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Super Tuscan or (Just Plain) Tuscan?
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What makes a Super Tuscan? The answer, like many topics in Italy, is……. it depends…..
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Pasta alla Luciana
Had Guests® over for dinner the other night. It was the consensus that this was an outstanding condimento for pasta, with the exception of one malcontent who shall remain nameless. However, this writer will acknowledge that while the offended guest®…
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The province of Apulia, forms the iconic “heel” that is the boot of the Italian penninsula. Although it is rich in agriculture and the largest wine producing region in the country, it is also among the poorest regions in the country and…
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2005 Frank Family Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
I discovered Frank Family several years ago on a trip to Napa and have loved their Cabernets ever since. Back then, I was told that they didn’t ship to retailers outside California, but thankfully that seems to have changed. This…
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Wine Spectator Wine of the Year: 1997 Solaia
1997 was a tremendous vintage not only in Tuscany, but for Italy as a whole. And while Solaia may well be Antinori’s flagship wine, in 1997, it also Italy’s flagship wine. Wine Spectator named the wine it’s “Wine of the Year”…
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