What a beautiful weekend and I hope
everyone enjoyed the weather and their mother's day! I hope you had
some delicious wine and food and celebrated with loved ones.
My blog today is part of a blog tour
that I was introduced to by a new blogger to my network, Meghan from
Travel, Wine, and Dine.
Meghan is a fellow Bostonian like myself that focuses on everything
from food and sharing recipes, travel with a special travel Tuesday
weekly post, and a wine of the week. What a perfect combination that
go together oh so well!
This blog is two-fold. One part is to
introduce you to some potential bloggers that you aren't familiar
with that hopefully you will explore further and benefit from their
recommendations and their journeys. The other part is to discuss my
writing process so you become more familiar with me as a blogger in
the wine world.
What am I working on?
My blog is focused on Italian wine,
which will keep me busy forever with tons of different grapes
throughout the country. Plus, with my passion for everything Italian
there is always something to discuss. I love sharing my travels
throughout Italy with you as I cover wines of all different regions.
I'm in the middle of expanding Vino Travels and incorporating travel
tours throughout Italy. I've recently partnered with a winery in
Italy and am co-marketing all-inclusive tours in Tuscany to their
beautiful estate where they produce their wines and have fantastic
accommodations. I look forward to this new venture and with my
knowledge and experience living and traveling throughout the country
I look forward to sharing it with everyone.
How does my work differ from others of
its genre?
The wine world is very vast when it
comes to bloggers. My passion and familiarity with Italian wine is
what drove me to specialize in italian wines. There are some great
Italian bloggers out there and I have reached out to many of them and
acknowledged the great work they do. I look at all of us as a
partnership in promoting the wines of this beautiful country. We all
did chose to write about italian wines in particular due to our love
for the country and wines so blogging is the perfect avenue for
sharing this with the world.
Why do I write what I do?
I've been fortunate to live in Italy,
travel there numerous times and super fortunate enough to get married
there over 6 months ago. For me, writing my blogs and sharing with
you my stories of the folks that I have met that work hard in the
vineyards every day is important to me. I have met so many great
producers throughout Italy, some of them smaller that maybe don't
have the reputation some of the others do. I love to promote the
grapes that folks may not be familiar with while getting people to
think and explore outside the box. All of this is what drives me
share my experiences and knowledge with you.
How does your writing process work?
I base my blogs on what is going on
that week. Sometimes I have weeks where I will meet a bunch of
winemakers from Italy that are visiting the Boston area. Sometimes I
will travel to tastings that are featuring Italian wines. Other
times I will pop open a bottle to taste or will share some of my
travels and pictures of my ventures to Italy. I try to change it up
to keep things interesting. I'm not a huge fan of writing review
after review. I love telling the stories behind the wine because I
find the history and traditions of wineries and regions the most
intriguing.
Now
I'm going to introduce you to someone new in my network, Yo, whom
writes a blog that is La
Vita di Monteolivo. She shares a similar passion to mine, which
is her love for Italy, including Umbria and more specifically the
Todi region. It's a bilingual blog where she covers everything from
cooking to gardening. She even rents out her home in Umbria and if
you haven't been to that region it's well worth exploring. So check
out her blog and get a peak into Yo's world.
Enjoy
your Monday!
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