From Faith: Italy’s award-winning producer, Benedetto Baracchi of Cortona will personally host a wine dinner July 8 at Grill 37 in Pomfret, Conn. The Baracchi family owns highly recognized hotels and restaurants in Northern Italy. Eight Baracchi wines are now sold throughout Connecticut, ranging in price from $22 to $59. (The local distributor is Cellar Fine […]
Wines
Red Wine for Grilled Beef and Lamb
The Livio Felluga vineyard in the Venice region of Italy makes a dazzling Pinot Grigio that is rich, subtle and fabulous with seafood, green pesto and for porch-drinking. Chris Prosperi and Alex Province join me in loving it. This time, Chris discovered Livio Felluga’s delicious red, called Vertigo, an affordable Bordeaux blend, 55 percent merlot […]
$15 & Under Wines Great White Sipper for Summer
It’s Italy in a glass, this white Luzano now available in Connecticut. It’s dry, full-bodied and is just great with appetizers, pasta, fish, and white meats. (We loved it with char grilled pork.) The Luzano is from the century-old Marotti Campi Family vineyard near Morro d’Alba, where the exceptionally fertile land is mostly dedicated to […]
Latest Great White Wine $15 & Under
If you see this 2013 French white wine on a restaurant wine list, order it, or drink it at home; it’s remarkably food-friendly and a delicious on-the-porch wine. At $15 and under at most wine stores, what a bargain! It’s called Parallel 45, and it’s made in the Cotes du Rhone region of France. It’s […]
Value: $15 Great Summer Red for Barbecue or Sangria
On the show we like this summer red for anything grilled, charred or slow-cooked, like beef, lamb, barbecue or brisket. That red is from France and it’s called Domaine le Clos des Lumieres, from the Cotes du Rhone region. Just say the name at your wine store, and be sure to tell them on the […]
Wine: Great Italian Reds at $15
Think grilled steak, burgers, chicken, duck or swordfish. Oven-roast them. Pan-fry them. The wonderful wines we’ve found for you are the real thing, as close to organic as you can find, and made from the vineyard’s grapes in the Puglia region of Italy, where the winds from two seas work their magic. The vineyard is […]
