I’m a big fan of Fruttato, but I’ve only tried a Sardinian one – don’t remember the brand. Here’s a Tuscan one: http://www.castellofoodcompany.com/castello/Our_shop/Extra_virgin_olive_oils

WINE PAIRING – MARCHESI, CASTELLO DI MONASTERO, CHIANTI CLASSICO, 2005 OR CORIANDER CRUSTED AHI TUNA PICKLED BEET SALAD / LEMON THYME VINAIGRETTE WINE PAIRING – SCARBOLO, PINOT GRIGIO, 2005 ENTREES ACCOMPANIED WITH PEA...

, Morellino di Scansano, etc. I don’t think this country grows the grape well. With Sangiovese values from Italy, and high production/land costs in California, it doesn’t make growing sense or financial sense for a...

destination seems too good to be true. If all this appeals you may want to check out a hotel called Hotel Plalzzo Viviani at Castello di Montegridolfo approx 30km NthEast of Urbino-haven’t stayed there but intend to (I...

. A more difficult proposal would be good wine under $10. My entries would be 2004 Falesco, Vitiano $7.89 (a Gambero Rosso 2 red glass winner); 2003 Banfi, Chianti Classico $9.99; 2001 Mazzocco, Zinfandel $8.25; 2003 Castello di...

in large measure of Italian ancestry and have close ties to many of my relatives in Italy in the north of the Provincia di Caserta, where in the surrounding coastal plains one of the last hand-made mozzarella di bufala concerns...

the 2007 Abbazia di Novacella, Kerner, Alto Adige ($18) also and both were excellent. http://www.wineloverspage.com/wineadvisor1/tswa060901.phtml

.00 Whites by the Bottle Pinot Grigio Pighin – Collio 1999 $28.00 Terre di Tufi Teruzzi e Puthod 1998 $24.00 Cervaro Antinori-Castello della Sala 1997 $39.00 Sauvignon Blanc Pepi...Napa Valley 1998 $22.00 Chardonnay Sonoma Cutrer-RR...

rice (carneroli is acceptible as substitution) 1/4 cup olive oil (as good as you can find, i.e. Badia Coltibuono, Castello di Ama, etc.) one sweet onion (Vidalia, Texas Sweet, etc.) finely chopped to equal one cup 1 1/2 cups...

....Vini which is at 3301 Di Castello. They carry a great selection of Veneto wines as well as other regions. We picked up a few bottles to drink while we were in Italy and wound up getting a few more to bring home.

of them was a '99 Leonetti Merlot, another was a '97 Moon Mountain Reserve, two Glass Mountain cabs (cheap but good), '97 Castello di Ama Chianti, '99 Estancia cab and an assortment of who knows what which included two bottles of...

” Mendocino County 2000 Morey-Coffinet “ les Chaumes” Chassagne-Montrachet (rouge) 2002 Dom. Richaud Cairanne Cotes du Rhone Villages ???? Cline Cotes de Oakley rosé 1994 Robert Biale “Aldo’s” Napa...

results. Neocork seems, in my experience, to be the best of them, but I would prefer a screw cap . . . . Cheers, Jason FWIW, it was from Castello di Volpaia! ;^)

Oh, I forgot a couple: —Maroilles —Winter Parmesan and Spring Parmesan from DiPalo in NYC

from O’Hare or Midway to Johnny’s. Sometimes I’ve even take a cab there AND back between flights. I wouldn’t do that in Philly. A note about cheesesteaks: most Philly places use bread from Amoroso's. It is...