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After attending the Valpolicella Masterclass, there was a walkabout tasting from these wineries where they offered different wines to enjoy. In the Masterclass there were only Valpolicella DOC and Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG wines to taste. As there were no Valpolicella Ripasso DOC in the Masterclass, I decided for the walkabout tasting that I would taste only these wines. Valpolicella…
As I mentioned in my previous article on my top rated white, sparkling, and fortified wines for 2017, there were so many excellent wines that I tasted this year. As I review the red wines that I’ve listed below, there are many wines from Italy, in part due to the many visits by Italian wineries to Vancouver this year. From…
We have heard about fusion cuisine; mixing elements of French dishes with Mexican spices, for example. But have you considered fusion also as the pairing of cuisine from one region with the wine from another region? Recently I and a few other wine and food writers sampled the pairing of Japanese food from Miku Restaurant in Vancouver, with Valpolicella and…
What Are Valpolicella Wines? Canada loves Valpolicella wines. We import 34% of the Valpolicella DOC and 18% of Valpolicella Ripasso DOC according to the Consorzio. According to the Consorzio per la Tutela dei Vini Valpolicella, “Valpolicella is the top red PDO wine in the Veneto region and amongst the most important in Italy. On a regional level, it comes second…
