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Wine making in Italy
Wine making in Italy: Farmers in south Italy still produce their own wine, but small local wineries find it hard to compete with the larger cooperatives. While the last grapes are being picked, 569...
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Tanking wine in Puglia
Tanking wine in Puglia: In south Italy local wines are sold like petrol from a pump, and in Manduria a small museum presents the history of local winemaking Whenever we need to buy wine for everyday...
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Marsala wine was originally a British invention. But it still sums up the taste and mystery of Western Sicily Western Sicily holds a charmed mystery to me best captured by the flavours and fragrances...
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Veneto wine region – Veneto for wine lovers
There are more beer bellies than wine bottles along the east side of Lake Garda, even though the Veneto wine region is a great area for wine tasting.. Veneto is in fact the biggest DOC producer in...
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Sunday 25 March the world’s largest wine expo, Vinitaly, opens in Verona. For four days more than 4 000 exhibitors will present their best wines for buyers and trade operators from all over the world....
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Marsala wine cherries
Ciliegie al marsala In Denmark preserved cherries are bought ready-made and served with the traditional rice pudding for Christmas. In fact, it had never occurred to me to use them for a summer...
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The wine museum in Barolo
I had expected a nice, nerdy experience from my visit to the wine museum in Barolo, but was surprised to find full blown family entertainment. Sandwiched between two Italian school classes, I started...
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Grape harvest in Puglia
The grape harvest in Puglia is still a family affair. Both housewives and lawyers lend a hand during the vendemmia grape harvest in Puglia. They started work at four in the morning and now their backs...
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Primitivo vinification
First steps towards Primitivo vinification The vinification of Primitivo grapes has just started, but warm weather and good yields promise a great year for Primitivo wines.. They are all lined up. Huge...
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Barolo wine tour: A cellar full of wine
I’d never been on a dedicated Barolo wine tour before and didn’t really know what to expect, when our tour bus stopped by a winery on a country road in La Morra. In the distance, villages like Santa...
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Serve homemade cherries with marsala as a fruity companion to ice cream, whipped cream or panna cotta. A real treat. The post Marsala wine cherries appeared first on Italian Notes.
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