Rioja vs Rioja - via: Inside Rioja

  How would you feel if you bought a porcelain tea set from Limoges only to discover that it was made in Limoges, Mississippi, not in France? Or a crystal vase from Waterford, Michigan instead of Waterford in Ireland?  Disappointed, right? You wanted the real thing but were duped by

Shaw Vineyard 2008 Riesling - via: Der Kellermeister

Aldo Conterno, remembrances and my visit to Bussia - via: Do Bianchi

Above: One of Barolo’s most beloved winemakers and last defenders of its historic identity Aldo Conterno has died at 81 (photo via La Stampa). Myriad English-language tributes to the great Barolista Aldo Conterno have appeared in the enoblogosphere between yesterday and today since news of his passing first broke: Walter

Brunello, for better or worse (or how I learned to love the fruit bomb) - via: Do Bianchi

Above: I recently asked legendary Tuscan enologist Carlo Ferrini (and historic consultant at Casanova di Neri) what he considered his great contribution to Italian wine. “I took the traditional role of the Tuscan enologist from the cellar to the vineyard,” he told me. My brother-in-arms and close friend flying winemaker

Champagne Wine Toast - via: 50 States of Wine

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Ravines 2011 Dry Riesling - via: Der Kellermeister

A treatise on tannins @EatingOurWords - via: Do Bianchi

This 1974 Produttori del Barbaresco classic Barbaresco came from the personal cellar of my friend Levi Dalton, one of the sommeliers I admire most. Have you ever been to a wine tasting or dinner party and heard some blowhard try to befuddle and belittle an enthusiastic however neophyte wine lover

A second earthquake devastates Emilia (remembering the Emilian Renaissance) - via: Do Bianchi

Above: The Duomo in Mirandola had withstood the earthquake of May 20 but crumbled this morning in a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. Photo by Cris Provenzano via Instagram. According to the reports I’ve been seeing this morning in the Italian news feed, there were at least 39 tremors in the region

Tuesday Tasting: Cantine Aurora Dolce Stilnovo - via: 50 States of Wine

Cantine Aurora Tortona Dolce Stilnovo Rosso N/V $14.99 Made of Freisa Dolce, Moscato Nero, and Malvasia Nera grapes, this wine is a bright red color. Strawberries and raspberries on the nose. Quite sweet with good acidity,creamy mouthfeel and slightly effervescent. A great base for sangria I think! Would you like

Happy Memorial Day! - via: 50 States of Wine

"They fell, but o'er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save." -- Francis Marion Crawford Today, on Memorial Day, raise a glass to those who died so we can enjoy our every freedom. Like 50 States Of Wine on Facebook Follow 50