This month the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers are focusing on Springtime and Verdicchio. I'm hosting and you can read my invitation here and the sneak peak here ! When I first decided to host the April event, I had grand plans to get lots of Italian Easter recipes and collect wine pairing suggestions for those dishes. But someone reminded me that our event was after Easter, so...less relevant. And with a three-day run at the Silicon Valley Regional competition for FIRST Robotics with my older son's team, I didn't even have a chance to cook Easter brunch. Usually I create an Easter feast for my parents and their friends. This year, my mom and dad took us - and their friends - to lunch at one of our favorite restaurants, La Balena . So, a focus on Springtime it was...and the Verdicchio grape. Verdicchio is one of the most widely planted white grape varieties in the Marche region. It's the grape behind two of the Marche's most important DOCs – Verdicchio ...