This year’s winner of the title of “European Best Destination” is the Bordeaux wine region, which should please any oenophile who has previously wined and dined through the largest wine region in the world. With more than 2,000 wine estates … Read More
Years ago – no, let’s be honest: make that “decades ago” – when I was a university student in Montpellier in Languedoc in the South of France, the wine from the region was often labeled “vin de table rouge” and … Read More
Located in southern Tuscany, the Morellino di Scansano growing region produces wine known locally as Morellino, so named for the bay horses called “morelli” that pulled the carriages and coaches of 18th-century public officials moving to Scansano for the summer … Read More
Some people travel to Tuscany for vacation – and some to fulfill a dream. For Natalie Oliveros, one of her many entrepreneurial ambitions was to own a Tuscan winery and in 2011, she purchased a majority share in La Fiorita … Read More
If, by chance, you missed a summer sojourn in the lush wine-producing oasis of Franciacorta in the region of Lombardy in eastern Italy, then relax: the next best thing is available to those who seek out a bottle of Berlucchi. … Read More
If Chef Guy Grossi ever decides to leave the kitchen, the charismatic Aussie chef has a career awaiting him as a stand-up comedian. One of Australia’s leading chefs and media personalities, Grossi is the owner and head chef of Grossi … Read More
All through the holiday season, you just want to stuff your face. Everywhere you turn someone is offering you a drink. The sideboard is laden with all sorts of fattening goodies and one dessert is never enough. Silver trays pass … Read More
Twenty-five years ago, the idea that the Commonwealth of Virginia might rival some of the more established wine regions of the United States would have seemed laughable – to most. Most, but not all – for the 20th-century winemakers who planted … Read More
