Italian Wine Club January 2024: Lazio
LAZIO In Italy, it’s tradition to welcome the New Year by tossing old pots and pans out into the street to make room for the future. Drastic perhaps, but you can see the logic: in...
Italian Wine Club December '23: Friuli - Venezia Giulia
Friuli - Venezia Giulia While no wine region - even the actual islands - is a metaphorical island, there are some that have developed in relative isolation. Italy, with its long history of global engagement...
Italian Wine Club November 2023: Italo Infinito
Italo Infinito Nobody knows exactly how many different kinds of wine grapes there are in Italy. Estimates range from several hundred to a few thousand. The Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture’s official tally is 350...
September 2023 Rose Club
Although we will never tire of drinking French rosé, we want to make sure we give other countries a chance to steal the spotlight, so September’s wines come to you from Italy. The first wine...
July '23 Italian Wine Club: Veneto
VENETO Last month I discovered, by accident and to my great surprise, that in seven years exploring the wine regions of Italy, this club has somehow never made it to Veneto. Which is weird; its...
Q2 2023 Red Rogues
VENETO Wine might not be the first thing you associate with Italy’s Veneto region. That’d likely be Venice, the capital, and one of the most famous places on the planet, endlessly mythologized, celebrated, depicted -...