After our four hour drive across Italy from Positano, we arrived at the lovely Masseria Torre Coccaro just in time for our first fabulous meal. As the drive was a bit tiring, it was definitely wine time! As I perused the very local wine list, the sommelier recommended selections including several from a winery not [...]
Puglia wine dates back to Phoenician times and the Greeks named Puglia 'Enotria', Wineland. Today Puglia is the largest producer of wine in Italy. Often referred to as 'the wine cellar of Europe' because in the past it primarily produced wine to send to the rest of Italy and Europe for structure and alcohol content [...]
Locorotondo, located in the center of the Valle d'Itria, is the cutest little white washed town sitting on top of the hill and is designated 'burgh più belli d'Italia,' one of the most beautiful towns in Italy. Its also known as the' city of white wine,' cite del vino bianco, so we had to visit! [...]
When planning our wedding over the last several months, I wanted to welcome our friends to Positano, Italy on the Amalfi Coast with something special after their long journey. What better way I thought, than to surprise them than with my favorite wine from the coast and the best winery in the area, Cantine di [...]
This week I spent an evening at a cool new spot in Seattle...Urban Enoteca. Open since December, this wine and event space in SoDo (South of Downtown) is a warehouse turned hip wine bar. You open the huge wooden doors of the warehouse and are transported into a wine land from Eastern Washington. With a [...]