Campania
- April 21, 2014
Last week I wrote about Toscana. This week I want to discuss the Italian wine region of Campania.
read moreCampania is very southern, in fact only Basilicata and Calabria are further south on the mainland. Lazio is to the northeast, Molise to the north and Puglia to the northwest. Again I’m just going to go over the DOCGs of the region. As of 2011 there are four: Side note: DOCGs do not necessarily…
Hunting a Tyrannosaurus rex with a Nerf gun (Toscana and the seven DOCGs)
- April 17, 2014
Imagine, if you will, hunting a tyrannosaurus rex with a Nerf gun. There you are sitting in a tree you climbed, scoping for the illusive T-Rex. There are myriad raptors in the jungle doing their thing, but you’re holding out for the big guy. After hours of waiting, a cacophony of sound erupts from the floor below. Dinosaurs were running from something, and they were running fast. Tremors start shaking the tree, and they’re getting bigger. It’s heading…
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