by Jo Diaz | Feb 10, 2021 | Barbera, Castello di Gabiano, Italian Alps, Italy, Italy wines, Piedmont, Wine
Piedmont, Italy is a place I’ve never visited; but, I’m headed there, once Covid travel restrictions are lifted. Yesterday’s story began my virtual journey. Briefly: Covid’s restrictions stopped all travel, as I was supposed to be in Piedmont...
by Jo Diaz | Jan 8, 2021 | Barbera, Italy, Piedmont, Wine
We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us ~ Anonymous Oh, Covid… you’re such a marplot! [Images are the property of CASTELLO Di GABIANO, except where noted.] I could have been right here in November, if life didn’t include you,...
by Jo Diaz | May 6, 2020 | Italy, négociant, Tuscany, Wine, Wine Making, Wine of the Week, Wine tasting, Winery, Wines, Wne and Food
A piece of my heart was deliberately left in Chianti Country, during a visit to Tuscany, with the Bluest Sky Import Group. A life-altering education, every time I’ve headed out to “be there,” smell the terroir, feel the earth, see the vines, taste...
by Jo Diaz | May 13, 2019 | Brut, Bubbly, Bubbly Wine, Italy, Prosecco, Sparkling, Wine
[IMAGE by Wiesław Jarek : VERONA, ITALY – MAY 1, 2016: Part of the wall covered with love messages in Juliet’s house, Verona, Italy] SAMPLE: The following is a springtime-worthy (heck – all year-worthy) wine, delivered from Famiglia Pasqua and the...
by Jo Diaz | May 5, 2019 | Brut, Bubbly, Bubbly Wine, Chianti, Chianti Classico, Flavors from the World of Wine, Food & Wine, Imports, Italy, Le Marche, Sangiovese, Tuscany, Wine
Honestly, our American culture, in this May of 2019, has so drastically changed from when I was, say, 5-years old, in Maine. This seems unreal to me, now, but I do remember the first TV that came into my home. My dad was an early adopter of electronic gadgets. We had...
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