italy

Top of the Popped: Cornelissen

12.01.2011
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Making their official West Coast debut….drum roll please….the wines of Frank Cornelissen!!! I’ve been waiting a while to get my hands on these and thanks to Amy Atwood us Cali peeps can finally enjoy these Mt. Etna anfora goodies. Please excuse the cellphone photos, they suck. When everybody on the block heard that Amy would [...]

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Pizza Vino

11.23.2011
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If you missed my Let’s Do class at Domaine LA last week, it was all about Italian wine and pizza pies. We talked regions, grapes and general food and wine pairing tips. Here are the wines I poured alongside some delicious Mozza pizza. I called them my Ultimate Pizza Wines. But really, only being able [...]

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Let’s Do…Italian Vino & Mozza Pizza!

11.06.2011
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I’m teaching another class with Let’s Do! This time it’s all Italian wines and pizza pies. The hips and the haps: Thursday, Nov. 17th. 7:00 – 8:30 pm at Domaine LA. $35 gets you your own pizza, tastes of 5 Italian wines and a bunch of edumacation. If you missed the first class, it was [...]

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The Crush: Episode 13!

10.18.2011
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Episode 13. Let’s do this! We’re chatting about weed wine, Gewurtztraminer that doesn’t suck, Lambrusco/how Pavarotti drank his, donkey meat, how to clean our wine stained teeth and why I was screaming at the top of my lungs in Griffith park the other night. We also announce our Never Drink Alone wine that we’ll (hopefully) [...]

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Movia Puro: The Sequel

10.12.2011

So, remember back like a year and a half ago when I was down in San Diego at Jayne’s Gastropub? Yeah- probably not. Well, I was there. And I got to witness my first Movia Puro disgorgement. It was exciting! Read that post to get a little background info on the wine if you aren’t [...]

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What’s for Sipper, Jon Erickson?

09.22.2011
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I first met Jon last year at the Barbera Meeting in Asti, Italy. My first thought: that is one handsome, seriously stylish dude. Second thought: Is he married? Kidding. Sort of. The answer to that question is YES. To a woman, whom is every bit as (or more) beautiful/stylish/talented, named Jayne Battle. And together they [...]

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Top of the Popped: Saetti Rosato

09.18.2011
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I’ve been on a Lambrusco kick lately. So sue me! This little ditty is Saetti‘s 2010 Rosato Lambrusco. We’ve had the straight up regular Lambrusco for some time now in the store and we’ve been coveting the label as have all our customers. THEN. We tasted this. And the “thread” on the “embroidered” label  was [...]

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For Your Reading Pleasure

09.15.2011
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I read stuff on the internet. Clearly you do too. ‘Cause you’re here. Right now. How about you come along and read this other stuff with me?  I promise it will entertain/educate in things of the edible/drinkable variety. That thing right up there? It’s what my beloved Garden & Gun magazine is calling the ultimate [...]

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Blackberry Chronicles: Sicilian Natties at Jayne’s

09.12.2011
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I was in San Diego over the weekend judging a wine competition. I had a few hours to play on Saturday afternoon and I just had to get to Jayne’s to visit and drink some good juice. Luckily there was a “Sicilian Natural Wine” tasting going down at the exact same time I could stop [...]

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The Ligurian Grape Express!

09.08.2011
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I was looking through my good old iPhoto and came across these pictures from the last time I was in Liguria. Cinque Terre to be exact. I don’t think I ever posted these pics or talked about the vineyards that I kind of accidentally walked through, so better late than never! That contraption right there [...]

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