Send us a text In this episode, we dive into a controversial take: fine dining isn’t worth the hype — or the price tag. Sandra and I recently visited a so-called “authentic Italian” fine dining restaurant, and let’s just say… it was anything but. The service was polished but clueless, the Bolognese tasted like grocery-store jarred sauce, the wine list was marked up five times retail, and they even tried to upsell us on a membership just to get reasonable wine prices. Oh — and they rushed us o...
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Send us a text In this episode, we dive into a controversial take: fine dining isn’t worth the hype — or the price tag. Sandra and I recently visited a so-called “authentic Italian” fine dining restaurant, and let’s just say… it was anything but. The service was polished but clueless, the Bolognese tasted like grocery-store jarred sauce, the wine list was marked up five times retail, and they even tried to upsell us on a membership just to get reasonable wine prices. Oh — and they rushed us o...
Send us a text In this final episode of Uncorking Italy, we head south — where the sun is hotter, the soils are volcanic, and the wines are bursting with character. Host Rob Clark uncovers the raw beauty of Southern Italy’s wine regions, from the powerful Aglianico of Campania and Basilicata, to the rich, fruit-forward Primitivo and Negroamaro of Puglia, and the ancient, resilient grapes of Calabria. Along the way, we’ll spotlight world-class whites like Fiano and Greco di Tufo, explore high-...
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Send us a text In this episode, we dive into a controversial take: fine dining isn’t worth the hype — or the price tag. Sandra and I recently visited a so-called “authentic Italian” fine dining restaurant, and let’s just say… it was anything but. The service was polished but clueless, the Bolognese tasted like grocery-store jarred sauce, the wine list was marked up five times retail, and they even tried to upsell us on a membership just to get reasonable wine prices. Oh — and they rushed us o...
