Mar 26, 2013 Gourmet Backpacking Part 5: Italy Italy was the last leg of our trip and we were exhausted. Florence greeted us with dreary grey skies and heavy rain, adding to our feelings of ... Read More Red Wine Mar 15, 2013 Wines of Worth : Brunello di Montalcino Earlier this week Vancouver was whisked away to Tuscany. Or, at least, Vancouver’s palates were. The Brunello di Montalcino World Experience took ... Read More Oct 12, 2012 Wines of Worth: Barone Ricasoli & the Chianti Recipe Family business. When we talk about carrying on the family business here in North America, we generally collectively refer to second or third ... Read More Oct 10, 2012 A Taste of Tenuta Sette Ponti Tenuta Sette Ponti is a Tuscan based winery that produces wines from different areas in Italy. The winery is headquartered in Chianti, with their ... Read More White Wine Sep 28, 2012 Four White Wines For Your Weekend Table —BY LARRY ARNOLD Pieropan Soave Classico 2009 Italy *$25.00-27.00 A touch on the pricey side but if you are looking for good straightforward ... Read More White Wine Oct 3, 2011 Feudi di San Gregorio Fiano di Avellino 2010 Thanksgiving is coming. I am going to share a secret that will have all your guests giving thanks to you. Fiano. And really, not just any Fiano. To ... Read More Food Events Aug 2, 2011 Slow Food’s Cheese 2011, Much More Than a Market Cheese is back in Bra, Piedmont, Italy from September 16 to 19, 2011. The international biennial event organized by the City of Bra and Slow Food is ... Read More Wine Events May 16, 2011 Italian Wines from Top to Toe & A to Z Who knew Italy boasted such a diversity of grape varieties, terroir, and styles? Last week BCLDB product consultants and wine journalists were ... Read More Red Wine Apr 26, 2011 Brancaia Tre 2006 I love cellar surprises. Hunting around in the racks this past weekend I came upon this lovely little Tuscan red that had been out of sight, out of ... Read More White Wine Feb 25, 2011 MandraRossa Fiano 2008 Sicily is one of the hottest wine regions in the world, the football to mainland Italy’s boot, surrounded by warm Mediterranean waters. Like the ... Read More Red Wine Oct 25, 2010 Michele Chiarlo Barbera d’Asti Superiore 2008 Le Orne DOC We don’t drink enough red wine from Piedmont. Period. I’m talking about the Royal We. Collectively. I was reminded of this last week when a group ... Read More Red Wine Oct 15, 2010 Agriverde Natum Montepulciano 2007 When I come across new bottles, I always examine labels carefully. I’m sleuthing for clues – who made it, where did it come from, how’s the ... Read More 12
Red Wine Mar 15, 2013 Wines of Worth : Brunello di Montalcino Earlier this week Vancouver was whisked away to Tuscany. Or, at least, Vancouver’s palates were. The Brunello di Montalcino World Experience took ... Read More Oct 12, 2012 Wines of Worth: Barone Ricasoli & the Chianti Recipe Family business. When we talk about carrying on the family business here in North America, we generally collectively refer to second or third ... Read More Oct 10, 2012 A Taste of Tenuta Sette Ponti Tenuta Sette Ponti is a Tuscan based winery that produces wines from different areas in Italy. The winery is headquartered in Chianti, with their ... Read More White Wine Sep 28, 2012 Four White Wines For Your Weekend Table —BY LARRY ARNOLD Pieropan Soave Classico 2009 Italy *$25.00-27.00 A touch on the pricey side but if you are looking for good straightforward ... Read More White Wine Oct 3, 2011 Feudi di San Gregorio Fiano di Avellino 2010 Thanksgiving is coming. I am going to share a secret that will have all your guests giving thanks to you. Fiano. And really, not just any Fiano. To ... Read More Food Events Aug 2, 2011 Slow Food’s Cheese 2011, Much More Than a Market Cheese is back in Bra, Piedmont, Italy from September 16 to 19, 2011. The international biennial event organized by the City of Bra and Slow Food is ... Read More Wine Events May 16, 2011 Italian Wines from Top to Toe & A to Z Who knew Italy boasted such a diversity of grape varieties, terroir, and styles? Last week BCLDB product consultants and wine journalists were ... Read More Red Wine Apr 26, 2011 Brancaia Tre 2006 I love cellar surprises. Hunting around in the racks this past weekend I came upon this lovely little Tuscan red that had been out of sight, out of ... Read More White Wine Feb 25, 2011 MandraRossa Fiano 2008 Sicily is one of the hottest wine regions in the world, the football to mainland Italy’s boot, surrounded by warm Mediterranean waters. Like the ... Read More Red Wine Oct 25, 2010 Michele Chiarlo Barbera d’Asti Superiore 2008 Le Orne DOC We don’t drink enough red wine from Piedmont. Period. I’m talking about the Royal We. Collectively. I was reminded of this last week when a group ... Read More Red Wine Oct 15, 2010 Agriverde Natum Montepulciano 2007 When I come across new bottles, I always examine labels carefully. I’m sleuthing for clues – who made it, where did it come from, how’s the ... Read More 12
Oct 12, 2012 Wines of Worth: Barone Ricasoli & the Chianti Recipe Family business. When we talk about carrying on the family business here in North America, we generally collectively refer to second or third ... Read More Oct 10, 2012 A Taste of Tenuta Sette Ponti Tenuta Sette Ponti is a Tuscan based winery that produces wines from different areas in Italy. The winery is headquartered in Chianti, with their ... Read More White Wine Sep 28, 2012 Four White Wines For Your Weekend Table —BY LARRY ARNOLD Pieropan Soave Classico 2009 Italy *$25.00-27.00 A touch on the pricey side but if you are looking for good straightforward ... Read More White Wine Oct 3, 2011 Feudi di San Gregorio Fiano di Avellino 2010 Thanksgiving is coming. I am going to share a secret that will have all your guests giving thanks to you. Fiano. And really, not just any Fiano. To ... Read More Food Events Aug 2, 2011 Slow Food’s Cheese 2011, Much More Than a Market Cheese is back in Bra, Piedmont, Italy from September 16 to 19, 2011. The international biennial event organized by the City of Bra and Slow Food is ... Read More Wine Events May 16, 2011 Italian Wines from Top to Toe & A to Z Who knew Italy boasted such a diversity of grape varieties, terroir, and styles? Last week BCLDB product consultants and wine journalists were ... Read More Red Wine Apr 26, 2011 Brancaia Tre 2006 I love cellar surprises. Hunting around in the racks this past weekend I came upon this lovely little Tuscan red that had been out of sight, out of ... Read More White Wine Feb 25, 2011 MandraRossa Fiano 2008 Sicily is one of the hottest wine regions in the world, the football to mainland Italy’s boot, surrounded by warm Mediterranean waters. Like the ... Read More Red Wine Oct 25, 2010 Michele Chiarlo Barbera d’Asti Superiore 2008 Le Orne DOC We don’t drink enough red wine from Piedmont. Period. I’m talking about the Royal We. Collectively. I was reminded of this last week when a group ... Read More Red Wine Oct 15, 2010 Agriverde Natum Montepulciano 2007 When I come across new bottles, I always examine labels carefully. I’m sleuthing for clues – who made it, where did it come from, how’s the ... Read More 12
Oct 10, 2012 A Taste of Tenuta Sette Ponti Tenuta Sette Ponti is a Tuscan based winery that produces wines from different areas in Italy. The winery is headquartered in Chianti, with their ... Read More White Wine Sep 28, 2012 Four White Wines For Your Weekend Table —BY LARRY ARNOLD Pieropan Soave Classico 2009 Italy *$25.00-27.00 A touch on the pricey side but if you are looking for good straightforward ... Read More White Wine Oct 3, 2011 Feudi di San Gregorio Fiano di Avellino 2010 Thanksgiving is coming. I am going to share a secret that will have all your guests giving thanks to you. Fiano. And really, not just any Fiano. To ... Read More Food Events Aug 2, 2011 Slow Food’s Cheese 2011, Much More Than a Market Cheese is back in Bra, Piedmont, Italy from September 16 to 19, 2011. The international biennial event organized by the City of Bra and Slow Food is ... Read More Wine Events May 16, 2011 Italian Wines from Top to Toe & A to Z Who knew Italy boasted such a diversity of grape varieties, terroir, and styles? Last week BCLDB product consultants and wine journalists were ... Read More Red Wine Apr 26, 2011 Brancaia Tre 2006 I love cellar surprises. Hunting around in the racks this past weekend I came upon this lovely little Tuscan red that had been out of sight, out of ... Read More White Wine Feb 25, 2011 MandraRossa Fiano 2008 Sicily is one of the hottest wine regions in the world, the football to mainland Italy’s boot, surrounded by warm Mediterranean waters. Like the ... Read More Red Wine Oct 25, 2010 Michele Chiarlo Barbera d’Asti Superiore 2008 Le Orne DOC We don’t drink enough red wine from Piedmont. Period. I’m talking about the Royal We. Collectively. I was reminded of this last week when a group ... Read More Red Wine Oct 15, 2010 Agriverde Natum Montepulciano 2007 When I come across new bottles, I always examine labels carefully. I’m sleuthing for clues – who made it, where did it come from, how’s the ... Read More 12
White Wine Sep 28, 2012 Four White Wines For Your Weekend Table —BY LARRY ARNOLD Pieropan Soave Classico 2009 Italy *$25.00-27.00 A touch on the pricey side but if you are looking for good straightforward ... Read More White Wine Oct 3, 2011 Feudi di San Gregorio Fiano di Avellino 2010 Thanksgiving is coming. I am going to share a secret that will have all your guests giving thanks to you. Fiano. And really, not just any Fiano. To ... Read More Food Events Aug 2, 2011 Slow Food’s Cheese 2011, Much More Than a Market Cheese is back in Bra, Piedmont, Italy from September 16 to 19, 2011. The international biennial event organized by the City of Bra and Slow Food is ... Read More Wine Events May 16, 2011 Italian Wines from Top to Toe & A to Z Who knew Italy boasted such a diversity of grape varieties, terroir, and styles? Last week BCLDB product consultants and wine journalists were ... Read More Red Wine Apr 26, 2011 Brancaia Tre 2006 I love cellar surprises. Hunting around in the racks this past weekend I came upon this lovely little Tuscan red that had been out of sight, out of ... Read More White Wine Feb 25, 2011 MandraRossa Fiano 2008 Sicily is one of the hottest wine regions in the world, the football to mainland Italy’s boot, surrounded by warm Mediterranean waters. Like the ... Read More Red Wine Oct 25, 2010 Michele Chiarlo Barbera d’Asti Superiore 2008 Le Orne DOC We don’t drink enough red wine from Piedmont. Period. I’m talking about the Royal We. Collectively. I was reminded of this last week when a group ... Read More Red Wine Oct 15, 2010 Agriverde Natum Montepulciano 2007 When I come across new bottles, I always examine labels carefully. I’m sleuthing for clues – who made it, where did it come from, how’s the ... Read More 12
White Wine Oct 3, 2011 Feudi di San Gregorio Fiano di Avellino 2010 Thanksgiving is coming. I am going to share a secret that will have all your guests giving thanks to you. Fiano. And really, not just any Fiano. To ... Read More Food Events Aug 2, 2011 Slow Food’s Cheese 2011, Much More Than a Market Cheese is back in Bra, Piedmont, Italy from September 16 to 19, 2011. The international biennial event organized by the City of Bra and Slow Food is ... Read More Wine Events May 16, 2011 Italian Wines from Top to Toe & A to Z Who knew Italy boasted such a diversity of grape varieties, terroir, and styles? Last week BCLDB product consultants and wine journalists were ... Read More Red Wine Apr 26, 2011 Brancaia Tre 2006 I love cellar surprises. Hunting around in the racks this past weekend I came upon this lovely little Tuscan red that had been out of sight, out of ... Read More White Wine Feb 25, 2011 MandraRossa Fiano 2008 Sicily is one of the hottest wine regions in the world, the football to mainland Italy’s boot, surrounded by warm Mediterranean waters. Like the ... Read More Red Wine Oct 25, 2010 Michele Chiarlo Barbera d’Asti Superiore 2008 Le Orne DOC We don’t drink enough red wine from Piedmont. Period. I’m talking about the Royal We. Collectively. I was reminded of this last week when a group ... Read More Red Wine Oct 15, 2010 Agriverde Natum Montepulciano 2007 When I come across new bottles, I always examine labels carefully. I’m sleuthing for clues – who made it, where did it come from, how’s the ... Read More 12
Food Events Aug 2, 2011 Slow Food’s Cheese 2011, Much More Than a Market Cheese is back in Bra, Piedmont, Italy from September 16 to 19, 2011. The international biennial event organized by the City of Bra and Slow Food is ... Read More Wine Events May 16, 2011 Italian Wines from Top to Toe & A to Z Who knew Italy boasted such a diversity of grape varieties, terroir, and styles? Last week BCLDB product consultants and wine journalists were ... Read More Red Wine Apr 26, 2011 Brancaia Tre 2006 I love cellar surprises. Hunting around in the racks this past weekend I came upon this lovely little Tuscan red that had been out of sight, out of ... Read More White Wine Feb 25, 2011 MandraRossa Fiano 2008 Sicily is one of the hottest wine regions in the world, the football to mainland Italy’s boot, surrounded by warm Mediterranean waters. Like the ... Read More Red Wine Oct 25, 2010 Michele Chiarlo Barbera d’Asti Superiore 2008 Le Orne DOC We don’t drink enough red wine from Piedmont. Period. I’m talking about the Royal We. Collectively. I was reminded of this last week when a group ... Read More Red Wine Oct 15, 2010 Agriverde Natum Montepulciano 2007 When I come across new bottles, I always examine labels carefully. I’m sleuthing for clues – who made it, where did it come from, how’s the ... Read More 12
Wine Events May 16, 2011 Italian Wines from Top to Toe & A to Z Who knew Italy boasted such a diversity of grape varieties, terroir, and styles? Last week BCLDB product consultants and wine journalists were ... Read More Red Wine Apr 26, 2011 Brancaia Tre 2006 I love cellar surprises. Hunting around in the racks this past weekend I came upon this lovely little Tuscan red that had been out of sight, out of ... Read More White Wine Feb 25, 2011 MandraRossa Fiano 2008 Sicily is one of the hottest wine regions in the world, the football to mainland Italy’s boot, surrounded by warm Mediterranean waters. Like the ... Read More Red Wine Oct 25, 2010 Michele Chiarlo Barbera d’Asti Superiore 2008 Le Orne DOC We don’t drink enough red wine from Piedmont. Period. I’m talking about the Royal We. Collectively. I was reminded of this last week when a group ... Read More Red Wine Oct 15, 2010 Agriverde Natum Montepulciano 2007 When I come across new bottles, I always examine labels carefully. I’m sleuthing for clues – who made it, where did it come from, how’s the ... Read More 12
Red Wine Apr 26, 2011 Brancaia Tre 2006 I love cellar surprises. Hunting around in the racks this past weekend I came upon this lovely little Tuscan red that had been out of sight, out of ... Read More White Wine Feb 25, 2011 MandraRossa Fiano 2008 Sicily is one of the hottest wine regions in the world, the football to mainland Italy’s boot, surrounded by warm Mediterranean waters. Like the ... Read More Red Wine Oct 25, 2010 Michele Chiarlo Barbera d’Asti Superiore 2008 Le Orne DOC We don’t drink enough red wine from Piedmont. Period. I’m talking about the Royal We. Collectively. I was reminded of this last week when a group ... Read More Red Wine Oct 15, 2010 Agriverde Natum Montepulciano 2007 When I come across new bottles, I always examine labels carefully. I’m sleuthing for clues – who made it, where did it come from, how’s the ... Read More 12
White Wine Feb 25, 2011 MandraRossa Fiano 2008 Sicily is one of the hottest wine regions in the world, the football to mainland Italy’s boot, surrounded by warm Mediterranean waters. Like the ... Read More Red Wine Oct 25, 2010 Michele Chiarlo Barbera d’Asti Superiore 2008 Le Orne DOC We don’t drink enough red wine from Piedmont. Period. I’m talking about the Royal We. Collectively. I was reminded of this last week when a group ... Read More Red Wine Oct 15, 2010 Agriverde Natum Montepulciano 2007 When I come across new bottles, I always examine labels carefully. I’m sleuthing for clues – who made it, where did it come from, how’s the ... Read More 12
Red Wine Oct 25, 2010 Michele Chiarlo Barbera d’Asti Superiore 2008 Le Orne DOC We don’t drink enough red wine from Piedmont. Period. I’m talking about the Royal We. Collectively. I was reminded of this last week when a group ... Read More Red Wine Oct 15, 2010 Agriverde Natum Montepulciano 2007 When I come across new bottles, I always examine labels carefully. I’m sleuthing for clues – who made it, where did it come from, how’s the ... Read More 12
Red Wine Oct 15, 2010 Agriverde Natum Montepulciano 2007 When I come across new bottles, I always examine labels carefully. I’m sleuthing for clues – who made it, where did it come from, how’s the ... Read More 12
