http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=LeviReiss Food and Drinks LeviReiss Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=107267&ca=Food+and+Drinks Once again, we are breaking into the series tasting wines from each of Italy’s twenty wine regions. This article examines a noble red wine from the island of Sicily in southern Italy. It is very far from a bargain wine. We were about a dozen to taste it. I’ll be presenting my opinions and those of o... Food and Drinks LeviReiss Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=117304&ca=Food+and+Drinks I recently finished a wine tour of Italy’s twenty administrative regions, briefly describing each region prior to tasting a representative wine with food, and at least one imported Italian cheese. I enjoyed the experience so much that I plan to repeat it, but only after doing something similar for F... Food and Drinks LeviReiss Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=122402&ca=Food+and+Drinks Did you ever wonder what the word Riserva on an Italian wine label means? Does it guarantee a fine wine? Can it still be a bargain? This short article will try to answer these questions, and review a Riserva wine that I recently tasted. The major and sometimes only difference between two Italian win... Food and Drinks LeviReiss Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=126950&ca=Food+and+Drinks This article reviews a fine, distinctive Italian red wine and its more pedestrian cousins. I look at several food pairings. Was it a bargain? I have a confession to make. I really thought that I had finished our series I Love Italian Wine and Food, and even wrote two articles drawing conclusions, on... Food and Drinks LeviReiss Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=108872&ca=Food+and+Drinks If you are looking for fine Italian wine and food, consider the Liguria region of northern Italy. You may find a bargain, and I hope that you’ll have fun on this fact-filled wine education tour. Liguria, also known as the Italian Riviera, is located in the northwest corner of Italy. It borders Franc... Food and Drinks LeviReiss Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=109427&ca=Food+and+Drinks This article treats one of the world’s most successful marketing campaigns – the French red wine that arrives just in time for Thanksgiving, Beaujolais Nouveau. At one minute past midnight on the third Thursday in November, this wine is released for sale. Talk about market share, in the next 24 hour... Food and Drinks LeviReiss Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=128701&ca=Food+and+Drinks This article will launch our new series, I Love German Wine and Food. You may be aware that we have written more than two dozen articles in our first series, I Love Italian Wine and Food. This series will continue this labor of love, but for German wine and food. Let’s start with a few statistics ab... Food and Drinks LeviReiss Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=127935&ca=Food+and+Drinks This article will launch our new series, I Love French Wine and Food. You may be aware that we have written over two dozen articles in our first series, I Love Italian Wine and Food. This series will continue this labor of love, but for French wine and food. While this article launches the French se... Food and Drinks LeviReiss Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=114543&ca=Food+and+Drinks If you are looking for fine Italian wine and food, consider the Aosta Valley region of northern Italy. You may find a bargain, and I hope that you’ll have fun on this fact-filled wine education tour. The Aosta Valley is a tiny corner of of northwestern Italy bordering on France and Switzerland. This... Food and Drinks LeviReiss Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=117138&ca=Food+and+Drinks I recently finished a wine tour of Italy’s twenty administrative regions, briefly describing each region prior to tasting a representative wine with food, and at least one imported Italian cheese. I enjoyed this experience so much that I plan to repeat it, but only after doing something similar for...