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Tasting with Giuseppe Vajra of G.D. Vajra

Posted on November 10, 2009 by vcuspoon

Today I had the opportunity to meet Giuseppe Vajra from the winery G.D. Vajra in Piedmont, Italy. I have been a fan of Vajra wines for sometime so it was a great experience to meet Giuseppe today. For whatever reason, I find it intoxicating when Italian’s speak of their wines, more so than any other [...]

Categories: barolo, piemonte, wine tasting | Tags: , , | 2 Comments

Wine Blogging Wednesday #54: A passion for Piedmont

Posted on February 18, 2009 by vcuspoon

Welcome to Wine Blogging Wednesday #54: A passion for Piedmont whose host is David McDuff of McDuff’s Food & Wine Trail. Well of course I am totally stoked as Piedmont or Piemonte is one of my favorite wine regions to sip wines from as well as one of my favorites to visit. The rules for [...]

Categories: $10-$20, barbera, piemonte, Wine Blogging Wednesday, wine review | Tags: , , | 3 Comments

Tons of Tastings Around Richmond

Posted on May 12, 2008 by vcuspoon

The next couple of weeks we have some big tastings going on around the Richmond area in addition to the regular Friday and Saturday tastings at the local wine shops. Thursday May 15th at the Barrel Thief Barrel Thief is proud to host Alberto Di Gresy, owner and winemaker of Tenute Cisa Asinari Dei Marchesi [...]

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Wine Blogging Wednesday #42 – Just Seven Words

Posted on February 13, 2008 by vcuspoon

This months WBW is brought to us by Andrew Barrow over at Spitoon. Andrew asks us to pick an Italian red wine and describe it in just SEVEN words.  HOW COOL! Wine – 2003 Damilano Lecinquevigne Barolo Grape – 100% Nebbiolo Region – Barolo – Piemonte, Italy Price – $35 Retail, we paid $58 at [...]

Categories: barolo, piemonte, Wine Blogging Wednesday, wine review | 5 Comments

Chardonnay from Unlikely Places

Posted on February 8, 2008 by vcuspoon

Since tonight is the Chardonnay tasting at the Wine Cellar I thought I would write about a Chardonnay that Megan and I had recently from an unlikely place.  This summer when were in Piemonte Italy one of the wineries we visited was Rizzi (click here for the post and info on Rizzi), and one of [...]

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Tasting Wine in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy

Posted on August 7, 2007 by vcuspoon

Tasting Wine in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy In late June, Megan and I went to northern Italy for her sister’s wedding in Valenza, and we could not pass up a chance to do some wine tasting while we were there! We stayed at a bed and breakfast in the small town of Sinio [...]

Categories: piemonte | Tags: , , , | 2 Comments
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