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The screw has ancient roots in the Amalfi Coast, perhaps due to imperial Rome, or age still more remote. The lack of available land suggested the installation on supports live (usually maondorlini, nuts or loquat), so that the grapes grow and mature along with other fruits, in a sort of vineyard-orchard.Then, in the Middle Ages, beginning with the ‘eleventh century, the conquest of their own individuality lives, freeing themselves from the fruit trees. Once again, the scarcity of land, the rocky nature of the area and its extension for the most part in height, soon led to prefer growing on an arbor. ie a sort of grid, consisting of a cross between poles, around which two meters above the ground, find space shoots.The harvest wine done so not much different from that of today: the clusters, once washed, were crushed with a wooden press, the palmentum, connected to a tank made of wood or masonry, the lavellum towards which flowed into the must.

The latter was kept in oak casks and barrels, which were placed in a cool, dry ranean, or the buctarium cellarium.The range of wine grapes that are produced are often colorful and evocative names, and we find, for Wine White: Ginestra, Pepella the Ripoli and phenyl, the vines are not reflected elsewhere, and for red and rosé wines, we have: Piedirosso Sciascinoso and Dyer. The Amalfi Coast has offered over the centuries, a choice of fine wines enough and appropriate for the different tastes and different circumstances: from the wine derived from Latin screws to the “greek” with added honey and spices, and more in an excellent Vernaccia Minor produced.Screw Amalfi Coast Amalfitana Le fate of the vineyard in the characters remain firmly tied to the land and especially to its happy climate. The proof is lamillenaria continuity of the screws to the present day and their dedication through the Doc of ’94 wines of Furore, Ravello and Tramonti.

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Niagara Wines – there’s an appellation that just doesn’t roll off your tongue. Some wine growing regions are instantly recognizable even to the most casual of wine drinkers…. places like Napa, Bordeaux, Montepulciano… but Niagara?

Why not? Grapes are grown all over the world now… anywhere they can find the right microclimate and the proper grapes to grow there.

The Niagara wine region actually sprawls across the Ontario and New York border making it a two country wine region. There are over sixty wineries in this area, and the number is growing.

The majority of wineries are in Canada. If you want to visit and taste on both sides of the border, remember that you now have to show your passport even when driving across the border between Canada and the United States.

The Niagara Wine Trail represents some of the wineries. It is well organized with maps and special events at the participating wineries.

The wineries in this region will tell you that the Niagara Escarpment and Lake Ontario create a unique microclimate. One of the wines that they are most famous for is Ice Wine…. that makes a certain amount of sense doesn’t it? It gets cold there in the winter. They have a similar latitude to Bordeaux and Montepulciano, but it’s the microclimate that lets them make this liquid gold.

Ice Wine (or Eiswein borrowing from German) is a dessert wine made from grapes frozen while still on the vine. Some late harvest wines just hang on the vine forever increasing the sugar content…. In good years when the frost comes at the right time, they produce small quantities of great Ice Wine.

But Ice Wine isn’t all they make. Expect to taste wines made of all the usual suspects from Rieslings and Chardonnays to Merlots and Pinot Noirs. Plus some local varietals and natives like Catawba and Frontenac, and oh yes, even occasionally from Niagara grapes.

There are tasting fees at most of the wineries… generally between two to five Canadian dollars. If you plan to taste at more than a couple of wineries you might want to consider a “Vino Visa Passport” from the Niagara Wine Trail wineries…. that might save you money. It’s good from one year of purchase. It gets you free tastings at some wineries, discounts at others, and even some discounts at hotels and restaurants.

Whenever you are wine tasting, if you are driving yourself, remember to have a designated driver or taste responsibly.

The beauty of the Niagara Wine Trail is that you’re in the country, but not far from other tourist destinations. Niagara Falls is only minutes away from many of the wineries. You can stay at Niagara-on-the-Lake, a well-preserved town with Victorian architecture that’s worth a visit in its own right. You’re only about an hour and a half from Toronto and half an hour from Buffalo.

So if you’re visiting Toronto or Niagara Falls, treat yourself, and do a little wine tasting…. if you never knew about this wine region before, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.