Welcome to
VOLUME VIII,
NUMBER 7 of Wine News, the e-Letter from the WineCountry.IT network. (Would you
rather see the e-Letter on your favorite browser? Use
this link. Usa il link seguente se vuoi leggere
le News in italiano).
Many of you will read this while on vacation, especially those among our readers who live in Italy, where production and business in general come to an almost complete standstill in August, with a peak on ferragosto (August 15), as the Italian movie Pranzo di Ferragosto, which I reviewed last month, shows.
Here in California I keep busy publishing recipes on the re-designed Journals and Journeys web site. Check out the latest recipes published below.
We have expanded Journals and Journeys, added a wine section and launched the Italian Wine Club to make it easier for our US readers to pair the recipes published with the Italian wines that we suggest.
For a limited time we offer the opportunity to our e-Letter subscribers residing in the US the opportunity to order wines from our portfolio at a 50% discount, by signing up for the Italian Wine Club.
Without further delay I'll let you get to the articles below. Have a good summer and get ready for the upcoming harvest,
Loris Scagliarini, WineCountry.IT President |
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| Journals and Journeys Recipes |
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- Whole Wheat Tuna and Sage Spaghetti – July 21, 2010
- Boiled Garbanzos – July 19, 2010
- Marinated Garbanzos with Caraway Seeds – July 19, 2010
- Sauted Garbanzos – July 19, 2010
- Rainbow Vegetable Maccheroni al Pettine – July 17, 2010
- Brigit's Grilled Vegetable, Olive, Avocado, Tomato and Basil Salad – July 16, 2010
- Grilled Asparagus and Green Salad with Fresh Berries – July 16, 2010
- Scrambled Eggs with Cold Grilled Vegetables – July 16, 2010
- Tomato Bean Soup – July 15, 2010
- Two Bean, Lettuce, Tomato and Orange Salad – July 13, 2010
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| Professional Fair Bleu Wine Expo 2011 |
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 Registrations for the Professional Fair Blue Wine Expo 2011, which will take place in Marseille, France, on February 7 and 8, 2011, is open.
The Professional Fair Blue Wine Expo has enjoyed a growing success, with more than 500 visitors from various parts of the world in 2009. Next year the Expo will launch its third annual trade show featuring over 120 independent winemakers.
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| Lugano, Switzerland: Third Annual 'Mondial du Merlot' |
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 There are great expectations for the third annual competition Mondial du Merlot, which will take place again in Lugano, Switzerland, from November 12 to 14, 2010. In just three years this competition has obtained recognition at an international level. It has become one of the appointments on the world calendar of enological contests, generating wide interest among producers and consumers of this appreciated international wine variety.
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| Changes in the Visa Waiver Program to Streamline Travels to US for Italians and Participating Nations |
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 Department of Homeland Security
Secretary, Janet Napolitano, has announced
the elimination of the paper arrival/departure form (Form I-94W) for authorized travelers from
nations participating in the Visa
Waiver Program (VWP) –including
Italy– in order to streamline secure
travel for millions of visitors to the
United States every year by consolidating
the collection of traveler information
and enhancing security by
automatically providing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with
important passenger information
prior to departure.
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| Wine Guides: ViniBuoni d'Italia 2011 |
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 From the final competition, which will take place at the end of July, the best Italian native wines according to Vinibuoni d'Italia (Good Wines of Italy) and Touring Club Publisher will emerge. In addition to being presented in the wine guide Vinibuoni d'Italia 2011 (Good Wines of Italy 2011), the winning products will be awarded the top honor awarded by the jury –the Corona (Crown), and the Golden Star– along with a diploma, which will be delivered in November, during the Merano International Wine Festival & Gourmet 2010.
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| Osvaldo Baroncelli Re-elected President of the AIS Toscana |
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 The re-election took place at the end of the ordinary assembly of the association, held on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, at the Hotel Datini, in Prato.
Osvaldo Baroncelli was confirmed President of the Tuscan chapter of the Associazione Italiana Sommeliers (Italian Association of Sommeliers, or AIS) for the four-year-period 2010-2014.
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WineCountry.IT
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WineCountry.IT Producers |
The Commercial Farm and Country Inn Buccia Nera is a family run Tuscan estate with a long tradition, but with a young and innovative spirit, thanks to sisters, Alessia and Anastasia, who represent the family's younger generation, and took over the management in 2004.
The Tenuta di Campriano (Campriano Farm) was bought in the early 1900s, and since then vine and olive cultivation, as well as the production of wine and extra virgin olive oil, have been the at the center of the family's commercial business.
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This month we present one cheese produced in the Alps of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, Montasio DOP,
and a Piedmontese robiola produced with mixed cow and sheep milk, Murazzano DOP.
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