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“I will never be poor again. I will never eat polenta again. I will never drink bad wine again…and someday I will make my own wine.” While I must admit that I don’t share PierLuigi’s disdain for polenta, I’m…
Continue reading ~ The venerable Poggio Alle Mura Castle, home to Castello Banfi ~ Ah, the Cellar Note…. Every time someone asks the question: “Why do you like wine so much, why do you save wines for so long?” …
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“While I breathe, I hope”…….. Such is the Latin phrase on the Snowden Family logo and while that phrase suggests that the ultimate fruits of any given vintage rest firmly in the hands of Mother Nature, it too depicts the drive and passion of this…
Continue readingLast month hundreds of wineries once again descended upon the Metropolitan Pavilion in lower Manhattan for the annual Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri award tasting. In large tastings like this, my goal is always to seek out wineries that are somewhat…
Continue readingCastello di Bossi. By now, readers of this blog should be keenly aware of this Chianti Classico estate’s pedigree. Equally evident is my love of Italian Merlot and today’s example from Tuscany, is particularly delicious. ~ The Courtyard at Castello di Bassi…
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