Two years ago, My wife and I flew into Rome and rented a car and drove to Apulia. When I looked on mapquest to see how far a drive it was, I guess I didn’t really pay attention. I thought the ride was about five or six hours, it turned out to be about eight [...]
With the Euro and Italian wine rising like an Apollo rocket, restaurants are witnessing a decline in high-end wine sales. This is where savvy owners and consumers alike have to be creative and do their homework. We have had an unprecedented run of great vintages in Italian wines, typically in a great vintage, the difference [...]
One of my favorite places to visit in Italy, is Tuscany. I love driving through the countryside and taking pictures of all the vineyards, or stopping for lunch in a little medieval town. Tuscany is a timewarp, you feel the passion of the people. You sense what it was like before machinery was used for [...]
At Varano’s Italian Restaurant, we love to reward our customers, in May we ran a promotion for our rewards members, the prize being a private wine tasting for a customer and up to eleven friends. Elizabeth Seavey of Kennebunkport was the winner and she brought her husband and six of their friends for an evening [...]
I recently received a phone call from a friend of mine who imports Italian wine in Manhatten. He told me to purchase the 2000 Bertani Amarone. Bertani feels this could be even better than the 1990 Amarone, which was outstanding. You don’t have to tell me twice, I absolutely love Amarone, as a matter of [...]
It’s hard to believe Memorial Day has come and gone, the weather was great and the tourists roared into Wells. I do believe the season has officially arrived. Like every year, this is when I love to expand the winelist. The dust has settled from Vin Italy and there are enough people around to add [...]
I recently returned from Verona, where I attended Vinitaly for five days. Vinitaly is one of the largest wine shows in the world featuring approximately 4,400 wineries and about 100,000 different Italian wines. The show is located in an industrial complex spread out over eighteen different warehouses. Each warehouse is dedicated to a particular region [...]
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