A young kid in a winery? Never thought I’d see it on the Hallmark Channel. Though UNCORKED is a generic romance movie, the background is wine. The male lead (Scott Elrod) is a chef and his parents (Jo Beth Williams and Elliott Gould) run a small Northern California winery. His very young son also helps [...]
Continue reading about Hallmark goes family-friendly with wine in ‘Uncorked’ March 6th
With Italy producing 30% of all the wine in the European Union, four of their top regions want to educate US consumers and buyers in a 3-year program beginning this spring. Could be fun. Four wine regions have banded together to educate us. One is the effervescent Prosecco which is skyrocketing in worldwide popularity as [...]
Continue reading about news from VINO2010: Prosecco, Brunello, Chianti, Montepulciano
Still trying to get my head around the wines of Puglia, where I spent several days last week. All sorts of great native grapes — negroamaro, primitivo, uva di troia, bombino bianco, malvasia, fiano — and some chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon. As with many emerging wine regions, Puglian winemakers are caught in a dilemma: should [...]
