August 2024 Italian Wine Club
Emilia! Romagna! Italy is so famous for both vino production (#1 in the world officially), and the veneration of very old stuff (less quantifiable, but only b/c there are too many museums and ruins to...
Italian Wine Club July 2024: Trentino-Alto Adige/Sudtirol
TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE/SUDTIROL This month we’re taking it straight to the top, visiting Italy’s northernmost region and leading source of stunning Dolomite peaks, subsequent green valleys, and befuddling nomenclature. Even the above mouthful is an abbreviation,...
June 24 Italian Wine Club: Campania
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...
Italian Wine Club May '24: Montenidoli
MONTENIDOLI Might as well confess at the outset that I am violating one of my internal rules for the club this month. (No, not that one. Don’t worry these wines are both from Italy -...
April 2024 Italian Wine Club: Colli Tortonesi
Colli Tortonesi French historian Jules Michelet used to begin his lectures on British history, with the seemingly unnecessary proclamation, “Messieurs, l’Angleterre est une ile.” “You guys, England is an island.” Obvious for sure, but it...
Italian Wine Club February 2024: Sardinia
SARDEGNA “Sardinia”, said DH Lawrence, “is something else.” The famous English author was so smitten with the island that, following a brief trip there in January 1921, he composed the travelog “Sea and Sardinia”, which...