A Travelers Guide to Understanding the Italian Wine Classifications
byTraveling to Italy? This guide helps to explain the Italian wine classifications so you can find the right wines for your pallet. By Alice…
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Planning a wine tour in Italy? What the experts have to say…
byPlanning a wine tasting trip isn’t as easy as it may sound, especially if you’re planning one in a wine region you are unfamiliar…
Italy with Kids: Five Family Friendly Cities
byI have this plan for living in Spain and Italy with kids for the summers. Yes, EVERY summer… As a consultant and freelance writer,…
Instagram Inspiration: Piedmont
byThis week I’ve been all about Piedmont, so what better way to end the week than with a little Piedmont wanderlust. I’ve complied a…
Interview with a Winemaker: Sergio Germano of Ettore Germano in Piedmont
byTouring vineyards is one of my favorite things to do when I travel. To learn about the local grapes, the terrior (a fancy word…
Putting Piedmont Wine in Perspective
byI’ve been exploring the process of becoming a certified sommelier, not because I need it but because I LOVE learning about wine, the regions…
5 Tips on Shipping Wine Back from Overseas
byA sudden rainstorm drove us into the small wine shop off the main road in Castellina in Chianti in Italy. The walls inside Enoteca…
Check-in: NH Santo Stefano in Turin, Italy
byI think Turin is one of my new favorite cities in Italy… We only had a day to spend here but were able to…
10 Things to do in Turin, Italy
byI have to be honest, I had never planned to visit Turin, Italy’s fourth-largest city. It was merely the closest city from Alba with…
The Piemonte Wine Trail: Barbaresco Wine Tasting in Neviglie
byHappy Wine Wednesday! We’re in for a treat this week with a guest post from Valerie Quintanilla, one of Italy’s newest expats, living her…
On the Piemonte Wine Trail: Stella Giuseppe
byHappy Wine Wednesday! We’re in for a treat this week with a guest post from Valerie Quintanilla, one of Italy’s newest expats, living her…
Being in the right place at the right time = an unforgettable day of Montalcino wine tasting at Caparzo
byOne of the more interesting parts of traveling and exploring a new area is getting lost. And that’s a pretty easy for me, especially…
Travel to Piedmont Italy: Champagne Sabering – with a wine glass!
byOn my travels in Piedmont travel my tour guides with Travel Langhe took us to lunch in the Barolo town of Serralunga d’Alba. We were greeted at Centro Storico by…
Italian Wine Merchants Redux: Wine Tasting New York City
byOur frequent readers (thank you!) may recall a post I did last year about a trip to New York City that included a stop…
The Intoxication of Piedmont Italy
byBy Valerie Quintanilla The food, the culture, and of course the people are nearly as intoxicating as the wines of Piedmont Italy. All have…
Hiking and Wine Tasting in Barolo Italy
byBy Valerie Quintanilla I wanted to hike in Lake Como, but Mother Nature had other plans. Luckily I had a day of hiking and…
Piedmont Wine Tours: Harvest Lunch in Barbaresco
byBy Valerie Quintanilla Tuesday morning started low key. I had no Piedmont wine tours planned so I thought I’d just hike it out a…
Wine Tours in Barolo Italy
byBy Valerie Quintanilla Saturday morning started bright and early with a quick breakfast at my B&B (they just kept bringing food – such is…
Italian Wine Travels: Ah, Piemonte….
byBy Valerie Quintanilla If there is a heaven and we each get our own version, mine would mirror Piemonte. Calgone, take me away. In…
Things to do in Lake Como
byDay two of my travel to Lake Como brought more rain. Ah well, it wasn’t pouring as it had in Milano or Bellagio (or…