This Sunday on the island of Sant’Erasmo will be no different than the first Sunday in October of any other year: it’s when the annual Festa del Mosto (grape must), is held. You’ll find a lot more than partially fermented grape juice at the day-long festival, however. There’s a market with local products along with…
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Celebrating the wines of La Tuscia
La Tuscia Viterbese refers to the area surrounding Viterbo where the Etruscans once reigned; today’s communities celebrate their regional DOC and IGT wines with Feste del Vino della Tuscia. They began in late July, but if you’re in the area you still have until the 16th of August to enjoy some of these interesting, and…
Calici di Stelle: Taste WInes as San Lorenzo’s Stars Fall
The Wine Tourism Movement of Italy and the Associazione Italian Sommeliers, or AIS, is holding an outdoor wine event this Monday, August 10, from 6 p.m. until 11 p.m. You’ll taste a variety of unusual whites, reds and dessert wines from the Tre Venezie (many of them native varieties), and if the weather holds, should offer…
USBWine: Révolutionnaire!
Found this on StudioCru’s blog, fabuleux (the comments are as entertaining as the video).
Nebbiolo on parade: High Piedmont wines at the Monaco
If you’re a wine enthusiast here enjoying the post-Carnevale off-season, you’re in luck: a tasting of the grand wines of the Alto Piemonte will be held at the Hotel Monaco on Sunday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. These wines are some of the most austere and renowned in Italy: DOCs of Boca,…
A Documentary Project of LivingVenice.org.
On a sunny day, watch schools of fish bob by the underwater webcam of the CNR sea tower in the high Adriatic.