http://www.hinsdalecellars.com/vintelligence Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:41:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.hinsdalecellars.com/vintelligence/benvenuto-stories-from-small-vineyards-in-italy/ http://www.hinsdalecellars.com/vintelligence/benvenuto-stories-from-small-vineyards-in-italy/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:05:36 +0000 Sean http://www.hinsdalecellars.com/vintelligence/?p=543 My recent trip to Italy was largely restricted to Roma, which is located in the region of Lazio. The professor shepherding my small group of students suggested we taste mostly Lazio wines, preaching that the difference between a tourist and a traveler is an interest in what their immediate surroundings offer. Tourists would insist on only trying wines from the regions their guide book declared to be the best, while true travelers would immerse themselves in the wines from Lazio, suppressing the urge to drink strictly those from Toscana and Piemonte. Tourist is a detestable name anywhere, and so to avoid being labeled one I stuck with Lazio. They tasted fantastic to my young palate, but nothing like the portfolio Small Vineyards presented yesterday.

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