Comments on: Fragolino Time http://italychronicles.com/fragolino-time/ Life in the Living Museum Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:42:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Francesca Maggihttp://italychronicles.com/fragolino-time/#comment-32649 Francesca Maggi Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:16:01 +0000 http://italychronicles.com/?p=4335#comment-32649 I was told by a Venetian DOC that the original & wonderful & kept-under-wraps-behind-the-bar-counter fragolino wine - now outlawed - was from Venice. How our grapes got to the Venetian countryside is beyond me but now, unless you know someone, you can't buy the real thing unless you have contacts in the right places.Francesca Maggi Burnt by the Tuscan Sun I was told by a Venetian DOC that the original & wonderful & kept-under-wraps-behind-the-bar-counter fragolino wine – now outlawed – was from Venice.
How our grapes got to the Venetian countryside is beyond me but now, unless you know someone, you can’t buy the real thing unless you have contacts in the right places.

Francesca Maggi
Burnt by the Tuscan Sun

]]> By: jd805http://italychronicles.com/fragolino-time/#comment-31955 jd805 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:45:19 +0000 http://italychronicles.com/?p=4335#comment-31955 I have had it and it is a delicious desert wine. It was a gift from my friend in Milano and wish i could find it locally in the states. I have had it and it is a delicious desert wine. It was a gift from my friend in Milano and wish i could find it locally in the states.

]]> By: Nestorhttp://italychronicles.com/fragolino-time/#comment-31884 Nestor Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:10:49 +0000 http://italychronicles.com/?p=4335#comment-31884 Another usual name for "Uva americana" is "Isabella". Another usual name for “Uva americana” is “Isabella”.

]]> By: Nestorhttp://italychronicles.com/fragolino-time/#comment-31883 Nestor Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:10:04 +0000 http://italychronicles.com/?p=4335#comment-31883 "Uva americana" is known here, in Argentina, as "uva chinche"; there are also some caveats about using it to make wine, but the National Winemaking Institute (INV) admits it for low scale production. You can get it in Berisso, near La Plata, 60 km south of Buenos Aires if you ask for "vino de la Costa" (coast - of the River Plate - wine). Greetings “Uva americana” is known here, in Argentina, as “uva chinche”; there are also some caveats about using it to make wine, but the National Winemaking Institute (INV) admits it for low scale production. You can get it in Berisso, near La Plata, 60 km south of Buenos Aires if you ask for “vino de la Costa” (coast – of the River Plate – wine).
Greetings

]]> By: Rita porterhttp://italychronicles.com/fragolino-time/#comment-31432 Rita porter Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:42:49 +0000 http://italychronicles.com/?p=4335#comment-31432 Trying to find Fragolino... I tried it in Italy at a restaurant in Florencenear Tuscany. If you know where I can locate this wine with high alcohol content. Plase let me know. Trying to find Fragolino… I tried it in Italy at a restaurant in Florencenear Tuscany. If you know where I can locate this wine with high alcohol content. Plase let me know.

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