Wine My weekend was spent in NYC at the Snooth People’s Voice Wine Awards Grand Tasting, which included three days of seminars — ranging from the wines of Brazil to Grüner Veltliners of Austria, and a lot in between. I will be writing about the highlights in the weeks to come, but just as a [...]
{ 3 comments }
This post was originally published on the International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC) website on March 25, 2013. This version is slightly longer with more photographs. Giuseppe Zoff warns my colleagues and I, “This is better than heaven.” He presents us with a sample of his “special” flavored yogurt produced at his farm, Azienda Agricola Zoff, [...]
{ 2 comments }
This post, and new series, is inspired by several blogs I follow who regularly post their “Friday Favorites”, which is basically a list of their favorite things from that week. The listed items usually reflect whatever type of blog it is (wine, food, fitness, etc.). Typically the blogger will link to sites outside their own. [...]
{ 10 comments }
Friday nights are pizza night in my house. While we occasionally feel lazy and order take out pizza, the majority of the time it’s homemade, including the dough. Every week we rotate who gets to choose the toppings (if I left it to my husband we’d have pepperoni every single week. Not my thing!). I [...]
{ 0 comments }
A few months back my husband made me proud. He remembered a simple lesson I shared with someone about how not to get overwhelmed when shopping for wine. “When all else fails, just remember the names of a few great importers”. If you don’t have a good relationship with a wine steward (or there is [...]
{ 1 comment }
Earlier this year when I was in Italy, one of the greatest meals I had was at an Argentinian restaurant. Yes, you read that correct — Argentinian food… in Italy. The restaurant, located in Perugia, was actually called “Argentina”. Every single aspect of the multi-course meal was stunning, and I would be remiss to mention [...]
{ 2 comments }
Emilia Nardi is among a growing number of important and respected women in the Italian wine industry, and for good reason. She took over the reigns of her father’s company, Tenute Silvio Nardi, in 1990, producing high quality Brunellos that highlight the specific terroir from where they are grown. When Silvio Nardi started the company [...]
{ 1 comment }
On the first day of the International Wine Tourism Conference, held in Perugia, Umbria, Italy, I gave a presentation titled – A Sense of Place: How to leverage your region and place to enhance the customer experience. Among the many topics discussed in my presentation was the importance of telling your story in order to [...]
{ 3 comments }
“This is Umbria – Small, bashful. But with an excellence still yet to discover” -Aldo Fiordelli. The soft-spoken and seemingly shy Fiordelli, an Italian journalist and wine writer, used these words to describe Umbria while speaking at the 2012 International Wine Tourism Conference this past February. Those familiar with Umbria know that this “excellence” Fiordelli describes [...]
{ 7 comments }
I was having drinks with a friend the other day and when I ordered my usual glass of bubbles she called me out. “Do you ever drink anything besides bubbles?” she asked. “Of course” I laughed. She then dared me to name five wines I have had in the last couple weeks that did not [...]
{ 4 comments }
← Previous Entries
