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Showing posts with label Searching for the Real Prosecco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Searching for the Real Prosecco. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Valdobbiadene: The Spirit Center of Italy’s Wine World

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A million years ago, KPFK in Los Angeles aired a story about the Rolling Stone performer, Brian Jones, who found a tribe of master musici...
Sunday, April 29, 2018

Prosecco: What it is and what it isn’t

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O f the epiphanies I had at Vinitaly this year, one of them was over Prosecco. Watching the Prosecco phenomenon over the last 25 years ha...
Sunday, February 04, 2018

Prosecco’s Epic Fail in the New Italian Hotspots in America

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W hat has happened to Prosecco in America? Has it become but a mere commodity, aimed for a populist demographic, with the lowest price now...
Sunday, June 02, 2013

Three Outstanding Prosecco Producers to Seek Out

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O n this last trip to Italy I spent a week in the Conegliano/Valdobbiadene area , where the Prosecco Superiore DOCG comes from. Over a per...
Thursday, May 23, 2013

The Battle for Prosecco

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“I ’m a little upset with you over that blog post you wrote about Prosecco .” That was my introduction to Primo Franco, an iconic producer...
Monday, May 20, 2013

La Battaglia di Grandine - Severe Weather in Valdobbiadene

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Crazy weather day here in Italy in a Cartizze vineyard in the Veneto. I got caught in a hailstorm and torrential rain. Nothing like w...
Sunday, May 19, 2013

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Valdobbiadene

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“H ave you ever been to ‘osteria senza oste’ in Valdobbiadene?” my friend Paolo asked me by email last month. I didn’t have any idea what ...