A Year of Italian Drinking

[Pontormo]

Throughout the year, a number of eGullet members will be cooking their way through Italy, moving from region to region each month.

I brought the project to your attention in this forum's thread on Barolo since we began in Piemonte.

I would like to provide a link to the first month of the project once more, since the subject of wine has been brought up by more than one of our members.

In addition to opening bottles of wine to go with our meals, we have served risotto, trout and braises that were prepared with red wine.

Please consider this an invitation to check in on our progress and pipe up from time to time. At the beginning of each new month, when cooks survey the local cuisine, your comments on the wines of the region would be appreciated.

In February, we are moving on to Lombardy. Plans for March should be finalized some time soon.

[mtkr]

So is the intent to follow along region by region sampling various wines? Guess I missed January, but I'll be looking forward to hearing more about wines from Lombardy in February.