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La Dolce Vita Wine Tours

Wine tours in Italy, Spain & Portugal

Living La Dolce Vita

ADVENTURES ON THE WINE TRAIL
(A WINE BLOG)

La Dolce Vita Wine Tours
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    • The Douro Valley
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March 02, 2021

Cesanese Revived: An ancient Roman grape for modern times

March 02, 2021/ Pat Thomson
Cesanese Revived: An ancient Roman grape for modern times

A visit with Corte dei Papi, Casale della Ioria, and Riccardi Reale wineries

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March 02, 2021/ Pat Thomson/ Comment
Rome, Travels in Italy
Cesanese, Lazio, Corte dei Papi, Cantina Riccardi Reale, Casale dell Ioria, Damiano Ciolli, Antonio di Cosimo, Piero Riccardi, Lorella Reale, Paolo Perinelli, Ciociarria hills
April 08, 2019

Dog Eat Dog: Matteo Garrone’s Dogman

April 08, 2019/ Pat Thomson
Dog Eat Dog: Matteo Garrone’s Dogman

Italian director Matteo Garrone returns to gangland with a dark tale of humiliation and revenge.

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April 08, 2019/ Pat Thomson/ Comment
Rome, Uncategorized
Dogman, Matteo Garrone, film review, Gomorrah
March 15, 2015

A Beer Pilgrimage in Rome

March 15, 2015/ Pat Thomson
A Beer Pilgrimage in Rome

Once the Galapagos of beer, Italy is taking a headlong leap into craft brewing

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March 15, 2015/ Pat Thomson/ 2 Comments
Beer, Rome
Alex Liberati, beer/wine hybrids, Brasserie 4:20, craft beer, Ma Che Siete Venuti a Fà?, Open Baladin, Revolution Cat, Teo Musso
February 09, 2013

The Best Wine Bars of Italy

February 09, 2013/ Pat Thomson
The Best Wine Bars of Italy

The best wine bars in Florence, Rome, Venice & Milan.

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February 09, 2013/ Pat Thomson/ 1 Comment
Florence, Milan, Rome, Travels in Italy, Venice
Coquinarius, Decanter, Enoteca Ferrara, Frescobaldi, I Rusteghi, N'Ombra de Vin, wine bars of italy
June 15, 2011

Art for Smarties in Rome

June 15, 2011/ Pat Thomson
Art for Smarties in Rome

In the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj and Villa Borghese of Rome

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June 15, 2011/ Pat Thomson/ 4 Comments
Rome
art, Context Travel, Doria Pamphilj, Rome, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Villa Borghese
June 12, 2011

A gelato tour in Palazzo del Freddo

June 12, 2011/ Pat Thomson
A gelato tour in Palazzo del Freddo

Visiting the oldest gelateria in Italy—on my birthday!

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June 12, 2011/ Pat Thomson/ 4 Comments
Rome
gelato, Palazzo del Freddo, Rome
July 10, 2010

Rome Eats: Pizza, Wine, Gelato

July 10, 2010/ Pat Thomson
Rome Eats: Pizza, Wine, Gelato

The best of these three essential food groups

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July 10, 2010/ Pat Thomson/ 2 Comments
Rome, Travels in Italy
Al Bric, enoteca, gelato, Giolitti, pizza, Rome, Rome restaurants, wine bar, Bir & Fud
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    • Discover Sicily
    • The Volcanic Wines of Etna
    • Rioja Roundup
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La Dolce Vita Wine Tours

La Dolce Vita Wine Tours is a boutique tour operating offering wine tours in Italy, Spain & Portugal since 1999.

ABOUT ME
I’m Patricia Thomson, and these are my dispatches from the wine world in Italy, New York, and beyond. I provide stories, not ratings, missives from life on the road as a wine-tour guide and wine writer. Read more.

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MY ARTICLES
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POSTS ON OUR WINE TOURS
Alps & Dolomites
Amalfi
Douro Valley
Liguria
Piedmont
Rioja
Sicily
Tuscany

  • Amarone 4
  • At Home in Piedmont 10
  • Barbaresco 2
  • Barbera 4
  • Barolo 8
  • Beer 6
  • Brunello 10
  • Cabernet 6
  • Chianti Classico 8
  • Collio 1
  • Etna 2
  • Falanghina 1
  • Fiano 1
  • Florence 1
  • Franciacorta 3
  • Gavi 5
  • Gewürtztraminer 1
  • Greco 3
  • Grillo 2
  • Lambrusco 2
  • Marsala 1
  • Milan 2
  • Morellino di Scansano 1
  • Moscato 2
  • Nebbiolo 5
  • Nero d'Avola 3
  • Pelaverga 1
  • Pinot Grigio 2
  • Port 9
  • Primitivo 2
  • Recipes 22
  • Refosco 1
  • Ribolla Gialla 2
  • Rome 7
  • Sagrantino 3
  • Sake 2
  • Sangiovese 6
  • Sassicaia 3
  • Soave 4
  • Spain 10
  • Sparklers 6
  • Super Tuscans 5
  • Tasting events 40
  • Travels in Italy 27
  • Travels in Portugal 9
  • Uncategorized 7
  • Valpolicella 2
  • Venice 3
  • Vermentino 11
  • Vin Santo 1

BLOGS I ACTUALLY READ!
on food
101 Cookbooks
Orangette
Tartelette

on wine
Do Bianchi
Dr. Vino
On the Wine Trail in Italy
Tom's Wine Line
Vinography
Wine Harlots

  • The American Wine Industry Has an Old People Problem https://t.co/rN8P4yIXAH
    Mar 26, 2023, 6:08 PM
  • God and Pesto are Dead, by @boozecolumnist https://t.co/JmyGoUzlds
    Mar 24, 2023, 11:28 PM
  • Money Talks for Brunello Alternative | Wine-Searcher News & Features https://t.co/jOQgLpQtdc
    Mar 19, 2023, 10:11 PM
  • Rome hopes to reverse decline and relive La Dolce Vita https://t.co/eysvy33yY5
    Mar 17, 2023, 9:49 PM

REGIONS
Piedmont
Veneto/Alto Adige
Liguria
Emilia Romagna
Tuscany
Umbria
Campania
Sicily

COUNTRIES
Italy
Spain
Portugal

INTERESTS
Wine
Wine Intensive
Walking & Wine
Custom Wine
Custom Walk
Custom Bike

GENERAL INFO

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576 Fifth Street, Brooklyn NY 11215
718-788-6365
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