Prosecco, the white sparkling wine of choice for so many young Italians and, an increasing number of Europeans is a mystery to me. Personally I don’t see the appeal of Prosecco. Even at the top end I simply can’t get into it. Everyone around me is ordering Prosecco, meats and cheeses and enjoying the Roman…
Category: Italian Wine Blog
Lazio Wine
Lazio wines are probably the hardest working wines in Italy, for it’s Lazio that has the desire, the will and the soil to be the next break out region. It will always be a mystery to me why Lazio is overlooked for red wine, that the county that borders both Tuscany and Campania was doomed…
Italian Wine Blog – Competition
Ciao Chianti Clinkers, Competition time! I’m giving away a case of Italian Wine to anybody, with or without a blog, who can provide me with the most ridiculous or humorous Italian wine tasting note. I’m a generous blog person and so a mixed case of Italian wine will go to the absolute best note, judged…
Roberto Voerzio Wine
Ciao Winehounds, Roberto Voerzio? I’m not going to make an apology for this even if it is somewhat self indulgent but today’s topic of choice is the wines of Roberto Voerzio, my personal favourite Piedmont producer (ignoring the Dolcetto of an earlier blog entry!). For those who don’t know, Roberto Voerzio is a tiny producer…
Italian Wine Blog
Italian Wine Blog Of all the blogs in all the world….. Yes another Italian wine blog has found a home on blogspot but this Italian wine blog should be a little different. In actual fact, of the thousands of blogs on wines that abound only a small percentage of them are dedicated to Italian wine….
Wine 90 – A homage to Italian wine
Ciao, Salve, Buongiorno, Welcome welcome Welcome to the very first Wine90 blog entry. Now, it may be a little unusual for the blog to appear before the website (http://www.wine90.com/) BUT, have a heart, there are 5000 Italian wines that scored 90 or more with Parker and WS over the last 20 years and THAT is…