A Fine Fiano

A Fine Fiano

Because there is so much to see in Italy, from the dazzling Byzantine mosaics of Ravenna to the Renaissance glories of Florence, it can be quite overwhelming. It is also only too easy to miss some of the less obvious but often fascinating aspects of this historic...
It’s All Greco di Tufo To Me

It’s All Greco di Tufo To Me

Vinnie and I were in Campania, near its capital, Naples, and we were in search of a special wine, Greco di Tufo or Greek of Tufo. Tufo because that is the name of the town in whose area this wine is produced but why Greek? Well, if you go to the origins of the name...
Greco di Tufo – A Wine of Campania

Greco di Tufo – A Wine of Campania

In our search for Greco di Tufo, a local DOCG wine, Vinnie and I found ourselves in the mountains behind Naples. Naples was the capital of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies until the unification of Italy by Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860. Okay, I know there is only one...