Tag: Castelli Romani

Roèt Vendemmia 2013

Malvasia Puntinata is easily recognized by its lovely dots Let me share with you how we roll in the Castelli Romani.  This is how the grapes get picked on a small farm to make a natural, organic wine for personal consumption.  We don’t have aprons.  And since we are organic, there are bees, wasps and […]

Beyond Rome: The Products of Lazio

  3/5 of a whole Last week I joined Hande, Irene and Theo for a fun evening of wine and oil tasting hosted by AIS.  The theme for the evening was Lazio.  As a Lazio food and wine aficionado I was looking forward to trying products from producers I had never tried before. Most of […]

Future Wine Lovers

  My wonderful students after our last class!  <3 Sometimes, only sometimes, we encounter young people that are extraordinary.  These people give us old people hope for the future.  In this case, my last group of wine students was so fantastic, smart and talented I wanted to cry when I said goodbye.  As a group […]