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Amarone DOCG? |
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By Antonio on
4/9/2006 4:01 AM
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My friend Natale would say: ‘Finally!!!’…
 I had a long conversations with the managers at the
‘Consorzio di tutela della Valpolicella’ (the ‘Consorzi di tutela’ are the
offices whom purpose is the to protect the brands and stamps from misuses and
frauds).
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Finita!!! |
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By Antonio on
4/6/2006 7:34 AM
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 Pffeew! I believe I have made it to the last day of Vinitaly.
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Amare l’amaro Amarone |
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By Antonio on
4/5/2006 5:37 AM
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Three Days in Valpolicella
The Italian title literally means ‘To love the bitter Amarone’. To be precise, I would personally say ‘Amare il Dolce Amarone’ meaning ‘To love the sweet Amarone’ not because Amarone has any sugar content but because it is a very ‘romantic drink’!
Let's start at the beginning:
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Una notte di stelle |
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By Antonio on
4/3/2006 6:00 AM
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Montreal-Frankfurt. A 7 hour 55 minute flight. One of the smoothest flights I have ever taken over the Atlantic.
As usual, the sequence of events on board went something like this: take-off, reading, dinner, movie, sleep, breakfast, landing. So far, nothing exceptional. The only problem is that the ‘sleep’ part never took place! Thank God, the night went fast because I was travelling West: I saw the sunset, and the sunrise was already on the horizon just after a few hours. And I was never able to s ...
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