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? ...
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)
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
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 ...
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"
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
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
by intern Lila Wilmerding ... On March 17, the first vertical school garden in San Francisco was unveiled at Sanchez Elementary School in the Mission District. This vertical garden joins Sanchez’s existing traditional garden, which teachers have been integrating into their classes for the past couple of years ... The garden, originally cared for by a retired teacher, found support from Slow Food San Francisco and was visited by Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini in 2007. The program has
From Piemonte, dark and ominous with deep purple colors, heavily textured and looking unfiltered, but then revealing woodsy aromas with floral notes, especially violets. A bit of blackberry touches the palate with ripe plum and a hint of balsamic, nicely structured tannins, good finish ... Had this by the glass at the bar at In Vino in the East Village NYC until my friends arrived, after which we moved to a table and ... well that's another post ...