Life on the Vine

All our favorite wineries are bringing in the harvest right now so I thought it might be perfect timing for a wine blog.  Here are some photos showing the evolution of the vine this year.  Valdobbiadene (Feb 2019) - view from Col Vetoraz The vines having a winter's nap (March 2019) - Pietro Zardini First signs of life April 2019 - Valpolicella Made Tom pull off the side of the road so I could take these pictures. Walking through Ritter de Zahony vineyards - June 2019 Great looking clusters Prosecco grapes - August 2019 Our wine adventures since February included trips to Valdobbiadene (Prosecco), Valpolicella (Ripasso, Amarone), Friuli, Piedmont (Nebbiolo, Barolo) and Croatia.  We also went to two wine festivals.  The Palio del Recioto festival in Valpolicella over Easter Sunday weekend, and the annual Vulcanei festival , which highlights wines from Italy that are grown in volcanic soil. We had some fun wine adventures with friends and ...

Back in November I did a post highlighting the ten different wineries we had visited so far here in Italy.  I said at the time that it was 10 wineries in four months but looking more closely at my list it was actually five months.  So...setting the record straight.  Click here if you'd like to revisit that post.  It's been another five months so I thought it was a good time to do another wine-focused blog post.  Ten must be my lucky number because it's another ten wineries.  The past five months have been a veritable alphabet soup of wines.  The wine regions we've visited include Colli Berici, Colli Euganei, Franciacorta, Prosecco, Valpolicella, Emilia-Romagna, and right here in our own backyard.  The wines I've tasted include takes on Pinot Grigio, Moscato, Cabernet, Merlot, Chardonnay, Prosecco, Valpolicella, Amarone, Recioto, Yellow Muscat, Brut, Pinot Nero, Lambrusco, and Spumante. Closing out 2017 were two great wineries recommended by...