“Italian wine is the best” is clearly a general opinion but held by millions of people around the world. Calling Italian wine the best is like saying the baseball team you favor is the best, even though that team loses some games. Even when your favorite team loses, you still believe that that team is […]
Going to the Italian section in a wine shop can be an intimidating task. If you don’t speak Italian, the words on the label mean almost nothing to you. If you’ve ever traveled to Italy perhaps some words are familiar. In this article, I will tell you how to shop for Italian wine in the […]
Primitivo is an ancient red wine grape, native to Puglia. It is Puglia’s most popular native varietal. While the grape is produced in virtually all of Puglia’s wine zones, there are different expressions that come from the biodiversity of terroir. So a Primitivo from the Castel del Monte appellation will taste different from a Primitivo […]
Every time I do a wine tasting and meeting with wine enthusiasts, they always tell me about that trip to Italy they did and how amazing the wine was. The story always goes something like this: “I had this amazing wine on the Amalfi Coast. There weren’t any sulfites in it and it tasted amazing! […]