Tag Archives: amarone

Secco Bertani

Secco Bertani

I’ve had the distinct pleasure of visiting Bertani during Vin Italy. I am familiar with most of their portfolio and love their Amarone Classico, a wine that takes six years from harvest to release. Bertani still makes their wine in the traditional style; their entire philosophy is based on quality and timeless techniques that have [...]

Bordeaux in the Veneto?

Every year I attend Vin Italy, I get excited and come back and share my experiences with my family and friends. There is one experience I’ve never written about and I feel bad I’ve never shared this with everyone. Most wineries in the Veneto region are known for their Valpolicella and Amarone. There is one [...]

Why I love going to Vin Italy

Every spring I take the Pilgrimage to Verona for Vin Italy. A five day Wine Fair for the Industry that features over forty-three hundred wineries pouring over one hundred thousand different wines. The fair is a complete test of will, the temptation to want to taste everything in sight is almost overwhelming. I have to [...]

A Great Familiar Face

Sometimes we spend so much time searching for that new idea, we tend to have blinders on and we miss golden opportunities right in front of us. I spend a tremendous amount of time researching Italian Wines, I travel to wine shows and am always searching for that new wine to use as our wine [...]

Mr. Varano Says:

Mr. Varano says: I know this is a wine blog, and I sure don’t want to write about politics. We live in a world where it’s hard to decide what’s real and what isn’t. Politicians pander and shout rhetoric at us, the media bombards us with half truths. As consumers, our job is to wade [...]