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  WTI Magazine #23    2014 Mar, 28Author : Vino OK      Translation by: Alessandra Bitetti   The area of production of this Aglianico is a few miles east of Benevento, perched around the slopes of Mount Taburno, an isolated ground on the massive Campanian mountains formed in the Mesozoic. The entire area of Benevento was originally occupied by a...

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  WTI Magazine #77    2016 March 18Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com      Translation by:   Like many wine producing areas within Italy, grapes that were native to a region over the years were replaced with grape varieties that were more productive for winemakers. In Calabria, wines that were blended were always prefe...

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  WTI Magazine #82    2016 August 19Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com      Translation by:   As we all soak up the summer rays we can also dream of doing the same on the Italian Riveria. If you're not familiar with where exactly the Italian Riviera is, it's actually located in the region of Liguria in the top northwes...

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  WTI Magazine #25    2014 Apr, 11Author : Vino OK      Translation by:   Lombardy is a nationally unmatched area from the quantitative point of view of the production of wine. The Lombard wine can in fact rely on a large number of specialties, but among these only a few have managed, over the years, to get the DOC or DOCG label. The second cate...

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  WTI Magazine #75    2016 January 18Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com      Translation by:   Welcome to 2016! For the beginning of this new year we tackle some of the lesser discovered regions of Italy and they're all to the south starting with Basilicata. I've always appreciated all wines and of course I have some f...

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  WTI Magazine #85    2016 November 21Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com      Translation by:   I was excited to receive an invitation to taste through the wines of Lugana with the Lugana DOC Wine Consortium at the Boston stop on their US tour. I had the pleasure to meet with the President of the consortium, Luca Forme...

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  WTI Magazine #37    2014 July, 2Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin      Translation by:   This week I'm going to focus on the wines from Avellino in the Campania region of southwestern Italy. You may also know this area and coast by way of the Gulf of Napoli or one of my favorites, the stunning Amalfi Coast. If you haven't been I strongly recomm...

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  WTI Magazine #21    2014 Mar, 14Author : Vino OK      Translation by:   Located in the western part of Sicily, the wine area corresponding to the present Alcamo DOC name was introduced to the viticulture by Greek colonists who settled here at least seven centuries before the birth of Christ. Then with the Phoenicians and then the Romans, the p...

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  WTI Magazine #72    2015 November 13Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com      Translation by:   Variety is one of the reasons why I developed a huge love for the wines of Italy. Italy has hundreds of native indigenous varietals, plus international grapes as well. Of course, to the average consumer wine can be completel...

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  WTI Magazine #59    2015 May, 1Author : Jennifer Gentile Martin for www.vinotravelsitaly.com      Translation by:   I had received some samples from Prestige Wine Imports on the wines of Stemmari, amd I recently sampled one, 2012 Stemmari Dalila. It's a wine made of 80% grillo and 20 % viognier that is aged in French oak for 8 months. The wine...

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