It seems as though I’ve spent the last month blogging about wines from the south of Italy. The truth is, there are so many nice wines that are reasonably priced and pair perfectly with our food. Planeta is one of the two powerhouses in Sicily, they have property dating back to the sixteen hundreds and [...]
Mario’s sons working the booth at Vin Italy Helen Gallo of Winebow and my daughter Vanessa Nestled at the base of Mount Vulture is a dynamic winery called Bisceglia. It was founded in 2001 by Mario Bisceglia, and designed by Japanese architect, Hikaru Mori along with Italian architect Domenico Santomauro. This state of the art [...]
One of my favorite wineries in Sicily is the Regaleali Estate. This estate is located in the central part of Sicily up in the mountainous region.
When I travel to Italy, my main focus is food and wine, I love to discover a new wine for Varano’s, one that is available in the United States and that fits into our format. I love driving through wine country and seeing all the vineyards, planted in perfect rows. The scenic vistas that vineyards [...]
Varano’s will be featuring this wine for the month of April, we are committed to finding wines that we feel offer value and quality to our customers.
Traveling south out of Florence, the SR 222 is a leisurely route through the heart of Tuscany.The views alone are worth the trip, especially as you enter into the Chianti Region. I traveled this route on my way to Rocca Delle Macie, we were visiting the winery for a tour and overnight stay. It happened [...]
My first trip to Italy was in October of 1995, my wife and I spent eleven days traveling around Tuscany and Piedmont with her parents. This trip was a little intimidating for me, my in-laws travel extensively and my mother in-law likes to plan her trips to the minutest detail. Since I planned the entire [...]
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