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#barbera2 streaming live!

On May 14, 2011 By Robbin Gheesling
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Please follow along this link to watch the tasting of 5 American and 5 Italian barbera wines.

 

barbera2 on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free
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Nebbiolo Prima: Day 4

On May 12, 2011 By Robbin Gheesling
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Day 4 of Nebbiolo Prima. I was hoping La Morra / Brunate and Monforte d’Alba would be showing better today but this vintage really isn’t making anyone excited.

More later…

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A brief hiatus…

On May 7, 2011 By Robbin Gheesling

Everyone here at Vineyard Adventures is traveling or changing houses all at the same time.

We’ll be back to regular posting here in about a week or so.

We do still seem to find time to tweet, so look us [...]

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The ABC’s of Campania Food & Wine: I

On May 2, 2011 By Diana Zahuranec
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I is for impepata di cozze:

Fresh seafood in Campania is an abundant treat that southern Italians are fortunate enough to enjoy daily. Cozze, or mussels, are part of the cornucopia of seafood that Italians call frutti di mare, or [...]

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The ABC’s of Campania Food & Wine: H

On April 25, 2011 By Diana Zahuranec
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H is for hazelnut:

Campania is Italy’s oldest hazelnut-growing region. From 3 BC, Ancient Romans have attested to its tasty crunch through frescoes of hazelnut trees uncovered in Herculaneum. Carbon dating of ancient tree samples reveal that today’s little brown [...]

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Food & Wine Word of the Week: Cerasuolo

On April 22, 2011 By Raelinn Doty
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Cerasuolo can be a sticky term in Italian wine as it has a few different uses.  In general it means "cherry red" in color and can be used to describe the overall color of any rosato (rosé) wine. However, it has some more specific applications as well.
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Frijenno Manganno – Antipasto e’ Fuia Fuia

On April 20, 2011 By Raelinn Doty
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We asked many of our native Italian friends for the meaning of fuia fuia in this context and got a few differing answers—some said it was “fast”, as in fast to make, some said “running away” as in they [...]

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The ABC’s of Campania Food & Wine: G

On April 18, 2011 By Diana Zahuranec
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G is for gragnano pasta:

Gragnano (grah-nyah-no) pasta IGP indicates a high-quality pasta from Gragnano, Campania, a city that has 500 solid years of traditional pasta production behind it. Gragnano is a city built for making pasta, with wide streets [...]

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Food & Wine Word of the Week: Negroni

On April 15, 2011 By Raelinn Doty
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Reportedly during the year 1919, the "Negroni" cocktail was invented when Camillo Luigi Manfredo Maria Negroni asked bartender Fosco Scarselli of Cafè Casoni to fortify his Americano with gin.
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Frijenno Magnanno – Pasta e Patate al Forno

On April 13, 2011 By Maria Winters DiMarco
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This chilly, wet spring day I choose this comfort food dish, full of gooey cheese, potato chunks and pasta with sauce. Prep time is very minimal; it doesn’t take much longer than bringing a pot of water to boil. While [...]

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The ABC’s of Campania Food & Wine: F

On April 11, 2011 By Diana Zahuranec
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ABC's of Campania Food & Wine. Eating & drinking through Campania one letter at a time: F is for friarielli, Falanghina
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Food & Wine Word of the Week: cavatappi

On April 8, 2011 By Robbin Gheesling
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This week we will kill two birds with one stone with cavatappi. Cavatappi is both a food word and a wine word.
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The ABC’s of Campania Food & Wine: E

On April 4, 2011 By Diana Zahuranec
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ABC's of Campania Food & Wine. Eating & drinking through Campania one letter at a time: E is for erba pulieo, Epomeo IGT
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Italian Food & Wine Word of the Week: Tomino di Melle

On April 1, 2011 By Raelinn Doty
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Nestled in the foothills of the Alps sits the tiny, sleepy village of Melle from whence this delightful cheese hails. Almost medieval in character, the tiny hill of San Maurizio just outside of Melle holds the treasured secret of Tumin dal Mel.
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Frijenno Magnanno – E maccarune d’o gravunare

On March 30, 2011 By Maria Winters DiMarco
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“Gaeta olive [gah-AY-tah]- Small, blackish Italian olive that’s either dry-cured, which produces dry, wrinkled, slightly brownish fruit, or cured in brine, which results in plumper fruit with a purplish cast. They are meaty and slightly tart to salty in flavor [...]

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The ABC’s of Campania Food & Wine: D

On March 28, 2011 By Diana Zahuranec
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ABC's of Campania Food & Wine. Eating & drinking through Campania one letter at a time: D is for ditaloni, De Conciliis (Bruno).
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Italian Food/Wine Word of the Day: Cinghiale

On March 25, 2011 By Raelinn Doty
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….Or as they spell it  in Campania— cignàle Cinghiale, the famed Italian wild boar (part of the Sus or pig genus) is normally seen sporting a dark brown to black bristly coat, rather pronounced tusks, sharp teeth and a bad attitude.  These wild [...]
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Frijenno Magnanno – What is sartù?

On March 23, 2011 By Robbin Gheesling

I had purchased all the ingredients to make the sartù on page 111 of Frijenno Magnanno when it happened, my usual change-of-season cold struck. I’ve been down for 3 days. Cold pills just make me feel worse anymore so I [...]

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The ABC’s of Campania Food & Wine: C

On March 21, 2011 By Diana Zahuranec
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C is for carciofo bianco:

The carciofo bianco, or white artichoke, is a regional specialty that is farmed in Campania in the areas of Caggiano, Auletta, Salvitelle, Valle del basso Tanagro, and Pertosa. It is most popular in the small [...]

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Italian Food/Wine Word of the Day: Aperitivo

On March 18, 2011 By Crystal Cun
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The aperitivo is an Italian institution which has fueled many festive evenings since its inception in Turin approximately 200 years ago. Since then, the practice has spread throughout Italy and inspired several neighboring countries to follow [...]

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Frijenno Magnanno – Bucatini alla Napoletana

On March 16, 2011 By Maria Winters DiMarco
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As I looked over the recipes from Frijenno Magnanno, my eye immediately went to “Bucatini alla napoletana,” and I knew right away that it would be the first recipe I’d try. Similar to spaghetti, this thick, hollow noodle ranks high [...]

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The ABC’s of Campania Food & Wine: B

On March 14, 2011 By Diana Zahuranec
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B is for babà rum: 

The sweet and yeasty dough of the babà rum cake is soaked in a syrup of lemon or orange juice and rum, and can be found in all of Campania. It is most popular [...]

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Italian Food/Wine Word of the Day: Porchetta

On March 11, 2011 By Crystal Cun
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Succulent and juicy with a layer of crisp crackling, it is impossible to resist the siren call of freshly roasted porchetta. Though the dish has since spread throughout the country, it originated from central Italy, where [...]

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Frijenno Magnanno – The Neapolitan Cookbook

On March 9, 2011 By Robbin Gheesling
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I once asked a Campanian chef which book I should pick up to learn Neapolitan cooking. His suggestion was Frijenno Magnanno. I’m not quite sure what I was looking for when at the bookstore, but I do know I passed [...]

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The ABC’s of Campania Food & Wine: A

On March 7, 2011 By Diana Zahuranec
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A is for annurca:

The apple has a distinct American identity, with Johnny Appleseed nearly as well-known as Santa Claus. Yet the Annurca apple is, indeed, a regional specialty of Campania that has nothing to do with America. I challenge [...]

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