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Trader Joe’s – 12.99 under – Wine #1: Gewürztraminer

Trader Joe’s – 12.99 under – Wine #1: Gewürztraminer

by Mary Beth Vierra | Jan 5, 2021 | Wine Education, Wine Regions, Wine Reviews

Happy New Year! 🌟I hope you rang in 2021 safely, warmly and with a glass of something good in hand (even if it wasn’t until your favorite coffee at 8am!) TJ’s Wine Finds – Good Wines Priced at a Steal!   Trade Joe’s has a wine aisle teeming with (often)...
Italian grape discovery! Meet TIMORASSO

Italian grape discovery! Meet TIMORASSO

by Mary Beth Vierra | Oct 30, 2020 | Wine Education, Wine Regions, Wine Reviews

You like rare, undiscovered, phenomenal? Meet TIMORASSO Timorasso – the indigenous white grape born from the hills around the city of Tortona (the Colli Tortonesi DOC) in the southeastern-most corner of Piemonte, pushing like a thumb between the hills of Liguria...
A Stellar Read-Holland for Chardonnay Day

A Stellar Read-Holland for Chardonnay Day

by Mary Beth Vierra | May 21, 2020 | Wine Regions, Wine Reviews, Food & Wine

It’s Chardonnay Day! What are you enjoying? I’ve opened a gorgeous 2017 Read Holland Peter Martin Ray Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains.   Did you notice the vineyard prominently featured in the wine name? Does the vineyard matter when it comes to...
This Mt Etna White -Let’s Call it a “Grand Crus”

This Mt Etna White -Let’s Call it a “Grand Crus”

by Mary Beth Vierra | Apr 4, 2020 | Wine Regions, Wine Reviews

Benanti Pietramarina Etna Bianco Superiore 2013 If there were a grand crus white in Sicily, the Benanti Pietramarina would qualify. When friends give you this as a thank you — you know they appreciate you! 80 year old vines of Etna’s indigenous Carricante grape grow...
Muscadet – The Place, The Wine

Muscadet – The Place, The Wine

by Mary Beth Vierra | Feb 1, 2020 | Wine Education, Wine Regions

An Ideal Seafood Wine     Muscadet (a wine, named for the region where it’s grown) is produced from a single white grape called “Melon de Bourgogne.” and is grown near the mid-Atlantic coast of France, not far from the fresh seafood and famous...
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Let’s take a deep dive into the wines of Central Let’s take a deep dive into the wines of Central and Southern Italy (think Etna, Chianti, Campania…)! I’ll be teaching this truly master class series starting Monday 5/9. Want to become an Italian Wine Scholar, certified by the Wine Scholar Guild? After (passing) this series you’ll be halfway there! 

The fabulous San Francisco Wine School is offering this 7 week certificate series: “Italian Wine scholar - Unit 2: Central & South.” Discover the wines, stories, and terroir of the indigenous grapes and DOC/Gs of every region of central and south Italy while we taste the wines together. SFWS offers this series as hybrid classes (you can be in the Room OR via Zoom). 

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Enroll through the San Francisco Wine School (Programs > Region >Italy).

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Do you know the white wines of Lugana? They are ag Do you know the white wines of Lugana? They are age-worthy white wines from Lake Garda in northern Italy. They’ve been compared to the great whites of the Loire Valley of France. Why? Learn about Lugana and the unique Turbiana grape at the next VeroTalk I’ll be hosting for @verovinogusto -  May 11th at 3pm ET/ 12noon PT. We’ll talk and taste with the winemaker of Zamichele estate winery, live and direct from the shores of Lake Garda.

Get zoom registration details on VEROVINOGUSTO.COM and get the duo pack of wines today to taste with the winemaker!

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It’s Today, 12:00 noon Pacific! Love a white wine with acidity and minerality, yet a richer moothfeel and evolves with age? Get to know LUGANA- made from Italy’s noble white grape, Turbiana. Join me as I guest-host VeroVino’s next VeroTalk. Discover why Lugana should be your next go-to summer white wine and hear about the farming-with-nature practices of Cantina Zamichele winery. They’ll be coming to you live from their winery on the shores of Lake Garda, Italy. Go to Verovinogusto Facebook page for this Facebook Live. Wednesday, May 11, 12:00pm PT, 3:00pm ETlugana #luganalover #indigenousgrapesofitaly #turbiana #lagodigarda #farmingwithnature #virtualevent Sheila Donohue ... See MoreSee Less
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Meet one of Italy’s greatest white wines – LUGANA! Can’t get to Lake Garda? Join me online Wed., 5/11. I host a VeroTalk education and tasting with Alessandro Zamichele of CANTINA ZAMICHELE, live from the shores of Lake Garda. We’ll chat about the indigenous TURBIANA grape and the wines it produces–some of the most delicious, age-worthy yet crisp and mineral wines on the planet. We’ll also talk about his “unconditional respect for nature” farming practices (note beautiful critters on the label).Order your duo set of his Lugana wines to taste along with us at VeroVinoGusto.com. Register at Verovinogusto to be on the Zoom or simply join us on Facebook Live. I’ll be your host – Wednesday, May 11, 12:00pm PT, 3:00pm ET (9:00pm in Italia!) Enjoy Lugana wines any day, with fresh seafood next to a lake, With yummy soft cheeses, or let them age and save for your favorite friends. Verovinogusto Sheila Donohue #lugana #luganalover #indigenousgrapesofitaly #turbiana #lagodigarda #farmingwithnature ... See MoreSee Less
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