Culinary Adventures with Camilla

This month the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers are headed to Lombardia to explore the foods and wines of the region. Jeff of  Food Wine Click!  is hosting and you can read his invitation here . If you are reading this early enough feel free to join our live chat on Twitter. We'll be there on Saturday, August 7th at 8am Pacific time. Just follow the hashtag #ItalianFWT and be sure to add it to anything you tweet so we can see it. Here's the Lombardia line-up from the group... A Taste of Franciacorta with Ca' Del Bosco by Vino Travels A Tour of Wines of Lombardia and Toasting to Lugana by Joy of Wine Franciacorta is Lombardia's Challenge to Champagn e by Food Wine Click! Getting to know Oltrepo' Pavese Wines from Lombardy by Avvinare Hot Summer Nights and Northern Italian White and Our Favorite Antipasto Platter by Our Good Life Indestructible in Valtellina - Barbacan and the Sega Family by Savor the Harvest Italy’s Large, Lovely Lombardia, Home to Lugan...

This month I am hosting the French Winophiles as we look at French grape varieties that are cultivated and made into wines around the world. You can read my invitation here , but I asked the group to get  creative and look, for example, at Cinsault but made in Chile; Semillon from Australia; or Négrette made in California. If you are reading this early enough, feel free to join our live Twitter chat on Saturday, March 20th at 8am Pacific time. Follow the hashtag #Winophiles and be sure to add that to anything you tweet so we can see it. Here's what the group is sharing... Allison & Chris at AdVINEtures share French Grapes Around the World: Chardonnay in BC's Okanagan Valley . Andrea of The Quirky Cork declares Ooo la la! French Grapes in Turkey! Gwendolyn of Wine Predator pours West Coast “Bordeaux” Blends with Beef Bourguignon . Jeff of FoodWineClick! takes A Reluctant Look at French Grapes Outside of France . Jill of L'Occasion features Rhône Grapes in Paso Ro...