The 2013 Philadelphia Wine & Food Festival is just around the corner! So to all you suburban & urban wine lovers, how does 1000 plus wines grab you, or tasty cuisine from four of Philly's finest restaurants? For tickets & more info. Restaurants: Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse Le Bec Fin Sbraga Vintage Wine Bar Wineries: Achaval Ferrer (TGIC Importers) Allegrini Allegro Vineyards and Winery Almaviva Winery Altesino Alto Moncayo Alvaro Castro Anne Amie Vineyards Antinori (Ste. Michelle Wine Estates) Artesa Barone Ricasoli (Dreyfus, Ashby & Co.) Beaulieu Vineyard Beringer Bertani Bodegas Emina Bodegas Frontaura Bodegas La Val Bodegas Los Cerrillos (Catamarca Imports) Bodega Matarromera Bouchard Père et Fils (Henriot, Inc.) Brancott Estate Broadbent Selections Burgess Cade Wineries Cantine Lunae Caparzo Carpineto Casca Wines Castello Banfi Read on...
While "reborn" is an accurate translation for rinato, using it to describe the current wines of Italian producer Bolla might be a slight embellishment. This is not your mother & fathers Bolla, but closer to your grandmother & grandfathers, with some modern help.
Bolla is an entrepreneurial success story by any standard. In 1883 Abele Bolla, a Veneto innkeeper made his own Soave, a local wine, to give to his guests. Word got out about this Soave & eventually he labeled & sold it, becoming so popular it became known as "Soave Bolla", one of the few Italian wines people knew by name.
