Wine Tonite!

Arguably the two most well-known wine regions in Italy are Tuscany and Piedmont.  Tuscany is the home base of the popular Chianti and Chianti Classico while in Piedmont you’ll find Barolo, Barbaresco and Barbera among others.  Charlie, the owner of E. 48th Street Market was kind enough to keep his quaint little Italian bistro and [...]

A wine friend of mine, Jack, recommended this wine when we saw it pop up on one of those discount websites for almost half off normal price.  It’s the 2004 Brancaia Chianti Classico which I bought for only $20 (Jack, I saved you a bottle), but I have seen it upwards of $35 elsewhere.  This wine [...]

I just joined some friends of ours, who just happened to recently get married, at a wine tasting/food pairing.  The theme was Italian wines mostly from the Piedmont and Tuscany regions.  I want to tell you about 2 of the 7 wines we tasted in particular because of their “value.”  Both of these Italian reds [...]