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Verona: relearning Valpolicella

06/11/2018 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Welcome to the 21st century! Valpolicella was one of my first wines, along with Chianti, drunk with pizzas as a student in Milwaukee – the cheaper the better. You can’t really blame the Verona area, home to these wines, for my youthful folly in drinking some of the worst of its products. This was 40 […]

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Umbrian good karma: rebirth of Sagrantino

01/11/2017 by Ellen Wallace 3 Comments

First of a 4-part series Montefalco is a relatively new Umbrian magnet for winelovers, thanks in no small part to its intriguing contrasts. Start with the town itself, all hardness cushioned by softness: built on and surrounded by pink-tinged monastic era stone, perched above green rolling hillsides. Shop after shop boasts foods for grandmothers’ recipes and […]

Filed Under: Travels, Wineries Tagged With: amphores, Antonelli, Caprai, Consorzio Montefalco, DOC, DOCG, Italy, Montefalco, rosso, Sagrantino, tannins, Umbria

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