I think I was inspired by March Madness. College basketball at this time of year is impossible to ignore, especially because my Alma mater ( Michigan State) is a regular contender. Except this year!!! I was thinking to myself there are so many wines from just Etna alone how can we figure out our favorites? […]
Dan Marino? We have been impressed with Donnafugata wines, so we thought we would give this one a shot and sure enough it was good as well. I made some chicken piccata using the wine. Also had most of the bottle left over for dinner and it was great white for the dish. Light but […]
Banfi redeemed itself after our last Banfi wine that fell into the mini donkey realm. This Chianti Classico is exactly that, with a very good dry Chianti taste. $9.99 per bottle. Not exactly a Ferrari find, but good. Rating: Vespa
I picked up this wine as a recommendation from my Italian friend, Mario. We weren’t expecting too much in that it was only €3.75, but it surprised us in a good way. Had a lot more flavor than we were expecting. The grape is a Primitivo, which is somewhat synonymous with Zinfandel. Most Primitivo is […]
