The Adriatic Coast  First off, apologies for the tardiness of this (er, last)  month’s club. Long story short: September took an extra long time to come together because we are making two stops this time,...

UMBRIA In 1906, the poet Giosuè Carducci became the first Italian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, largely on the strength of 56 poems he composed between 1877 and 1889, comprising three volumes that...

CAMPANIA The ‘shin’ of Italy’s boot, Campania is one of the country’s oldest wine regions (the Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines all planted grapes here), anchored by its capital city, Naples. The name is derived from...

SARDEGNA We like to visit Sardinia at least once a year here in the Italian Wine Club. We also like to tell people: “You simply must visit Sardinia at least once a year, as we...

Lazio, our destination this month, is located in west-central Italy, home to Rome, and so-named for the original inhabitants of the area, the “Latini.” The Latini language served as the basis for Latin, from which...