Culinary Piedmont

Not Good Enough For Tripadvisor Readers?

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Published May 27, 2010 at 12:30 a.m.

In this, the third post on the subject of the 2010 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards, we come to the thorny subject of "Food & Wine" ... TripAdvisor readers have decided Piedmont's ... food and wine regions are ... not ... in the Top 10 destinations in their Travelers' Choice 2010 Best Destinations category of "Top 10 Food & Wine Destinations in Europe" . ... The Top 10 did include six Italian destinations such as Florence , Siena, Montepulciano, Sam Gimignano, Bologna, and Rome? ...

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Lake Maggiore at No.19

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Published May 26, 2010 at 12:30 a.m.

In this the second post on the 2010 TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards we find that TripAdvisor readers have decided that Piedmont's Lake Maggiore is one of the Top 25 destinations in their Traveler's Choice 2010 Best Destinations category of "Top 25 Destinations in Italy chosen by Europeans" ... The top five destinations included Siena, Venice, Florence , the Vatican and Rome ... Furthermore, they have voted that Isola Bella, Villa Pallavicino Park (Parco della Villa Pallavicino)

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1980 Soldera Case Basse Brunello Riserva, Montalcino, Italy

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Published May 24, 2010 at 1:23 a.m.

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When I was a kid, I read a lot of science fiction. On long plane flights I still occasionally pick up a book to read, and I still get a thrill from letting my imagination explore the fantastic possibilities of the future ... Perhaps it's a bit of a stretch as an analogy, but I get that same sort of thrill from exploring the world of wine. Every new wine offers an opportunity to discover and learn something new -- to recalibrate my own sense of possibility ... On occasion, in my curiosity-driven

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Arturo Bertona Monte Cinco Malbec 2005 Argentina

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Published May 14, 2010 at 6:42 a.m.

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The Bertona family migrated from Italy's Piedmont region in the late 1800's and now produce award winning Malbecs ... Impressive deep purple colors, a bit warmer around the edges and an opaque texture in the glass, with amazingly rich and focused vanilla aromas following, then encircled by a smoky ring ... Bold flavors reflecting dark chocolate with violets and mild spices, a good balance, then finishing long, clean and strong ...

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Tempranillo Advocates and Producers Tasting: June 5, San Francisco

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Published May 14, 2010 at 12:55 a.m.

Sometimes I feel like California vintners don't experiment enough ... While they may be trying a wide range of rootstocks, clonal material, yeast strains, trellising methods, barrel regimes, and the various other minor, yet important variables that can make for higher quality wine, far too few wineries are trying to grow different grape varieties from around the world ... That's a generalization, of course, and there are plenty of exceptions, but by and large most California winemakers stick to

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TravelGrove in Close Up

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Published May 13, 2010 at 10:12 a.m.

TravelGrove, the compare and save travel website, has asked us to take a close up view of their latest website, so let's take a look ... The message is clear, TravelGrove.com obviously wants to become the default, indispensable travel planning site. Travellers have the opportunity to compare prices and hopefully get the best deals available on major travel categories such as flights, hotels, car hire, cruises and vacations. Of particular interest to us here at "Casa Dolcetto: Italian Insights"

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Jasper Hill Winery, Heathcote, Australia: Current Releases

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Published May 6, 2010 at 5:02 p.m.

The best wines in the world all share at least one thing in common, and that is a winemaker who brings a unique combination of both vision and passion to their work ... At the age of thirty, winemaker Ron Laughton found himself managing the southern hemisphere's largest cheese factory, and with a total absence of passion for what he was doing. Having grown up on a farm and gotten degrees in chemistry and food science, Laughton worked all over the world for Kraft Foods before being headhunted by

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Alfredo Currado dies

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Published May 4, 2010 at 12:05 p.m.

Alfredo Currado, one of Piedmont's most beloved and respected winemakers, has died aged 78 ...

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Italy's regional specialities for the gourmet traveller

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Published April 30, 2010 at 6:13 p.m.

Italy has so many local delicacies it's hard to know where to start. Here are a few of the best trattorias, caffès and ice-cream parlours from a new foodie guidebook ... Market, Liguria ... San Remo is a familiar name, yet its charms are little known, and its mercato comunale is one of Italy's best. Walk through it and discover why the food of this region – pesto, wild mushrooms, splendid seafood – is so prized. Volpedo peaches, Albenga artichokes and basil from Prà are all gold

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World's 50 best restaurants 2010: the full list

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Published April 27, 2010 at 4:38 a.m.

San Pellegrino and Restaurant magazine's list of world's 50 best restaurants for 2010 ... Interactive: the world's 50 best restaurants 2010 ... 1. Noma ... Noma so perfectly encapsulates the current zeitgeist that it's easy to forget the part it has played in shaping current global restaurant trends. Local, seasonal ingredients? Check. A simpler, more informal style of dining? Check. A restaurant that's more connected to its local environment? Check. But to suggest that the genesis of Noma was

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