Uncategorized

   Earlier this month I attended the Portfolio Tasting for Massanois Imports.  The event was held in a private room at the Pluckemin Inn in scenic Bedminster, New Jersey and provided a perfect opportunity to sample some of the…

Azienda Renieri in Montalcino   I’ve been enjoying, and in fact marveling at, the consistent quality of the wines produced by the Bacci family at their three Tuscan estates. In no order, Castello di Bossi, Terre di Talamo, and Renieri…

….I wish there were some sort of amazing punchline, but alas…    Hosted a large family barbecue this weekend and the food was as varied as the company and the wines.  The first mentionable was the eggplant involtini stuffed with…

La Rasina is a tiny little in the Northeast corner of the Brunello zone.  They’re fully organic and self sustaining and were one of the first estates to gain the certification.   It’s been about a year since I last checked…

          The estate of Poggio Antico has been owned for decades by the Gloder family but, since 1987, by Paola Gloder Montefiori and her husband Alberto. Carlo Ferrini is the winemaker. The Estate Brunello is combination…