Tag Archives: italy

Napoleonic Wines

The Invasion of French Varietals into Italian Soil (a seminar conducted February 18th, 2010) The premise of this seminar and tasting is an investigation of wines made in Italy using …

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Industry Meets Artistry: A Tasting of Lombardy

Since the Middle Ages, Lombardy has been the epicenter of big Italian business, be it silk and textile manufacturing around Lake Como, banking in Milan or mining and metallurgy in …

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Wines from Valle D’Aosta (Italy)

As you turn North from Torino you leave behind the rolling foothills of the Langhe and start to climb towards Europe’s highest peak and border with France: Monte Bianco. Once …

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Feast of the Seven Fishes

It is a tradition in Southern Italy and now of Italian Americans to celebrate the night before Christmas with the Feast of the Seven Fishes also known as La Vigilia …

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