Coastal Waters, Coastal Wines    

Italy is above all a land of diversity - a fact that really cannot be shown through the maps of an atlas or the writing of a tourist's handbook, but only something that can be experienced through its culture, food, language, and, of course, its wines.
 It is this diversity that can make the discovery of Italy through her wines and her food an ever-fulfilling and lifelong endeavor. With such a dramatic landscape, it is no wonder that villages and vineyards separated by a mere ten miles can speak different dialects, create different foods, and produce extremely different wines. For wine geeks and connoisseurs especially, Italy can be a study of terroir with over 2500 microclimates, each begging to be explored and experienced. There is, however, but one influence throughout almost the entire country that cannot be escaped - the sea.  READ MORE>