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Veneto

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    January 17, 2012

    Wine of the Week: 2000 Valpolicella by Giuseppe Quintarelli

    Photo by Jeremy Parzen.Giuseppe Quintarelli, one of the greatest winemakers of our lifetime, passed away on Sunday in the Valpolicella, Italy. He was 84.​From the tiny village of Negrar in the picturesque Valpolicella (Veneto, Italy) to the upper reaches of the One-Percenter wine collectors in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Odd Pair: Ice Cream, Freshly Ground Coffee, and Wine

    ​Look into any commercial Italian-English dictionary and you'll find the standard however incomplete translation of the Italian verb sgroppare (sgrohp-PAH-reh): to buck, as in a horse bucks off his rider. Look a little deeper (as in the case of this 1831 English-Italian dictionary entry by one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    Tiny Cars and Expensive Wine at the 3rd Annual Italian Expo

    Photos by Christopher Patronella, Jr.Wine: a guarantee of a good time.​The 3rd annual Italian Expo was held this past weekend at the George R. Brown Convention Center, directly next to one of the gun shows that seems to rotate throughout Houston every other weekend. Walking up to the conventio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    Wine of the Week: Nino Franco Rustico Prosecco

    ​This bottle's appropriately rustic label design fits with the old-world-Italian feel that Nino Franco's PR people (who sent me the sample) and the winery are going for - which makes sense, since the winery was founded almost 100 years ago. Prosecco is produced in the Veneto region of Italy ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 2, 2010

    Piola

    ​This bottle's appropriately rustic label design fits with the old-world-Italian feel that Nino Franco's PR people (who sent me the sample) and the winery are going for - which makes sense, since the winery was founded almost 100 years ago. Prosecco is produced in the Veneto region of Italy ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 23, 2010

    Chicago All the Way

    At BB's, get your hot dog dragged through the garden.

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Odd Pair: Chicken McNuggets and Riondo Pianello Rosso Veneto

    ​In the spirit of raunchy wine pairings, I chose the ultimate guilty pleasure to pair with a medium-bodied Italian red, and yep, if you haven't guessed yet (um, hello, it's in the title), it was the McNugget - with barbecue sauce, of course.

  • Dining

    May 3, 2007

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