{"id":682,"date":"2015-03-17T21:23:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T21:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/?p=682"},"modified":"2015-03-17T21:23:44","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T21:23:44","slug":"virtual-tastings-from-female-vintners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/?p=682","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Tastings from Female Vintners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 219px; float: right; margin-left: 10px; padding: 5px; border: thin solid #F2B56B;\" align=\"right\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Wino Facts: Veneto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Capital:\u00a0<\/strong>Venice<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Native Grape:\u00a0<\/strong>Rossignola<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Wino Factoid:\u00a0<\/strong>The importance of winemaking in this region is underscored by the creation in 1885 of the very first Italian school for vine growing and oenology. (via:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.winecountry.it\" target=\"_blank\">winecountry.it<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/5\/5f\/Venice_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"167\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Today is part one of our virtual wine tastings. With the focus on two of the four wines we&#8217;ll be serving during our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/women-wine-the-new-faces-in-the-old-vineyards-tickets-16060189459\" target=\"_blank\">Women &amp; Wine event: The New Faces at the Old Vineyards<\/a>. We&#8217;ll be sticking to the <em>Veneto<\/em>\u00a0region of Italy&#8211;famed for the <em>canales<\/em> of its capital city, Venice; this region boasts more than gondolas and impressive\u00a0wine activity!<\/p>\n<p>A staple in northern Italian geography, the region culturally serves as a transition between the alpine areas of Northern Italy, and the dryer and more temperate Roman regions. Wine-searcher.com says that Veneto is slightly smaller than Italy\u2019s other main wine-producing regions \u2013Piedmont, Tuscany, Lombardy, Puglia and Sicily \u2013\u00a0it generates more wine than any of them, and is becoming increasingly important in the wine trade.<\/p>\n<p>Veneto&#8217;s fame grew rather recently with the introduction of\u00a0Valpolicella, Amarone, Soave and Prosecco\u00a0wines.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i1348.photobucket.com\/albums\/p732\/AnberAgency\/Other\/Assort_Marketing\/faive_zpsrglsnjf2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"131\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hailing from the famed Venetian region, Sylvia Franco&#8217;s <em>Fa\u00ecve<\/em> Sparkling Rose Brut wine has a fiery background. It is said when the farmers burn the wood from the grape&#8217;s pruning, the direction in which the sparks fly is said to forecast the result of the harvest.<\/p>\n<p><em>Fa\u00ecve\u00a0<\/em>is the Venetian word for &#8220;sparks&#8221;, and like the fires that burn for our love of wine, the taste is persistent, with a natural softness.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/i1348.photobucket.com\/albums\/p732\/AnberAgency\/Other\/Assort_Marketing\/anselmi_zps59w9aurt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"140\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" \/><strong>While <\/strong>in the Venetian region, we visit the Anselmi estate, sitting atop some of the highest areas between Monteforte and Soave. Using the local grapes, Lisa Anselmi&#8217;s San Vincenzo wine pairs well with lightly-seasoned seafood and chicken.<\/p>\n<p>With a crisp lemon-lime taste, hints of Venetian spring can be detected with a touch\u00a0of apricot and yellow apples.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wino Facts: Veneto Capital:\u00a0Venice Native Grape:\u00a0Rossignola Wino Factoid:\u00a0The importance of winemaking in this region is underscored by the creation in 1885 of the very first &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-specials","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iricchidc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}