Category Archives: tastings

Central in the Capital

Continuing the tour in the American Capital with my brewing friends, I had to get a little French into my digestive system. Since the previous night had been a home-run with the great recommendation of Kathryn Morgan. Central Michel Richard … Continue reading

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True Neapolitan Pizzeria and Facebook

Yesterday in Houston while the Command Center was getting ready,  I went to my laptop, got on Facebook and asked my friends to suggest a great pizza place in Washington, D.C. The suggestion that I ended up taking was from … Continue reading

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D’Amore thanks the Marc de Grazia family!

That’s Sara Palma (above, center), sales director for the Matteo Correggia winery in Roero, at last week’s trade tasting at Vino Vino in Austin. As you can see, fun was had by all last week at both the consumer and … Continue reading

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Marc de Grazia exclusive consumer tastings, March 11 and 12

Taste the wines of some of Marc de Grazia’s top Italian producers, including the wines of: Umberto Bortolotti, Prosecco (Valdobbiadene, Veneto) Santa Lucia, organic Southern Italian red wines (Castel del Monte, Puglia) Fontaleoni, Vernaccia di San Gimignano (Siena, Tuscany) Piaggia, … Continue reading

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Spanish wine aims to please at GTAC

Lisa and Stan Duchman, owners of D’Amore Wine Selections, hosted an excellent tasting of José Pastor Selections wines at the Galleria Tennis and Athletic Club last night. Guests tasted 12 red wines from Spain, including the Benaza 2008 Mencía (far … Continue reading

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