Tag: Abruzzo

Center, Events, Italy, Wineries, Wineries in Italy

Italia Wine Experience, Abruzzo Edition: Showcasing the Region’s Superior Winemaking

Last June, the region of Abruzzo hosted the inaugural Italia Wine Experience, Abruzzo Edition. The event was dedicated in showcasing the food and wine products of Abruzzo, aiming to elevate the region’s profile and highlight its premium quality. The organizers, Veronica Laurenza and Saula Giusto, both highly trained in the wine sector, dedicated themselves to promoting the region’s 100% Made in Abruzzo viticulture and gastronomy. … Continue reading Italia Wine Experience, Abruzzo Edition: Showcasing the Region’s Superior Winemaking

Rowena Dumlao
Center, Wineries, Wineries in Italy

Let Me Introduce You to Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, Your Next Choice of Red Wine

As Italy’s wine landscape evolves, Abruzzo emerges as a dynamic force, garnering increasing recognition both nationally and internationally. This achievement is rooted in a storied past rich in tradition, driven by the historical renown of Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. Coupled with a modern development model that has flourished in the past decade, Abruzzo’s native vines have blossomed, yielding a diverse array of high-quality wines that reflect the … Continue reading Let Me Introduce You to Montepulciano d’Abruzzo, Your Next Choice of Red Wine

Rowena Dumlao
Center, Events, Italy, Wineries, Wineries in Italy

A Territory Between the Gran Sasso and the Adriatic Sea: 20 Years of Colline Teramane Montepulciano d’Abruzzo

In a small viticultural territory linked historically to vinification of grapes, between the Adriatic Sea and the mountain ranges of Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga, the Montepulciano grape has found the optimal terroir for its expressive identity with the distinctive denomination Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Colline Teramane DOCG. The year 2023 marked its 20th anniversary of being given the first denomination of controlled and guaranteed origin … Continue reading A Territory Between the Gran Sasso and the Adriatic Sea: 20 Years of Colline Teramane Montepulciano d’Abruzzo

Rowena Dumlao
Center, Wineries, Wineries in Italy

Oltremare: Piandimare’s Latest Wines Gear Towards Easy Drinkability

Piandimare is a cooperative born in 1986 in Villamagna in Abruzzo from the idea of a few farmers who were united in cultivating unique and special vines. In 2014, the small cooperative has grown into a group of seventy producers, renewed its oenological perspective and aimed for quality. Prior to that, the winery had been producing bulk wine for others and with the 2014 project, … Continue reading Oltremare: Piandimare’s Latest Wines Gear Towards Easy Drinkability

Rowena Dumlao
Center, Wineries, Wineries in Italy

Piandimare Winery: Pride in its Territorial and Varietal Identities

We are in Abruzzo, the central Italian region which borders the other regions, Lazio to the west, Marche to the north, Molise to the southeast and the Adriatic Sea to the east. It is interesting to know that it is known as the greenest region in Europe because almost half of its territory which includes the mountainous Gran Sasso d’Italia is left untouched as protected … Continue reading Piandimare Winery: Pride in its Territorial and Varietal Identities

Rowena Dumlao
Central Italy, Restaurants, Restaurants in Italy

Dining on Water Stilts at Trabocco Cungarele in Vasto, Italy

On a clear sunny day, the wooden rustic structures on stilts on the emerald water against a backdrop of the blue sky, paints a picture of a tropical island. A trabocco is an old fishing construction on wooden stilts along the coastline of the Adriatic Sea with earliest existence in the 18th century. It can be anchored to the rocks and jut out to the … Continue reading Dining on Water Stilts at Trabocco Cungarele in Vasto, Italy

Rowena Dumlao