Italy

2013 Velenosi Quercia Antica Lacrima di Morra d’Alba Marche

2013 Velenosi Quercia Antica Lacrima di Morra d’Alba Marche

2010 Velenosi Roggio del Filare Rosso Piceno Superiore Marche

2010 Velenosi Roggio del Filare Rosso Piceno Superiore Marche

2013 Velenosi Brecciarolo Rosso Piceno Superiore Marche

2013 Velenosi Brecciarolo Rosso Piceno Superiore Marche

2014 Velenosi Villa Angela Pecorino Falerio Marche

2014 Velenosi Villa Angela Pecorino Falerio Marche

Velenosi Passerina Brut Vino Spumante

Velenosi Passerina Brut Vino Spumante

ITALIAN WINE STYLE RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS

ITALIAN WINE STYLE RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS

“For 30 years we came to you with wines similar to yours. Now we are bringing you wines that are easy to recognize as being from their particular region,” said Niccolo Petrilli, Ambassador for Italian Wine & Style Promotions and Area Manager Americas & New Markets at La Collina dei Ciliegi, a winery in the Veneto […]

2013 Available Red Blend Puglia

2013 Available Red Blend Puglia

2014 Available Pinot Grigio Puglia

2014 Available Pinot Grigio Puglia

PROSECCO THE PLACE

PROSECCO THE PLACE

Ca di Rajo Export Manager Luca Ortoncelli and I dined at San Francisco’s Sociale this afternoon. He is in the USA to meet with his importers, journalists, bloggers and friends, like actress Debi Mazar. You see, before he worked in the wine industry, he made films. Hoping to keep his toes in cinema, he has visited Hollywood movie lots […]

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2007 Antonelli Montefalco Sagrantino Umbria

2007 Antonelli Montefalco Sagrantino Umbria

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2008 Scacciadiavoli Montefalco Sagrantino Umbria

2008 Scacciadiavoli Montefalco Sagrantino Umbria

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2009 Arnaldo Caprai Collepiano Montefalco Sagrantino Umbria

2009 Arnaldo Caprai Collepiano Montefalco Sagrantino Umbria

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2009 Colpetrone Montefalco Sagrantino Umbria

2009 Colpetrone Montefalco Sagrantino Umbria

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2010 Perticaia Montefalco Sagrantino Umbria

2010 Perticaia Montefalco Sagrantino Umbria

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SICILIA – THE COOKING OF CASA PLANETA

SICILIA – THE COOKING OF CASA PLANETA

SPQR restaurant on Fillmore Street in San Francisco was the perfect setting for a luncheon of Sicilian food and wines led by the charming and down to earth Alessio  Planeta, manager and owner with his sister Francesca and his brother Santi of the family company Planeta. Chef Matthew Accarrino and Sommelier and Italian wine expert Shelley Lindgren are the […]

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2010 Castello di Volpaia Chianti Classico

2010 Castello di Volpaia Chianti Classico

2013 Villa Locatelli Pinot Grigio Insonzo del Friuli

2013 Villa Locatelli Pinot Grigio Insonzo del Friuli

2013 Planeta Eruzione 1614 Nerello Mascalese Sicilia

2013 Planeta Eruzione 1614 Nerello Mascalese Sicilia

2014 Planeta Etna Rosso Sicilia

2014 Planeta Etna Rosso Sicilia

2014 Planeta Eruzione 1614 Carricante Sicilia

2014 Planeta Eruzione 1614 Carricante Sicilia

2014 Planeta Etna Bianco Sicilia

2014 Planeta Etna Bianco Sicilia

Planeta Metodo Classico Brut Sicilia

Planeta Metodo Classico Brut Sicilia

Mionetto Prestige Gran Rose Extra Dry

Mionetto Prestige Gran Rose Extra Dry

2012 Bruno Giacosa Barbera d’Alba

2012 Bruno Giacosa Barbera d’Alba