Joel | June 26, 2009
Icario Vitaroccia 2004
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A bit of wine and classical mythology, shall we?
Dionysus, known to the Romans as Bacchus, was the Greek God of wine, intoxication, festivity and pleasure. Icario is inspired in name by the legend of Dionysus who, in gratitude for kindness and hospitality received, gave the gift of wine to a man of Attica named [...]
Joel | June 22, 2009
Are you up for learning a bit of ancient Roman winespeak?
Easy. “Vitis Apiana”, spelled just like it sounds
Translation: Fiano di Avellino !
Fiano, an antique vine of the Campania region of Italy, was known to the Romans by its Latin name vitis apiana, referring to the “api” or bees attracted to the honey sweet clusters of [...]
Joel | June 19, 2009
Although I find my center of culinary gravity in Italian food traditions, I totally appreciate and enjoy other international cuisines. I am always on the lookout for exciting, creative pairings of international foods and the Italian wines I love to drink.
Soy sauce, as ubiquotous in Asian cooking as is olive oil on the Tuscan table, is a [...]
Joel | June 17, 2009
Tasca d’Almerita, Producer Profile:
It’s said that the inspiration to complete the opera Parsifal came to composer Wagner under a giant banyan tree at the grand residential estate of the Tasca d’Almerita family. Who said there is no connection between wine and music!
Founded in 1830, the 1200 acre Tasca d’Almerita estate is owned by the [...]
