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30-Minute Meal of Pan-Roasted Chicken with Mushrooms and Polenta
Summer is meant for enjoying the outdoors. After a long Monday at work, my wife and I went for a nice stroll along the Hudson River to just relax post work and end up at a restaurant in Tribeca—that...
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Expert Picks: Palari and…Palari!
If you’re an adventurous taster and looking to explore Italian wine outside of star regions like Piedmont and Tuscany, Sicily is a phenomenal place to start. Over the last decade or so, Sicily has...
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Expert Picks: Graci and Castello dei Rampolla
From the rolling hills of Chianti to the volcanoes of Sicily, Italian terroir is extremely diverse, and there is nothing better then tasting the identity of each terroir in a glass of wine. Today I am...
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Go-To-Wine Tuesday: Graci 2012 Etna Rosso
I thought I knew about wines when I first started working at Italian Wine Merchants. Even as an engineering student at Florida International University, I was greatly interested in wine. Contrary to my...
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Go-To-Wine Tuesday: Valle dell’Acate 2013 Il Frappato Vittoria
It has been brutally cold this winter, and like everyone else, I’m eagerly anticipating spring. But rather than whine about the cold I figured I would check my fridge and see what I need to stock for...
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Go-to-Wine Tuesday: Valle dell’Acate Il Frappato Vittoria 2013
In the West End neighborhood of Vancouver, BC, there is a small hole-in-the-wall restaurant—maybe 15 tables, a bar, a pizza oven, a stovetop, and a fryer converted to boil water. They don’t take...
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Inside IWM, April 27-30, 2015: People who Drink Wine with People
We began the week with a blog post of Italy travel tips, and we closed with an Italian who traveled to us–Nicola Chionetti, heir apparent at the Quinto Chionetti estate in Piemonte. Matt Di Nunzio sat...
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Go-To-Wine Tuesday: Valle Dell’Acate 2014 Il Frappato Vittoria
One wine that I’ve always enjoyed is the Valle dell’Acate Il Frappato Vittoria. I had a bottle of the 2014 that I had not tasted yet, so I thought I would open it. I love Frappato, an indigenous...
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Expert Picks: Valle dell’Acate and Venturini
It’s November and you would think that it is fall wine drinking season—that there would be cold weather, crisp air and perhaps the occasion to light a fire in your home if you have such a luxury. But...
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Go-To-Wine Tuesday: Valle dell’Acate 2014 Frappato Vittoria
It was great to enjoy beautiful weather last weekend after being caged indoors from the blizzard the week before. The unseasonable warmth put me in a mood for something inexpensive, fruity, and good...
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