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Joel | June 27, 2011
Belisario Verdicchio di Matelica Terre di Valbona 2009
What can one say of beautifully simple, delicious wines, except to pity the people who do not appreciate them?
Belisario’s Verdicchio di Matelica Terre di Valbona is a wine of uncomplicated, delicious dignity, owing to its own honest style.
Founded in the ‘70’s as a cooperative, Belisario has since become [...]
Joel | March 22, 2010
Le Marche producer Sartarelli does one thing and does it well. Very well.
It’s spelled V-E-R-D-I-C-C-H-I-O.
Located nearby Poggio San Marcello in the Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi appellation of Italy’s Marche, the Sartarelli estate – its vineyards planted exclusively to Verdicchio - is run by Donatella Sartarelli and Patrizio Chiacchiarini, with assistance from enologist Alberto [...]
Joel | March 3, 2010
No, it’s not an Italian–Chinese love story. Well, not exactly
Chinese chun juan or spring rolls – thin dough skins spread with finely minced vegetables, meat, shrimp or oysters and rolled into, well…a roll…evoke an emotional response of home and family for my Chinese wife. Since her parents are currently visiting us, [...]