Stories
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Favorite Wine Stores in NYC
Astor Wines Astor wines has a large selection, and you can find both Cavallotto and Vietti. What I like about Astor Wines is they don’t just have the Barolo’s, they have Barbera and Dolcetto, and also inexpensive white wine. Check out their website here. Moore Brother’s Wine Company Discovered completely by accident, this wonderful wine…
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DIY: Cork Key Chain
When visiting someone, I try to bring something. This time, I brought Key Chains for everybody. Easy and simple, yet a nice gesture. You can see how to make them here.
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Mangialonga 2013
Almost a year ago, I had the pleasure of participating in the Mangialonga. For those of you who don’t know, Mangialonga is basically a “walkathon” where you walk about 2km, while eating and drinking. Drinking a lot! EVERYONE is welcome (you have to buy a ticket of course), but last year dogs, and kids, and…
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Ettore ‘Sergio’ Germano
Ettore ‘Sergio’ Germano produces wine in Serralunga D’Alba in Piemonte, Italy. At a tasting this summer, I had the pleasure of tasting both his reds and his whites. My personal favorite was the Herzu riesling, a refreshing white wine that is a recurring one in Cantina Granveien, also know as my home. I don’t have…
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Vadio
Last semester my friend Julia and I popped open a bottle of Vadio Sparkling Wine. We also had Vadio red, 2009. Vadio is produced by her sister, Eduarda Dias. Vadio is from Bairrada, Portugal, and they produce white, red and sparkling. What’s interesting about this wine is that it is made with Baga, a grape…
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The Beginning
Summer 2011, I went to Cinque Terre, Italy, with my family. There I met Elio Altare, the winemaker behind Altare wines, and it was one of the most memorable moments in my life. Signor Altare showed me the love he has for his wine, and it sparked something in me. Interest, curiosity, passion, love; call…