Joel | August 24, 2009
The next time you drink Barolo, offer a toast to the Marchesa Falletti Giulietta Vitturnia Colbert di Maulévrier. It was she who wanted her nebbiolo wine to celebrate in name the place of its origin: Barolo.
Indeed, Marchesa Giulietta was “…a cultured…and generous benefactress and the leading light in a generation of Barolo makers who [...]
Joel | March 25, 2009
Mosaic artists of infinite patience have long decorated interiors and architectural spaces throughout Italy. Piecing together small bits of stone, “smalti” in Italian, mosaics tell of their ancient stories and perhaps envision future ones. A mosaic of Piedmont varietal and terrior, the wines of Icardi reveal to us the past and remind us of the [...]
Joel | February 25, 2009
Tenuta di Gracciano della Seta Rosso di Montepulciano 2006
Tenuta di Gracciano della Seta Rosso di Montepulciano 2007
Eran d’ intorno violette e gigli
fra l’ erba verda, e vaghi fior novelli
Violets bloomed round about and lilies too
In verdant grass and buds of every hue
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