I’ll always remember my first sip of a Lugana wine. My wife and I visited Italy for about a month in 2016. While in northern Italy, we visited the city of Bolzano. There, in a tiny wine bar, I spied a wine from a region I wasn’t familiar with – Lugana. Of course, the wine…
Tag: Lombardy
A Taste Of The Unsung Wines of Oltrepò Pavese #ItalianFWT
This month, the Italian Food, Wine and Travel writers are exploring a new-to-me, and lesser known region of Italy – Oltrepò Pavese. Susannah Gold, founder of Vigneto Communications is hosting this month. She is a Brand Ambassador for the Oltrepò here in the U.S., and graciously arranged samples for our group. Oltrepò Pavese, which is sometime…
A Walk On The Wild Side; 2012 Sandro Fay Costa Bassa and Pasta con Finocchietto Selvatico
My wife and I enjoy walking in our neighborhood. Over the course of the past few weeks, each time we walked past this particular empty lot not from where we live, our olfactory senses was overwhelmed by fresh herbal aromas that hinted of licorice. It looked like fennel to me. And that’s what it…
Franciacorta; The World Class Italian Sparkling Wine of Lombardy #ItalianFWT
One of the things I love most about food and wine is their ability to transport one to a different place. I think a place’s people, culture, and customs are reflected in its food and wine. In that sense, one can virtually travel the world through food and wine. And that is exactly what we are…