Diary of a Sommelier Student—Nose to the Glass…the Olfactory Examination

Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to participate in many wine tastings. Formal, informal, at an enoteca, wine fair, dinner, or lu...

Diary of a Sommelier Student -First Level End of Course Get Together at Roof and Sky

8 March, 2010-Hotel Ramada Naples . Back then, we were a group of about 60 strangers with one objective in mind…to increase our comprehensio...

Rosé Skies at Night---Terre del Principe presents their Roseto del Volture

Un cielo sereno ...that is what we were greeted with. The 40 or so wine lovers who came out on the 22nd of June to Roof in Sky in Bacoli. T...

Time Travelling Through Taurasi with Mastroberardino

It is not every day that one gets an opportunity like the one I had yesterday. The privilege to sit in on one of the most exclusive wine tas...

Una Serata a SUD--Quarto's Shining Southern Star

I walked into SUD Ristorante for the first time on April 29th around 9 pm ish. Almost a year after its grand opening on the 11th of May 200...

E' Arrivata la Primavera----Spring at Ciao Vino

I stopped by Ciao Vino in Varcaturo, as I usually do a few times a week to 'see what's up', and I was taken aback by the makeov...

Greg Osby at BAG-a Definite 'Must Do Again'

Hanging out with friends, listening to great music, and trying different wines was what Fabrizio Erbaggio had in mind when he helped put ...