Italian wine
Gavi is one of those Italian wines that lingers in a netherworld – not as popular as pinot grigio or even Soave and not always easy to find. But when it’s done well, it[...]
10 Oct 2012
I don’t trust Italian pinot grigio. Since it’s a wine that people who don’t drink much wine drink, a lot of pinot grigio producers feel it’s their duty to f[...]
25 Jul 2012
This wine cost nine bucks. How do the Italians do it? Their economy is in shambles and the euro is killing the dollar. If this was French wine, it would cost $15 or $18. I’m [...]
22 Feb 2012
I have always wondered how to approach Chianti, which is not only the one Italian red wine that most Americans know, but the one Italian red wine that wine snobs turn their noses u[...]
11 Jan 2012
One of the reasons why I enjoy cheap Italian wine so much — besides its quality, of course — is the sense of adventure that is part of tasting the wines. For one thing,[...]
07 Dec 2011
Wine snobs can be so dull. I found the Feudo stuffed in a corner at Jimmy’s (a tip o’ the wine glass to the Italian Wine Guy for pointing it out), and did a little rese[...]
04 Aug 2010
New label, same incredible quality. It’s almost embarrassing to do a Vitiano review. I’m hardly the fawning type, yet I sound like a gushing school girl whenever I writ[...]
28 Jul 2010
A regular visitor to the blog sent me an email: “I tried one of the wines you recommended, an Italian red, and I didn’t like it. It wasn’t smooth.” I answer[...]
14 Jul 2010
