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By Duane Pemberton Winery website: http://www.volpaia.com Chianti is still king in my house when it comes to picking a nearly-perfect wine to pair with pasta dishes – the acids they exhibit as well as complexity of flavors make them a no-brainer for the complex flavors to be found in many of today’s favorite Italian dishes. [...]

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By Duane Pemberton d’Alessandro, based in the Sicily area of Italy, is a relatively new winery that started in 2006 and is committed to producing high-quality wines at affordable prices, using the grapes of that region. I’m sure a lot of folks haven’t heard of either the Catarratto or Inzolia grapes – frankly, I hadn’t [...]

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Producer Roberto Felluga has a sense of passion and drive in the way he talks about his family’s long-standing (now in its fifth-generation) business.  His family’s winery produces two different brands under the same roof – Marco Felluga and Russiz Superiore and each one has its own distinct style. Here’s a map so you can [...]

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By Duane Pemberton Feudo di Santa Croce Malnera Negro Amaro Salento is a friggin mouthful no matter how you slice it – in fact, Leave it to the Italians to produce wines that are much more wordy than they need to be or should be for the American market; don’t they know that most of [...]

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Ruffino is a family-run, Italian winery that has been producing wines since 1877. It makes wines that cover the full gamut of pricing and quality. The baseline wine it makes are widely available and priced in such a way to help those on a budget get a quality wine. 2007 Orvieio Classico Price: $9 – [...]

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So I’ve been trying a lot of different wines lately and purposely trying to step away from my comfort zone of Washington Wines and have really started taking a more serious look at other countries for some alternatives and to taste the various regions in what they have to offer. For awhile I was caught [...]

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