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Joel | August 19, 2011
Monte di Grazia Campania Bianco 2009
Enjoying a vintage New York City vibe we pass through Washington Square, meander into the West Village then SoHo, making our way down to Chambers Street Wine shop where I am lucky enough to meet Marco Melzi at the tasting table.
[ I can’t recall ever having mentioned a retail wine [...]
Joel | August 10, 2011
Rocca del Principe Fiano di Avellino 2006
A beautiful expression of Time:
Early morning light slowly fills space between leaves of Fujian Tea bonsai.
Another:
Wonderfully evolved Rocca del Principe Fiano di Avellino 2006.
Somewhere in the province of Avellino in Italy’s Campania region there is a town called Lapio where 5 very special hectares of vineyard offer the Fiano [...]
Joel | April 21, 2011
Three Italian Whites That Get It Right
As Spring makes its appearance where I like to walk along Frog Hollow Road, yellow flowers bloom, tractors cough awake from their winter rest, the season’s first bicyclists spin past coloring the landscape with bright, eye-catching outfits.
Spring also brings with it a gradual shift from hearty cold weather fare [...]
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 [...]