Culinary Adventures with Camilla

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of the Casa Vinicola Luigi Cecchi e Figli. Complimentary wine was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. However, all opinions expressed here are my own. This month the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers have planned a cavalcade of Chianti posts. Liz of What's In That Bottle? is hosting and had even arranged for several of us to receive samples from Cecchi for the event. If you are reading this early enough, we will be chatting on Twitter on Saturday, November 5th at 8am Pacific. Follow the hashtag #ItalianFWT and be sure to add it to anything you tweet so we can see it. Here's the line-up of Chianti articles from the group... Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm shares A Classic Italian Pairing Jennifer of Vino Travels teaches The History of Family with Cecchi Camilla of Culinary Adventures with Camilla provides Cucina Povera and Two Bottles of Chianti Classico Robin of Crushed Grape Chro...

  This is a sponsored post written by me in conjunction with the November #ItalianFWT event. Samples were provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. This month Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm is hosting the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers as we turn our sights to Tuscany, specifically Chianti and its Tuscan neighbors. You can read her invitation here . And Jeff of FoodWineClick! was able to obtain samples from Ricasoli* for several in the group. Woohoo. I received a bottle of their olive oil and their 2015 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione. If you are reading this early enough, join us on Saturday, November 2nd at 8am Pacific time for a live Twitter chat. Use #ItalianFWTso that we can see your comments. Otherwise, take a look at the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers' virtual trip to Tuscany this month...A Taste of Tuscany's Gran Selezione A Taste of Tuscany's Gran Selezione by Vino Travels A Taste of Tuscany Without Leaving...

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sangervasio in conjunction with the November #ItalianFWT event. Compensation for this post was provided and this page may contain affiliate links Last month the bloggers in the Italian Food Wine & Travel group virtually visited the Chianti region. You can read my post: A Glass of Chianti & Dreams of Porchetta . Instead of moving to a different region for this month, we decided to stay in Chianti and dive a little bit deeper into the wines and the region. The Rest of the #ItalianFWT Group  Join our Italian Food Wine and Travel group on Saturday November 4 at 10am CDT on Twitter as we discuss our Chianti findings. We’ll all be posting and chatting, join us! Just look for the  #ItalianFWT   hashtag on Twitter Saturday morning! See what the other Italian Food Wine & Travel Enthusiasts have to offer this month... Jeff from  Food Wine Click  will serve as our guide to Exploring C...

This month the Italian Food Wine and Travel bloggers are focusing on Chianti. You can read the invitation from Jeff of Food Wine Click! : here . And, it seems, that we'll continue to focus on the region and the wine next month as well. It'll give us an opportunity to focus on some specific vintners. So, this month, I am going to speak in generalities about the area...and share an experience I had while living in Italy after college that still has me dreaming of it. courtesy winetourofitaly.com Like most other Old World wines, Chianti derives its name from its region of production and not from the varietal used to make the wine though there are some requirements that it be mostly Sangiovese grapes. A wide range of wine styles comes from the Chianti region. But from basic Chianti to the finest Riservas, elements of the wines remain consistent.  For a Chianti to be a Chianti, it must be produced in the Chianti region - in Tuscany - and be comprised of at least 80% Sa...