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Pazzia is “Crazy” in Italian – Primitivo di Manduria

January 6, 2012
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According to  my Italian flatmate, “pazzia” means crazy in Italian. I had her translate the back label of the 2008 Pazzia Luccarelli Old Vines Primitivo di Manduria because my Italian is not so pretty. According to the label, everyone thought that the producers were crazy to think they could coax any grapes from the poor, [...]

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Umberto Cesari – Sangiovese Riserva 2008

December 31, 2011
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Emilia-Romagna is not a wine producing region in Italy that is well known for turning out wines of quality but one producer believed in the area and founded his vineyards there over 40 years ago. Emilia-Romagna is not that far from Tuscany, situated to the north east of the area on the other side of [...]

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Best Red Wines For Making Rich Winter Risottos

January 17, 2011
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Rich, warm, robustly flavoured and wonderfully indulgent – risotto is possibly the ultimate winter comfort food. And when that risotto comes laced with an equally robust red wine, prepare to enter comfort food heaven. Many people associate risotto predominantly with white wine and it’s true that white often works best when you’re dealing with subtly [...]

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Aglianico and Pizza

October 12, 2010
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Just because you order a take away pizza, there’s no reason you shouldn’t have an enjoyable wine to go with it. And what better wine then an Italian wine. The Italians subscribe to the philosophy that food and wine are meant to go together. Pizza might be a considered a fast food but when you [...]

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