May 19 2013
2004 Trabucchi d’Illasi – ‘Amarone’ – Amarone della Valpolicella DOC As some of you might remember from my last blog post, Vino in Love’s blog anniversary was on May 14th. Of course, every anniversary needs to be celebrated with a proper wine. My choice was a 2004 Trabucchi d’Illasi Amarone. To regular readers of this …
May 06 2013
Exploring Italian Whites: Lugana Today we are going to talk about Lugana. Lugana is one of Italy’s oldest appellation for white (and sparkling) wine. The wine is produced predominately with 100% Trebbiano but up to 10% of other white grapes are permitted, as well. Over the last few years, Lugana has become increasingly popular. The …
Mar 27 2013
It is about time that I finally publish this wine review but I have been quite busy over the last months so excuse the delay! A sweet wine from the Veneto Northern Italy, especially the Veneto, is famous for many great red and white wines like Amarone della Valpolicella or Soave Classico. However, many high-quality …
Feb 16 2013
Outstanding sweet wine A few days ago, I tweeted that I was going to try Trabucchi d’Illasi’s Recioto di Soave (2006 vintage). I have previously reviewed quite a lot of wines from this Venetian winery, including their 2006 Amarone della Valpolicella (3 bicchieri Gambero Rosso). Trabucchi keeps impressing me over and over again. In my …
Feb 09 2013
Memories from a winery visit Almost two years ago, I visited the small city of Padua in Northern Italy. We stayed at a guest house located in the country side. Right next to where we stayed was a small winery and by small I really mean small. Of course I decided to visit them. Azienda …
