LA FAMIGLIA CIELO PINOT GRIGIO

“La famiglia e tutto.” (The family is everything.) I’ve been writing this blog for a while now. While I do read the blogs that other people write, and enjoy them, there are now just too many to keep up with. But my focus here is to find wines that are good, versatile and most of

MADONNABRUNA PECORINO MAREE

“No thing more excellent nor more valuable than wine was ever granted mankind by God.”Plato, 400 BC Anytime you delve into history there are always some elements of glory and sadness, triumph and tribulation. The story of this family winery is no exception. The origins of this winery go back to 1967, when Ferruccio Petracci

ROXANNE BIANCO TOSCANA 2017

“ROXANNE. You don’t have to put on the red light. Those days are over…” Back in 1978 the British rock band the Police with their bassist and lead singer were staying in a slightly seedy hotel in France. Out of that experience came the song “ROXANNE” loosely telling the story of a man who falls

MARCHESI di GRESY LANGHE SAUVIGNON 2019

Anyone who is a reader of this column knows that I love history. Not that I live in the past, but I think the relevance to life today is astounding, especially when we consider current events, but also in the traditional methods of making food and wine. It is very hard to find a winery

PAUL BUISSE TOURAINE SAUVIGNON BLANC

“Wine Enters and reason leaves.” (Translated from the original French) The Loire Valley of France has been inhabited since the Paleolithic Age. Often referred to as the “Cradle of the French,” and the “Garden of France,” not only because of its many vineyards, fields of artichoke and asparagus which line the banks of the river,

GRIN PINOT GRIGIO by VOLPE PASINI

“La vita è come fotografia, se sorridi, viene meglio.” ( Life is like a picture, if you smile, it’s better.) This wine is truly a product of history and family. Located in the heart of the DOC zone of the Colli Orientali of Friuli, this winery traces its beginning all the way back to the

BOLLINI PINOT GRIGIO 2019

This rather young wine is a product of, as history goes, an even younger winery. Established in 1979 when Neil and Maria Empson who were expert wine exporters created their own label from the foothills of the Alps near Friuli and Trentino. The landscape there is so widely varied that the weather can change just

LA CELIA PINOT GRIGIO 2019

Mendoza, Argentina has grown to a stature of a premier region for winemaking in South America. While the dominant variety produced here is Malbec, the (UN) official wine of Argentina, there are other varieties produced, and produced very well. This particular Pinot Grigio is a true standout in a very competitive field. Buoyed by history

ST. MICHAEL-EPPAN PINOT GRIGIO

“Drink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep well, and you will not sin. Avoid sin, and you will be saved. Ergo, drink wine and be saved.” Medieval German Saying For this writing we will remain on the European Continent and travel to the South Tyrol region of Italy. Annexed by The Kingdom of Italy

BORGO CONVENTI COLLIO PINOT GRIGIO

“Whoever said diamonds are a girl’s best friend, never drank wine” anonymous(male obviously) Okay. So if you don’t agree with the above quote, you are most probably a female. But if you take the time to think about it for a minute, you can maybe see that it does actually make some sense. You may