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One of the newer Italian wineries, FEMAR VINI SRL, formed in the 1990s. They are in the Apulia region of Italy and will be attending VanWineFest 2024 to let us try their wines. They use an appassimento method where they dry the grapes. Other wineries pick the grapes and dry the grapes in bins/racks. FEMAR lets the grapes dry on…
Tomaresca is a winery named for the ancient seaside towers of Puglia and is trying to make the world notice and appreciate the quality of their wines. The winery works with the Antinori family which has over 625 years of winemaking experience in Italy. All of Tormaresca’s wines are crafted with 100% estate-grown fruit, which covers two estates. Grapes and…
Italy has been making a big push into Vancouver, and Canada, over the past few years. Over the past 2 weeks, there have been 3 different Italian wine delegations come to Vancouver to show us their wines. In some cases the wineries already have representation, but there are many other wineries that are looking for representation. So this article is…
Maybe you are not a fan of Italian Chianti Classico, Amarone or Prosecco? There are other regions of Italy such as Abruzzo, Emilia-Romagna, and Piedmont that offer wonderful wines. Piedmont in particular is well known for the Nebbiolo grape, which could be known as Italy’s heartbreak grape as the region is prone to fog (known as Nebbia in Italian) and…
Tre Bicchieri; The Best of the Best of Italian wines. The Tre Bicchieri World Tour recently came to Vancouver for us to experience their top rated Italian wines. This is only the second year this event has stopped in Canada, and only visits a few cities around the world each year, so we should be very proud to be selected…
