i vini dolci pugliesi: the sweet wines of puglia

01/31/2011  |  No Comments

My mouth water continued to water, but I couldn't seem to swallow fast enough. I looked over at Annarita, who had already bitten through her bottom lip and seemed content on swallowing her own chin. 'If the next speaker says anything other than, 'Mo' ragà, si scende!' ('Alright boys, let's head down') I'm going to kill him with my thumb', she said, her eyes scanning over the shoulders up to the podium, calculating, I think, how long she'd have before they'd pull her off. more

primitivo di manduria: gianfranco fino's es

primitivo di manduria: gianfranco fino’s es

04/22/2010  |  No Comments

That's what a good Primitivo di Manduria can offer, and Fino's is that, plus. At 16.5 percent alcohol, it's a marching bass drum of a wine, yet perfectly balanced between acids (not easy to do, as with the sun's heat, the acid tends to fall away rather quickly) and still youngish tannins (this, the 2007). more

Puglia. La Vera Burrata Andriese

Puglia. La Vera Burrata Andriese

01/18/2010  |  No Comments

Long before I more