Buongiorno!

Hi all, this is Jonathan reporting from Roma, Italia. The weather, wine, and scenery is amazing! Just so everyone knows, the Italians know their wines! It is served with lunch, dinner, and just because. For all of you that fear a nasty headache from drinking wine, fear not the Italian wine. My friends and I have found that both red and white wines pare well with the roman food and leave a minimal (if any) hangover in the morning. By the way, the Italians do not have a word for hangover....they do by chance have a word for intoxication/drunk (ubriaco). I have been in Italy for 3 weeks and only had one truly bad glass of wine. Let's just say that it belonged in a salad, not a glass....For those of you that are looking for a small bottle of a simiple red table wine, I would suggest a Montepulciano D'Abruzzo. It has a light floral scent, cherry and black current taste followed by a slight pepper after taste. Very simiple and tasty. It pares well with a pasta with cheese, olives, and ripe tomatos. Well, that's all for now...I am off to lunch!

Ciao!