Category Archives: Wine Education

Meet the Maker: Valtellina’s Nebbiolo – An Interview with Ar.Pe.Pe.’s Enologist

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Stefano

On previous posts, we have presented the Italian wine district of Valtellina and introduced one of the finest Valtellina wine producers, Ar.Pe.Pe. along with a tasting of their wines. On this post, which concludes our mini-series about Valtellina, you can … Continue reading →

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Meet the Maker: History and Wine Tasting of One of Valtellina’s Finest: Ar.Pe.Pe.

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Stefano

On our previous post, we have presented the Italian wine district of Valtellina, its territory, history, dominant grape variety and just briefly, its wines. Now is the time to focus on one of the finest producers of Valtellina wines, Ar.Pe.Pe. (pronounced “Ahr-Pay-Pay”). Ar.Pe.Pe.’s History … Continue reading →

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Meet the Maker: An Introduction to Valtellina’s Mountain Nebbiolo and Wines

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Stefano

After our post about Tenuta San Guido (the Bolgheri estate where Sassicaia is made) and our interview of Tenuta San Guido’s owner, Marchese Nicolo’ Incisa della Rocchetta, here come three new posts in our “Meet the Maker” series. This time around we move … Continue reading →

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Saint Emilion Chronicles #5: Saint Emilion and its Wine Appellations

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Stefano

Now, on previous posts we have talked about the town of Saint Emilion; one of its churches; Saint Emilion sweet treats (macarons and cannelés); and the place we stayed at during our Saint Emilion visit – it is about time that we start talking about wine. This post will provide … Continue reading →

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Meet the Maker: An Interview with “Mr Sassicaia”

Posted on October 17, 2013 by Stefano

On my previous post we talked about my visit to Tenuta San Guido (the estate where fabled Sassicaia is made) and my tasting of the latest available vintages of the estate’s wine lineup: Le Difese 2011, Guidalberto 2011 and Sassicaia 2010. … Continue reading →

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Meet the Maker: A New Column plus a Tasting of Sassicaia 2010 and Its Little Brothers

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Stefano

A New Column: Meet the Maker This post is going to be the first in a new column that I thought I would call Meet the Maker – this column will provide interviews with wine producers or other key players in … Continue reading →

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Wine App Review: Winery Passport

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Stefano

Last week, Scott, the developer of a brand new wine-related app, reached out to me to let me know about the roll out and to ask me whether I would download it and give it a spin and, if I liked … Continue reading →

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New Resource: The Grape Variety Archive

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Stefano

I would like to share with you all a pretty cool new wine-related resource that just recently went live on this blog and on Clicks & Corks: I am talking about a new page called Grape Variety Archive that combines … Continue reading →

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In the Name of the Grandfather: Wine Origins in the USA

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Stefano

This post finds its roots in a virtual conversation that I had a while ago with fellow blogger Suzanne from the cooking blog A Pug in the Kitchen in the comment section of my post about my participation in the … Continue reading →

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An Overview of the 2011 Vintage Port Tour, NYC, and the Basics About Port

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Stefano

Last week I felt inspired by reading Anatoli’s wonderful accounts of his recent trip to Portugal on his excellent wine blog, Talk-A-Vino. Beside telling us all about the restaurants he dined at, he of course shared plenty of information about … Continue reading →

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