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Kirsten Georgi, DipWSET, CSW

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Tag: Italy

Riunite Isn’t That Nice . . . But Lambrusco Is

June 22, 2020 Kirsten Georgi

Yesterday was World Lambrusco Day. Honestly, there are so many of these “drinking holidays”, most of the time I learn about them by social media

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The Fiasco of Chianti

January 29, 2020 Kirsten Georgi

When I was young, my parents were super fond of an Italian restaurant in Washington, DC called Luigis. The restaurant opened in 1943 and closed

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Building a Castle of Love

October 30, 2016 Kirsten Georgi

Medieval castles don’t exactly dot the landscape in Napa Valley, so when you see one, it tends to pull your focus.  Meet Castello di Amorosa

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15 Things I Learned from Ferrari Trento

December 17, 2015 Kirsten Georgi

Every bottle of wine is an opportunity to learn something. This is why I enjoy participating in #WineStudio, a live, 4-week long, wine tasting and education series that takes

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Wine, Words & Wednesday, No. 42

March 4, 2015 Kirsten Georgi

Anthony Bourdain is an unabashed hedonist.  A skosh caustic and brutally honest, he’s also eminently quotable, and often hilarious.  Because he says stuff like this:  “Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like

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In Praise of Pecorino

May 23, 2014 Kirsten Georgi

Slide over Chardonnay . . . and make room at the cool kids table for Pecorino. Pecorino (no relation to the cheese) is a white grape variety

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