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Behind the Vines

Archive for the ‘Italian wine’ Category

July 2nd, 2008

Bringing It Home, Italian Style

Last week I posted about the ricotta cheese I made from scratch.  My fellow b5 blogger, Marye, made hers another way.  Cheese however you can find it, I used mine to create my first-ever lasagna, along with a quick version of my nana’s tomato sauce and her famous meatballs on the side. Of course, I couldn’t leave out the […]

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February 13th, 2008

Wine Blogging Wednesday 42: Just Seven Words

2004 Avignonesi Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

where family pride and good wine meet
  
(Wine Blogging Wednesday 42: Just Seven Words, hosted by Andrew at Spittoon)
Tags: 2004 Avignonesi Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Just Seven Words, Wine Blogging Wednesday 42Share This

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January 16th, 2008

Wine Blogging Wednesday 41: Friuli-Venezia Giulia

This month’s Wine Blogging Wednesday finds us travelling to Italy, where I’d love to revisit some time for more than just a day. (Granted, it was a day in Venice and amazing to a 16 year old who’d never been anywhere, but I need to get back, especially with my no longer picky palate.) This […]

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January 8th, 2008

Italian Wine, Italian Wine Book

Now that we’ve established the Wine Book Club, let’s get down to the details:
The book—Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy by Joseph Bastianich and David Lynch.
Who’s hosting—David McDuff from McDuff’s Food and Wine Trail
The deadline for your book report—Tuesday, February 26
Remember, we have more time than we do for Wine Blogging Wednesday!
Oh, and by […]

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October 1st, 2007

Italian Food and Wine: Rosso di Montepulciano

This is another bottle that was meant to be for a tasting group that never happened. We had set the theme as Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, but I had gotten the ok to go with the second tier, less-expensive level: Rosso di Montelpulciano. Both wines are made from the Sangiovese grape, to some extent, in […]

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