What is Pecorino?
Is it a cheese? A wine? The answer is yes!
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Is it a cheese? A wine? The answer is yes!
Continue readingFor some reason, when I think of Cucina Povera, I think of Abruzzo, Orecchiette and all the rustic simplicity that is associated with both. I think of lambs and sheep, grazing high along mountain ridges and of the reliance on…
Continue reading~ Pacentro, Abruzzo in L’Aquila ~ Abruzzo is one of the most diverse provinces in Italy and is divided, almost evenly down the middle, by an imaginary line that splits the region into two distinct climatic areas. To the west,…
Continue readingFor decades the Cerulli family has owned a small farm in the picturesque hill country of Abruzzo. Although the family always made wine for local sale and their own consumption, farming and sheep herding were the primary means of survival. Eventually…
Continue readingAs I’ve said many times, tasting wine completely blind is a humbling experience. It almost always reveals a surprise or casts pre-conceived notions to hell. It reduces expectations to rubble and many times, rewardingly validates your palate. This past weekend…
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