Wine Pairing Weekend - #winePW - happens on the second Saturday of the month. And this month I'm hosting. "It's all about romance," I wrote in this month's #winePW invitation (click to read the invitation: here ). In My Glass The first couple that popped into my head when I thought of romance was Romeo and Juliet. I don't mean one of Shakespeare's most well-known plays that borders on the ludicrous as far as being a veritable love story. Well, sort of. I mean Romeo and Juliet's city of Verona. Maybe it's because when I was there for a few days on my way to Venice, the entire city was shrouded in gossamer veil of fog. But Verona felt like romance...and I was traveling solo. Just outside the city of Verona are the vineyards of the Valpolicella region; all around Lago Garda, west of Verona, is the historic heart of this very traditional wine. The region produces a wine called Ripasso which translates to 'passed again.' It refers...
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