Culinary Adventures with Camilla

  This is a sponsored post written by me in conjunction with the  Consorzio of Prosecco Superiore DOCG. Wine samples were provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links Let me start with this: I have always adored Italian bubbles. So, when Nicole of Somm's Table put out that the Consorzio of Prosecco Superiore DOCG was offering sample bottles to participate in a recipe contest, Certo! was my immediate answer. Not long after, I received a bottle of Le Contesse Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore Extra Dry and began considering a pairing...or two. Let's start with a little primer about Prosecco...  DOC vs. DOCG from cartizzepdc.com There are two classification labels for Prosecco - DOC and DOCG. On the map, above, you can see that the green area is the DOCG; the brown is the production area of DOC.  DOC is the acronym for  Denominazione di Origine Controllata  while DOCG means  Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garan...

    This is a sponsored post written by me in conjunction with the  Consorzio of Prosecco Superiore DOCG. Wine samples were provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links This month, I am leading a discussion for the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers about sparkling Italian wines...just in time for the holidays.  You can read my invitation,  here . You'll find more details in that post about the difference between Frizzante and Spumante; the different processes of creating bubbles - Metodo Classico, or Metodo Champenoise, versus Charmat, or Martinotti Method; and, while Prosecco is probably the most well-known Italian sparkling wine, at least in America, there's an entire range of Italian sparklers, including Prosecco Superiore or Prosecco DOCG, Lambrusco, Franciacorta, and more. A few bloggers received a selection of Prosecco Superiore from the Consorzio of Prosecco Superiore DOCG *, but everyone was free to explore any and all sparkling ...

This month - July 2019 - I am hosting the #ItalianFWT group as we delve into tasting and pairing Prosecco DOCG or Prosecco Superiore. You can read my invitation to the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers here -  You're Invited: Tanti Auguri (Many Wishes), Prosecco DOCG!!   Grazie Mille I'm grateful for the event's sponsor, the Consorzio of Prosecco Superiore DOCG*, for sending some industry samples to the blogging group. I saw nearly three dozen informational sheets come through; I received three bottles and tracked down a fourth as I dove deeper into the wine. 'Prosecco Superiore' which is the official name of all Prosecco wines that are produced in the DOCG region; it is the highest quality Proseccos made, showcasing the Glera grape at its finest. You can read more about the Consorzio's campaign to bring awareness to the United States  here . And visit  the Consorzio's website  for more information about Prosecco DOCG.  Grazie mille  to...

This is a sponsored post written by me in conjunction with and in preparation for the July #ItalianFWT event. Wine samples were provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links July is here and I am hosting the #ItalianFWT group as we delve into tasting and pairing Prosecco DOCG. You can read my invitation to the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers here -  You're Invited: Tanti Auguri (Many Wishes), Prosecco DOCG!!   And you can read about my first exploration here, where I looked at   the difference between Frizzante and Spumante . In my second pouring and pairing, I shared what I learned about the Martinotti Method . This is the final bottle that I received from the Consorzio* - Cantine Vedova's Nebbia. 'Nebbia' means 'fog' in Italian. I need to do a bit more reading about the name because to me, this embodied the opposite of fog. Maybe it's named for the frothy white layer when you pour it that dissipates as it sits....