Favorite wine hacks! Select something interesting and good every time.
Pick the Spanish wine. It is normally on the lower side of the price range, and almost always interesting, and something you will like. It’s that simple. I have lived by, and made this recommendation, more times than I can count. And it has yet to fail me. And I drink a lot of wine,…
Everything you wanted to know about the wines of Italy, Spain, and France…but were afraid to ask
Streaming live at 09:00 pm ET, Wednesday, 25 March. Sound may be muted by default…so if you don’t hear anything, please check the lower right corner to make sure sound is not muted. Also, please be patient and fast forward through the first 4 minutes or so. The looks of consternation you were seeing on…
Some vino rosso with your dance of the tarantulas?
Unless you live completely off the grid, in the wilderness, the obvious story on everyone’s mind is that of COVID 19. The world looks much different from how it did only two weeks ago, and completely different from two months ago. I have many observations of COVID 19, from my interactions with people in Baltimore,…