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| Url: | http://acevola.blogspot.com/ |
| Author(s): | Facebook User |
| Language: | English |
| Tags: | Wine, Italy |
| Description: | Following the trail of the vine as it winds through Italy and beyond. Not just about wine, but the passion the grape inspires, the roots it sinks into culture, family and time, and the way change affects us all...posting every Sunday, Wednesday & Friday |
| Ratings |  (8 Ratings) |
| Popularity: | 45 Followers |
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Christmas Miracles and Mythical Traditions
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“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given" Leo's First ChristmasThis little guy, who looks strikingly like his handsome dad, Giulio |
2009-12-24
The Mark of Zaia
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It has been one busy year for Luca Zaia’s Italy. From his power chair on the deck of the Italian Titanic, he has attempted to banish pineapples |
2009-12-20
The Bottle Handler, the Broker & the Bureaucrat
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There are few characters in the Italian wine business that merit this trilogism. Sure enough there will be those folks who think this is about someone they know or even themselves. I will only say ...more |
2009-12-17
The Epiphany before Christmas
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Or, It's going to take more than a traffic cone to sort this mess outLast night we opened up a bunch of wine. Some of it good, some that had seen better days. Some wines aged well, some didn’t. I’m...more |
2009-12-13
On a Hot Streak During a Cold Snap
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I must be crazy.Wednesday morning I awoke to sub-freezing temperatures. My Hoja Santa long past giving up the ghost, I set out to check on my arugula and radicchio plantation. The radicchio h |
2009-12-10
Sombudsman, Wine Cougars & Straddle Baggers
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The O-N-D ChroniclesSombudsmanI got an email from my buddy, the Big Guy, early Saturday morning. “Enjoyed our lunch together. I’ve been thinking about the Blue Sky.” I had no recollection of what h...more |
2009-12-06
The Guile of the Private Label
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A cautionary tale, jettisoned from the vacuum of commerceBack in the early 1980’s I decided to make wine. It started out as a way to identify with the winemaker and their task. I was fortunate and ...more |
2009-12-05
One upon a time (again) in America
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One never knows what a day will bring on the wine trail. Yesterday started out with a snow flurry in the morning followed by a lunch with my wine men's group in a local restaurant. The food was goo...more |
2009-12-03
The Newest Best Italian DOCG list? (now up to 48 and counting)
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Revised Dec 1, 2009In my research, it has been all but impossible to pinpoint the complete list of Italian DOCG wines. Recently, I have been able to find seven more, the newest, “Amarone della Valp...more |
2009-12-01
The Good Mentor: On Wine Buying
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A few years ago, one of my wine mentors passed away, leaving me with a pile of wine books with notes placed inside them. Every once in a while I come upon one; they are like my continuing education...more |
2009-11-29
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