Briefly, since the Blackberry is low on juice. Waiting at Marco Polo airport near Venice to fly to Naples in a couple of hours. After several intense days in the Verona area, about which I shall show and tell much more when I get home, it's been a very pleasing two days in Friuli. We went to the small, dynamic and extremely beautiful Aquila del Torre winery in northern Friuli yesterday. Michele...

Baita Friuli, an aged cow's milk cheese, conveys its birthplace in its name. Officially known today as Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the Friuli region in far northeastern Italy shares a border with Austria and Slovenia. Its famous gastronomic products include San...

The good folks over at Fork & Bottle are the hosts for WBW 41 . The first theme for 2008 will be white wines from the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region of Italy. Outstanding! Jack and Joanne have put together a great primer on the qualifying wines, and I hope to supply more information in the next few days. In the meantime, head out to your favorite Italian-savvy wine store and grab a bottle of two...

The good folks over at Fork & Bottle are the hosts for WBW 41 . The first theme for 2008 will be white wines from the Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region of Italy. Outstanding! Jack and Joanne have put together a great primer on the qualifying wines, and I hope to supply more information in the next few days. In the meantime, head out to your favorite Italian-savvy wine store and grab a bottle of two...

I'm leaving today for Veneto, Friuli and Campania. To see the landscape in an advanced state of spring and to see how the vines are budding. To taste and re-taste the wines at Aquila del Torre, I Clivi and Dall'Abaco Fedrigoni in the North and various of Fortunato Sebastiano's clients from the South. I won't have my laptop with me because Internet access is so spotty, and Wi-Fi is all...

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Today, while still on the Left Coast, we’ve just been to Wine Expo in Santa Monica, where the latest wines from Josko Gravner of Friuli have just been released to the public. We have been lucky to secure a bottle of the Breg, which was my choice several days ago, to go with shark. Gravner has been written about in so many places lately, suffice it to say, the wine was exceptional. We had...