You will find Italy’s preeminent wine region at the foothills of the Italian Alps, appropriately called Piedmont, literally pie-d-mont, meaning foot of the mountain. Piedmont borders France and Switzerland and is influenced by both culture and cuisine. Like France’s Burgundy wine region, Piedmont relies on...
Italian wine
Do you know Nero d’Avola, the black grape of Sicily?
If you have enjoyed a Nero d’Avola you know it’s as big as a California Cabernet or Australian Syrah.
Do you know the Meditation Wine?
I tasted Amarone for the first time in the town of Hoornaar in the Dutch province of South Holland. Our host had recently returned from Italy, inspired by the experience, and made a sumptuous Italian-themed dinner complete with Italian vino. When the cork popped on...