Wine of the Week: Montepulciano D’Abruzzo from the Coste Di Brenta Winery
Ciao Tutti! This weekend we will taste a new wine to our collection, the Montepulciano D’Abruzzo ($14.50, 13.5% ABV) from the Coste Di Brenta winery in Lanciano, Abruzzo. The colorful abstract label pays tribute to Abruzzo’s unique geography of the Apennine Mountains, three national parks and over thirty nature reserves that cover over two thirds […]
Adkins Arboretum Mystery Monday: Guess the Photo!
Happy Mystery Monday! Can you guess what is pictured in photo #1? The answer to last week’s mystery is inkberry holly, Ilex glabra, pictured in photo #2. A hardy evergreen native to the eastern and southeastern United States, inkberry holly, Ilex glabra, is a familiar shrub across the Atlantic Coastal Plain. It thrives in a […]
Wine of the Week: Rosso del Veronese IGT
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and safe travels! This weekend at Italian Market we will welcome the annual return of another of my fave wines for fall, the Rosso del Veronese IGT ($35.75, 14% ABV) ) from the L’Arco Vivi di Luca Fedrigo, in the Valpolicella region of the Veneto. The winery is […]
Adkins Arboretum Mystery Monday: Guess the Photo!
Happy Mystery Monday! Can you guess what is pictured in photo #1? The answer to last week’s mystery is the river birch, Betula nigra, pictured in photo #2. Found across the eastern and central United States, the river birch, Betula nigra, is the southernmost of all native birches, and the only one that naturally […]
Wine(s) of the Week: Thanksgiving Trio 2025
Ciao Tutti! This is the weekend before Thanksgiving so once again at Piazza Italian Market, we will offer a trio of wines for your consideration to accompany your Thanksgiving feast. For a gathering wine that could also accompany your turkey and cranberry sauce, , we suggest the “Timido”( $14.50, 12 % ABV); from the Scarpetta […]
Adkins Arboretum Mystery Monday: Guess the Photo!
Happy Mystery Monday(ish!) Can you guess what is pictured in photo #1? The answer to last week’s mystery is New York Ironweed, Vernonia noveboracensis, pictured in photo #2. Standing tall in late Summer meadows, New York Ironweed, Vernonia noveboracensis, is one of the most striking native wildflowers of the Eastern Shore. Belonging to a genus […]
Wine of the Week: Langhe Nas-Cetta DOC “Anas-Cëtta”
Ciao Tutti! This weekend at Piazza Italian Market we will taste a white wine from the Langhe Nas-Cetta del Commune di Novello 2021 ($26.99, 12.5% ABV) from the Azienda Agricola Cogli l’Attimo in Novello, Piemonte. “Cogli L’Attimo” translates as “seize the moment”, which is a fitting phrase for how this wine has made its way […]
Adkins Arboretum Mystery Monday: Guess the Photo!
Happy Mystery Monday! Can you guess what is pictured in photo #1? The answer to last week’s mystery is greenbrier, smilax rotundifolia, pictured in photo #2. A familiar sight in the woods and hedgerows of the eastern United States, greenbrier, smilax rotundifolia — also called catbrier or brambles — is a tough, native […]
Adkins Arboretum Mystery Monday: Guess the Photo!
Happy Mystery Monday! Can you guess what is pictured in photo #1? The answer to last week’s mystery is the Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, pictured in photo #2. Virginia creeper is a fast growing, native climbing vine found throughout the eastern United States. While sometimes called five-leaf ivy, it isn’t an ivy at all: […]
Wine of the Week: Lintori Vermentino Di Sardegna Vendemmia 2024
Ciao Tutti! This Friday at Piazza Italian Market, we will taste the Lintori Vermentino Di Sardegna Vendemmia 2024 ($21.75, 13.5% ABV) from the Capichera Winery in the Gallura historic region of NE Sardinia. The bottle’s distinctive label shows a row of Granite “nuraghe”, ancient megalithic forms constructed between 1900 and 730 BC, in this region […]