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GWL Day 6 - Matelica-Morro d'Alba (MARCHE) (119 km) |
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By Antonio Mauriello on
5/30/2004 4:51 PM
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 From Verdicchio to Lacrima di Morro d'Alba: in the land of 2 native upraising.
On Sunday May 30, every region in Italy hosted a popular yearly event called: "Cantine Aperte". Almost all producers, wineries, est ...
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GWL Day 5 - Staffoli to Matelica (50 km) |
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By Antonio Mauriello on
5/29/2004 5:35 PM
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 Looking for a white wine to age in your cellar? Try Verdicchio di Matelica!
Very cloudy and wet today...It rained all day. This was a shame because I took lots of scenic roads and mountain passes. At the highest pass, my GPS was reading 1,200 mt of altitud ...
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GWL Day 3 - Serrapetrona-Conero (MARCHE) (122 km) |
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By Antonio Mauriello on
5/27/2004 6:58 AM
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 A new promising DOCG in the wine region of Marche: Vernaccia di Serrapetrona.
A "take-it-easy" morning...!
I woke up at 9 am and hit the road at 10.00. After a short 10 km drive up to the mountain, I reached the first of the produ ...
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GWL Day 1, Roma Montefalco (UMBRIA) (231 km) |
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By Antonio Mauriello on
5/25/2004 6:54 AM
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 The king of the tannins: Sagrantino di Montefalco.
A nice 2-hour drive from my parent's home in Ostia (20 km from Rome on the Tirreno sea), brought me to the heart of Umbria. My first itinerary was "La strada del Sagrantino" ("The road of Sagrantino&qu ...
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The GWL 2004???? |
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By Antonio Mauriello on
5/25/2004 6:51 AM
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 Today, Tuesday May 25, 2004, I am beginning what I baptized "GWL". I must be a true North American now, since I like acronyms! GWL = Great Wine Loop.
During the next 6 weeks I will visit some regions of North and Center Italy without coming back to Rome. This journey will b ...
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3 days at Montalcino: the cradle of Brunello |
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By Antonio Mauriello on
5/13/2004 9:24 AM
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 There are things in life that are extremely difficult to explain: finding the right words as well as reproducing the experienced emotions are great challenges. This happens to me every time I want to talk to somebody and narrate about Tuscany. Hard work. You have to be there to understand ...
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Italy: A country of cellphones |
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By Antonio Mauriello on
5/12/2004 6:10 AM
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 Being in a public space is definitely different from what I remember 7 years ago. Sounds are different. People are different. They talk, talk, and talk. They communicate everywhere in the frenetic search for somebody to tell something to.
With the desperate n ...
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Are great Italian wines really expensive? |
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By Antonio Mauriello on
5/9/2004 1:51 AM
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 On May 9, 2004, more that 150 of the "Vini Intelligenti" were presented at the "Citta del Gusto" in Rome.
Guess: I HAD TO BE THERE!!!
"Vini Intelligenti" literally translates " ...
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Full immersion |
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By Antonio Mauriello on
5/4/2004 4:59 AM
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 After a few days of readaptation and relaxation at my
parents' apartment, I was ready to face the big
challenge: a full three morning-to-night day immersions in
the world known as Roman traffic!
I was very surprised for not having lost any of my
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A day at La Citta' del Gusto |
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By Antonio Mauriello on
5/1/2004 7:55 AM
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What a name! City of Taste!
An entire building devoted to food and wine!
I could certainly say that I wouldn't mind to live in
it...! It is my Disneyland....
It is a modern structure build in 1999 and it has 4
floors with a wine bar, a cooking school, bookstore
and the "Theatre of Kitchen": lla creme de la creme. It
is a big hall shaped like a theatre. On the stage,
wine and food classes are demonstrated are featured. ...
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Any Italian wine around here? |
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By Antonio Mauriello on
4/29/2004 6:39 AM
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Yes, wines in Italy are ... Italian.
By saying so, I mean that it is VERY difficult to find
a store with international wines. Italy DOES NOT
import wine. Which makes sense somehow, being the country with
biggest wine exportation.
HOWEVER...
For me it is strange, since now I
got used to the wonderful Canadian variety offered by
Vintages, the world's biggest importer of wine.
Talking about variety...I am lost in all the dif ...
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Ahhhh...espresso |
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By Antonio Mauriello on
4/27/2004 3:48 AM
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 The art of "creating" and "serving" a simple cup of coffee. Simple because... it is in the mind of each Italian when we first open our eyes in the morning.
The coffee mania is happening to me again after just a few days. My first morning thought goes to the bar ...
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