Showing posts with label Vino. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vino. Show all posts
Friday, March 25, 2016

What we're drinking (South. Italian reds, chiaro)

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Nero d'avola and Neprica (which is a blend of grapes mainly grown in Southern Italy, including Negroamaro and Primitivo). Cin-cin! ...
Thursday, November 26, 2015

What I'm Drinking (for Thanksgiving & beyond)

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I pretty much drink this wine every night. Colosi 2012 Rosso (Terre Siciliane). It's a Nero d'Avola blend and it's amazing....
Thursday, March 05, 2015

The Book of Moods

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I feel sometimes as though I could write an entire book about my moods. Is everyone this way? Join me as I indulge this fantasy. I could...
Saturday, February 23, 2013

Vino per le mamme

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Ho comprato questa bottiglia di primitivo ad un alimentari nel mio quartiere. Bere un bicchiere di vino puo' essere una piccola paus...
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Monday, September 05, 2011

Non è il solito vino

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Ma dove l'abbiamo preso e quando ? (Cioè noi due non siamo mai stati nella provincia di Grosseto). Ed è anche possibile che fu un re...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Eataly @ NYC (c/o Slow Food)

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(Photo credit: Lana Adinne via Flickr) I was in New York last month and the early part of this month, and while there, I was able to visit ...
Friday, September 10, 2010

Prosecco, ormai diffuso in USA

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Ultimamente, quando voglio passare il pomeriggio perfetto , faccio cosi: *Faccio un giro in bicicletta per Atlanta da casa nostra fino al p...
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Summer dinner, Italian-style

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Da cominciare, prosciutto e melone . Poi, come primo ...le tagliatelle ai pomodori. I think we also had a secondo but I guess I didn't t...
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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Tanto per cambiare (vino)

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I don't drink many Italian merlots and I don't drink very many wines from Northeast Italy. But hey, tanto per cambiare . The wi...
Monday, February 01, 2010

Diner's Journal: Linguine ai frutti di mare

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It's been a particularly rich time to eat with Il Nostro Inviato , who is a whiz in the kitchen. In the past month or so, he's pre...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

When vin santo is not on hand...

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Vin santo , one of the liquid joys of Italy, can often be expensive here in the U.S., if you're able to find it at all. And when we tra...
Monday, October 19, 2009

Italian wine tasting @ High Museum

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Italian Wine Tasting October 22, 2009, 5-9 p.m. High Museum of Art Tickets: $20; Member tickets: $10 Ciao bella! Celebrate the Leonardo da V...
Monday, September 28, 2009

Vino italiano al supermercato americano (Atlanta)

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Chi scatta foto al supermercato? Chiaramente io! Quando vedo talmente tante belle bottiglie di vino italiano, devo fare qualcosa. Poi fai co...
Sunday, August 23, 2009

Viognier

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Sometimes a backlog builds up at Ciambellina. This is one of those instances. We drank the bottle you see above quite a while ago, after Il ...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Amarcord -- the beer (Menabrea, too)

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Found this lovely little Italian craft beer at Hops City in Atlanta . Until a year or so ago, I didn't even know the Italians made craf...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Botromagno Primitivo 2005

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The 2005 Botromagno Primitivo is a great every-day wine. Don't believe me? Well Gary V. of The Wine Library (yes, my favorite place to...
Thursday, November 27, 2008

Grazie

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Oggi è la festa di ringraziamento in USA. E' la festa che ricorda e celebra i primi giorni del nostro paese, quando, seconda la leggend...
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Wine Library offers free shipping for Aglianico Sannio

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The Wine Library , that crazy wine supermarket in New Jersey that's run by the zany Gary V. (who's been getting a lot of attention ...
Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Il Nostro Inviato è bravo!

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Il Nostro Inviato recently returned from a trip to Milan and he did not disappoint little Ciambellina. Like Babbo Natale , he brought back...
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Friday, September 19, 2008

Cantina Venosa Vignali Aglianico Del Vulture '03

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The Wine Library , in Springfield, N.J., sent an email this morning saying the New York Times' article on aglianico helped the retaile...
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