Wine 101: Italy Part VI: Cosimo and the Rough Outline
In the mid-1500s, Florentine Duke Cosimo I wasn’t happy with the amount of power he had. He wanted more. Cosimo […]
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Wine 101: Greece Part I: The Minoans and Mycenae
We followed the grapevine from the Middle East to Egypt and the Mediterranean in our recently wrapped-up wine origin series.
Wine 101: Greece Part II: Homer and Dionysus
As we continue on our Greek wine journey, we begin to see how important the grapevine was to their culture.
Wine 101: Italy Part I: Sicily and Rome’s Surroundings
In the 3rd century, when Hannibal and his war elephants crossed the Alps and into Italy, his army was amazed
Wine 101: Italy Part V: The Beginnings of a Wine Region
In the early 14th century, Italians were the predominant merchants in Europe. Their vineyard plots were often sharecropped with olive
Wine 101: Italy Part II: Oligarchs and Maritime Republics
The Roman Empire’s wine industry was massive. As we travel through time, we see the grapevine spread throughout Italy in
Wine 101: Italy Part III: The Chianti Hills and an Etruscan Grape…?
In the film “The Silence of the Lambs,” serial killer and cannibal Hannibal Lecter states, “I ate his liver with
Wine 101: Italy Part IV: Warring Hamlets and the Gallo Nero
Even if you know just a little bit about Chianti, you’ve probably either seen a black rooster on a wine
Wine 101: Burgundy Part IV: The Burgundian State and a Ducal Decree
Wine has been produced in the Burgundian region since antiquity. Today, we enter a moment in the region’s history where
Wine 101: Burgundy Part III: Monks Among the Vines
When Burgundy entered the Carolingian dynasty under Charlemagne’s rule, it was a time of political stability, and allowed for a