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Alto Adige/Südtirol meet wine lover, wine lover meet Alto Adige (aka Südtirol). Now the two of you may not have ever met before or perhaps you just met in passing, but it’s about time you get to know each other better! That is why I am so excited to be writing this post. You see I love introducing you to new things. Now you may be saying, wait a minute, Alto Adige is not a new thing, and you would be right, but what is new is the newfound passion for producing fresh vibrant white wines and deep inky reds from both local and international varieties.

ChrisO takes a look at the 2008 Fontanafredda “Briccotonde” Barbera which heralds from the Piemonte region of northern Italy. Come see what $11.99 will buy you.

In episode #11 JonM “Wine Snob’s Everyman” joins ChrisO “Everyman’s Wine Snob”  on his daily commute through beautiful Los Carneros to get another drive time wine recommendation. This week it’s all about the 2006 Fogdog Chardonnay, from Freestone Winery, located on the Sonoma Coast, and the 2005 Masi Campofiorin, from Masi Agricola, located in Veneto [...]

In the northern Italian region of Piemonte in an area just south of Alba, some of the finest examples of Dolcetto are cultivated, these older vine Dolcetto enjoy similar ideal exposures and soils, and are cared for like noble Nebiollo grapes that give life to  Barolos or Barbarescos. Dolcetto produces wines which are soft, rounded, [...]