Where Ancient Meets Modern

This is the 5th part of a series on my recent trip to Abruzzo and Rome to Masciarelli Winery. See Part One Here, Part Two, and Part Three here, Part Four here.. Visiting the state of the art wine production facility and some of the vineyards was a fantastic experience, even though things were relatively quiet as the harvest wasContinue reading “Where Ancient Meets Modern”

The Terrace of Abruzzo

This is the 4th part of a series on my recent trip to Abruzzo and Rome to Masciarelli Winery. See Part One Here, Part Two, and Part Three here At the foothills of the Maiella mountain in the province of Chieti lies an ancient town of 10,000 people, nearly 600 meters in the sky. We were told that whenContinue reading “The Terrace of Abruzzo”

Vita e Vini d’Abruzzo

This is the second part of a series on my recent trip to Abruzzo and Rome to Masciarelli Winery. See Part One Here, Part Two Here Driving around the countryside in Abruzzo is magical. Everywhere I looked I got the feeling that nature was slowly reclaiming the landscape, that the people here were intimately connected to theirContinue reading “Vita e Vini d’Abruzzo”

From Lazio to Abruzzo

This is the first part of a series on my recent trip to Abruzzo and Rome to Masciarelli Winery Arriving at the international airport of Rome Fiumicino was a bit hazy at first ( Sadly I didn’t get a glimpse of the mud volcano that recently popped up). Watching the sun rise and fall again inContinue reading “From Lazio to Abruzzo”