While I was up in the beautiful Trentino-Alto Adige region I had the opportunity to visit the Balter Winery located just outside of Rovereto in a small medieval castle 350 meters above sea level. Spectacular scenery from the vineyard with snow-capped Dolomiti in every direction, quite breathtaking to say the least. Now I’m quite the lover of all things bubbly, especially when it comes in the form of wine. I was enthusiastically VERY...

I have to confess that I’ve been in love with white wines from the Alto Adige region in northern Italy for some time.  When a good friend from Trentino invited me to go wine tasting there with him, I didn’t even hesitate.  I packed up the husband and dog and made the four hour trek to the beautiful region located just south of Austria in the midst of the Dolomiti where German is spoken as much as Italian. I had the absolute pleasure...

I had the pleasure of meeting Riccardo Talenti and tasting his newly released Brunellos at Benvenuto Brunello 2013. Besides being very charming and approachable (I’m talking about Riccardo!), I was very impressed with the new Talenti Brunello releases. Here’s the skinny: Talenti Brunello 2008 – Not a lot on the nose, but it was the beginning of the day and the bottle had just been opened.  In the mouth there was red fruits,...

The city of Copenhagen was host to a very special group, our very own Strada dei Vini Cortona on the the 1st and 2nd of March! The local newspaper Politiken spread the word and more than 1500 tickets were sold in advance for the two day event.  I think that probably at least a good 200o people attended.   The space was ultra modern with the theme being wine, Cortona products and tourism.  Of course most people were there for the wine. Not...

When art makes wine.  With a little sex thrown in. Soffocone di Vincigliata comes from Azienda Agricola Testamatta in the hills of Fiesole, just above Florence.  The owner, Bibi Graetz, of Italian/Norwegian descent, is an artist who only started making wine in the late 90’s with the help of winemaker Alberto Antonini who worked with him for four years using Graetz’s family land.  Antonini has worked with Antinori, Frescobaldi, E...