♫ Got the wings of heaven on my shoes, I’m a dancin’ man and I just can’t lose ♫

It was too good to be true, that we might have a brief hiatus in the race to guarantee every appellation in Italy before the curtain shuts. But alas, the latest folly is the Castel del Monte [...]

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Taking a break from the DOCG madness and the Calabria Sequence, which got a nod from Eric Asimov and the New York Times this week. A brief flashback to Southern California and last week, when I made a quick trip to see my Mom and my Aunt Mary, who are both nonagenarians. Aunt Mary, my [...]

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♫ Let’s make a little magic before the night is through ♫

Thank you Mr. Ziliani for the post on the newest Italian DOCG, number “69”. The DOCG size is now shimmying at a dizzying pace, as we are all undoubtedly caught up in the throes of an Italian Summer “Sabato Night fever.” Them Italian [...]

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I was really wondering what I had just done. On the road with a young family which seemed like an eternity, only to land in some desolate town in the hills of Calabria. What on earth was I thinking, that I could just walk into a village in southern Italy and hook up with my [...]

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Now in map format with grapes varieties…from the Oracle of Avellino Click here and hit the magnify button when you get there to enlarge map.

written by Alfonso Cevola limited rights reserved On the Wine Trail in Italy

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