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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
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    • Piedmont & Cinque Terre Trails
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    • Tuscan Trek
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November 01, 2018

Utterly Umbria 2018

November 01, 2018/ Pat Thomson
Utterly Umbria 2018

Photos from our Utterly Umbria wine tour, including Assisi, Spello, Orvieto, Deruta, and the wine capital Montefalco.

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November 01, 2018/ Pat Thomson/ Comment /Source
Travels in Italy, Sagrantino
Utterly Umbria, Caprai, Lungarotti, Fongoli, Tenimenti d'Alessandro, Cortona, Deruta, Assisi, Giotto, Montefalco, Sagrantino, Antinori, Castello di Magione, Antonelli, Castello di Sala, Spello
August 20, 2014

Saints Alive: The Rebirth of Sagrantino

August 20, 2014/ Pat Thomson
Saints Alive: The Rebirth of Sagrantino

Background to my Tastes of Italia article on Sagrantino, Umbria's prized red wine.

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August 20, 2014/ Pat Thomson/ Comment
Sagrantino, Travels in Italy, Tasting events
Arnaldo Caprai, Colle del Saraceno, Lungarotti, Marco Caprai, Montefalco, Sagrantino
March 08, 2013

On Sagrantino & Saint Francis

March 08, 2013/ Pat Thomson
On Sagrantino & Saint Francis

Saint Francis and Sagrantino come together in Montefalco, writes wine writer Pat Thomson after a Wine Media Guild tasting

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March 08, 2013/ Pat Thomson/ 1 Comment
Sagrantino, Tasting events
Antonelli, Arnoldo Caprai, Benezzo Gozzoli, Colle del Saraceno, Le Cimate, Montefalco Rosso, Sagrantino, Saint Francis, Umbria, Wine Media Guild
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    • Xtreme Tuscany
    • Utterly Umbria
    • Amalfi Coast for Wine Lovers
    • Discover Sicily
    • The Volcanic Wines of Etna
    • Rioja Roundup
    • The Douro Valley
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    • Alps & Dolomites
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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 3
  • At Home in Piedmont 8
  • Barbaresco 2
  • Barbera 2
  • Barolo 7
  • Beer 6
  • Brunello 8
  • Cabernet 4
  • Chianti Classico 6
  • Etna 2
  • Falanghina 1
  • Fiano 1
  • Florence 1
  • Franciacorta 2
  • Gavi 4
  • Gewürtztraminer 1
  • Greco 2
  • Grillo 2
  • Lambrusco 2
  • Marsala 1
  • Milan 2
  • Morellino di Scansano 1
  • Moscato 2
  • Nebbiolo 4
  • Nero d'Avola 3
  • Pelaverga 1
  • Port 9
  • Primitivo 2
  • Recipes 22
  • Refosco 1
  • Ribolla Gialla 1
  • Rome 6
  • Sagrantino 3
  • Sangiovese 4
  • Sassicaia 3
  • Soave 4
  • Spain 10
  • Sparklers 3
  • Super Tuscans 4
  • Tasting events 31
  • Travels in Italy 23
  • Travels in Portugal 9
  • Uncategorized 7
  • Valpolicella 1
  • Venice 3
  • Vermentino 9
  • Vin Santo 1
  • Vino Nobile 2
  • Wine (non-Italian) 12
  • Wine Events 15

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

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576 Fifth Street, Brooklyn NY 11215
888-746-0022 US & Canada
718-788-6365 Int’l
info@dolcetours.com
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