Bertani just celebrated their 150th anniversary and in that time they have become well known as top producers of Valpolicella, Amarone, and Recioto.  These well known wines from the Veneto region of northeast Italy are …

Friuli is a small region (less than the size of Connecticut) located in Northeast Italy bordered by the Alps (separate from Austria), Slovenia to the east and the Veneto to the West. The …

Primitivo is what we in the US know as Zinfandel.  Though they are the same primary grape, there is much difference in the styles of the wine.  This 2006 Amano Primitivo is a great …

Over the last 12 years, Italy (and more specifically, Tuscany) has had their share of good to great vintages. For the most part, the weather has been good and with advances in wine …

For those of you who frequent foodandwineblog.com, it’s no secret that my most beloved wine region in the world surrounds the the small hillside town in central Tuscany of Montalcino. Built around a …

One thing I often recommend to people getting into wine from around the world is to find a few great importers and focus on their wines. A good wine importer will have high …

Over the next few days I’ll be posting my notes for my top wines of the year.  I figure to get things started we’ll begin with my favorite wines from my favorite wine and food …

Foodandwineblog.com: Michael Mohammadi and Greg Bissonette explore 5 wines from Italy at Baltimore’s Sotto Sopra Restaurant!

Today’s episode from Foodandwineblog.com brings us a very relaxed tasting with Michael Mohammadi featuring an incredible Barolo from the 1998 Vintage!

As many of you may know, I’m helping a restaurant rebuild their wine program from the ground up. This has involved tasting over a 1000 wines in the last 8 weeks (many more notes to …