Frank Mangio
Wine of the Month: 2007 Banfi Brunello Di Montalcino DOCG Estate Bottled
From the ancient hills of Montalcino in Tuscany, Italy, and made with select high quality Sangiovese grapes.
Reviewing 2012 and the Top 10 tastings
In 2012 America solidified its position as the world’s largest wine consuming country in the world (beating the French, again.)
Harvest On Howell Mountain brings good things
In our last report on Napa Valley wines, most wineries were happy to see the progress of the fruit as it experienced “Veraison,” the changing of the leaves and grapes to a rich color, signaling the onset of harvest.
Wine’s favorite companion is olive oil
It’s remarkable how olive oil has walked in the same footprint as wine in recently capturing the public’s fancy for flavor. No longer content to use the plain tasting traditional olive oil their ancestors used, like wine, it’s what’s new and different.
The pursuit of Banfi Wines has been one for perfection
The journey began for Banfi and the Mariani family, Americans John and Harry, some 34 years ago, when they carefully assembled 7,100 acres in Italy in a constellation of single vineyards in the southern Tuscan countryside of Montalcino.
With summer in the air it’s time for the German riesling
I love the festive atmosphere of a German celebration.
‘Big,’ ‘bold,’ only just begin to describe taste of a Lewis wine
Big, bold and concentrated just begin to describe what’s in store when a Lewis Wine meets the palate.
Small plates, big pours and big news at Flemings
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar is an unforgettable night of fun and flavor in a palatial setting where the culinary good life is toasted nightly.
Judging the first-ever San Diego wine competition
When I got the call to be a judge for the first-ever commercial wine competition at the San Diego County Fair, it made me stop and think about just how far the quality of San Diego wines had come that the district could take its place as a formidable wine country.
