Tag Archives: wine bottega
Cars!!! Whatever to do!?
We aren’t going to sugar coat it: the North End is tricky for parking. If you’re a pro parallel parker you can find a spot every once in a while …
Spring Fling Tasting!
Whether the weather cooperates or not, we’re celebrating! Ok, here is the debate… Which is better: that it’s the first day of spring or it was the last day of …
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Tagged boston, Lambrusco, malbec, the wine bottega, wine bottega, wine tasting
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Don’t Judge a Wine by the Size of its Package!
Tonight we seek the answer to the age-old question: “Does size really matter?” Why is it that with so many things “bigger is better”, but put wine in something over …
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Tagged boston, Box wine, the wine bottega, wine bottega, wine tasting
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Rah! Rah! Ree! Kick ‘em in the Knee!: A Tasting of Lazio
Poor Lazio… (Located at Italy’s “knee”) The first I ever heard of winemaking around Rome, was in a guidebook about the majestic city. It warned that if you were offered “local wine” …
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Tagged boston, Italian wine, Lazio wine, the wine bottega, wine bottega, wine tasting
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The Eve of Open That Bottle Night – Friday Tasting
Tomorrow is possibly the most important day of the year on the wine calendar! (No silly, my birthday isn’t until August) For the past ten years, the last Saturday of …
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Tagged Blatterle, boston, Lagrein, the wine bottega, wine bottega, wine tasting
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Matteo’s Recent Underground Riesling Trocken Tasting
“I recently took part in a covert Riesling trocken (dry) tasting the auspices of which; time, place, and tasting colleagues will remain enigmatically undisclosed…The tasting was organized in a double …
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Tagged Bruno Verdi Riesling, German Riesling, the wine bottega, Trocken Riesling, wine bottega
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The Second Glass Interview!
First the front page of The North End Regional Review and now this! The Second Glass is a fantastic on-line (and occasionally print) magazine whose mission is to demystify wine …
Do you have Dog Point? A spontaneous vertical tasting.
It was one of those weird small world coincidences that I love so much about this industry… I could tell that the two guys who walked into the store knew …
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Tagged Chardonnay, New Zealand wine, the wine bottega, vertical tasting, wine bottega
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Versatility in the Veneto
Romeo and Juliet, Gondoliers, Sunset over the Grand Canal… The romance of Venice and Verona are second only to the multi-dimensional wine production of the Veneto. Stretching from the Sudtirol …
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Tagged Amarone, Italian wine, Lugana, Soave, Valpolicella, Veneto wines, wine bottega, wine tasting
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