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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
  • Wine Tours/
    • Land of Barolo
    • Xtreme Piedmont
    • Slow Food Festa
    • Trufflemania
    • Amarone & the Alps
    • Tuscan Wine Treasures
    • Xtreme Tuscany
    • Utterly Umbria
    • Amalfi Coast for Wine Lovers
    • Discover Sicily
    • The Volcanic Wines of Etna
    • Rioja Roundup
    • The Douro Valley
    • Day Tours
  • Active Tours/
    • Piedmont & Cinque Terre Trails
    • Alps & Dolomites
    • Tuscan Trek
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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
July 08, 2010

Venice Eats: 4 Top Spots

July 08, 2010/ Pat Thomson
Venice Eats: 4 Top Spots

Where to get a good meal in Venice

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July 08, 2010/ Pat Thomson/ Comment
Travels in Italy, Venice
Gelateria San Stae, gelato, La Vedova, La Zucca, Muro Pizza e Cucina, Venice, Venice restaurants
June 17, 2010

Sassicaia & Co.

June 17, 2010/ Pat Thomson
Sassicaia & Co.

What's new and wonderful in Bolgheri

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Sassicaia, Super Tuscans
Allegrini, Barrua, Bolgheri, Ca' Marcanda, Castello del Terriccio, Castiglioncello, Enrico Santini, Gaja, Giacomo Tachis, Gualdo al Tasso, Le Macchiole, Michele Satta, Montessu, Ornellaia, Petra, Poggio al Tesoro, Russo, Sardinia, Sassicaia, Super Tuscans, Tuscan tours
June 01, 2010

Ceuso's Green Olive Salad

June 01, 2010/ Pat Thomson

So simple, so surprising, so good

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Recipes
Ceuso, Olive salad
May 30, 2010

April Showers, May Flowers in Sicily

May 30, 2010/ Pat Thomson
April Showers, May Flowers in Sicily

Crowd favorites on our Discover Sicily tour

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Abbadia Santa Anastasia, Alessandro di Camporeale, Ceuso, De Bartoli, Discover Sicily, Fondo Antico, Marsala, Nero d'Avola, Planeta, Sicily
May 19, 2010

New Wines at Planeta, Alessandro di Camporeale & Sant’ Anastasia in Sicily

May 19, 2010/ Pat Thomson
New Wines at Planeta, Alessandro di Camporeale & Sant’ Anastasia in Sicily

Tasting some newly launched wines during our Discover Sicily tour

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May 19, 2010/ Pat Thomson/ Comment
Nero d'Avola
Abbazia di Sant' Anastasia, Alessandro di Camporeale, Discover Sicily, Kaid, Nero d'Avola, Planeta, Plumbago, Sicily, sicily white wine
May 16, 2010

Wine Pilgrims in Rioja

May 16, 2010/ Pat Thomson
Wine Pilgrims in Rioja

Wine highlights from our 2010 Rioja Roundup tour

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Spain
Abadia Retuerta, Contino, Frank Gehry, Lopez de Heredia, Marques de Riscal, Matarromera, Monteabellon, Ramirez de Ganuza, Ribera del Duero, Rioja, Rioja Roundup, Roda
May 12, 2010

Why's This Man Wearing Fava Beans?

May 12, 2010/ Pat Thomson
Why's This Man Wearing Fava Beans?

Art in Briones and Bilbao, Spain

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Spain
Bilbao, Briones, Christ in Majesty, El Greco, Fine Arts Museum of Bilbao, Goya, Guggenheim Bilbao, Rioja, 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

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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

PRIVACY POLICY

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