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Traveling Sicily’s Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG Wine Trail

1 week ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

A recent trip to Sicily to attend the 2025 edition of Sicilia en Primeur provided me the opportunity to visit Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG a region long on my wine bucket list. This region is a designated UNESCO heritage site that takes visitors through the coast of southern Italy near the Mediterranean Sea through fertile farmland and historic cities filled with Baroque architecture and cultural significance. For context, the key cities to visit in this area include Modica, Ragusa and Vittoria.
Villa Svetoni: A Luxury Wine Resort in Montepulciano

1 week ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

The medieval hilltop village of Montepulciano is filled with picturesque charm, from its winding cobblestone streets to its Renaissance-era architecture and expansive views of the countryside. For wine and food lovers, Montepulciano offers historic cantinas, enotecas and eateries serving the region’s namesake Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG red wine. Restaurants and osterias serve hearty Tuscan fare like pici with duck ragu, ribollita soup, wild boar stew and Bistecca Fiorentina.
Jacques Pépin Celebrates 90th Birthday with 90 Fundraising Dinners - The Connected Table

2 weeks ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

Jacques Pépin grew up Bourg-en-Bresse France to a restaurant family. His parents, Jeanette and Jean-Victor Pépin, owned Le Pélican where Jacques started working in the kitchen as a young boy. Family and cooking have been the cornerstones of his life even since.
Pasqua Wines Celebrates Its Centennial with "Ode Al Futuro"

1 month ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

Have you ever ventured inside a human-sized kaleidoscope? We’ve always had a fascination with kaleidoscopes but walking into an immersive “Infinity Room” designed as a kaleidoscope was a new experience for us. The art installation at the Giardino Giusti in Verona was part of a special exhibition by Foll.ia studio entitled “Ode al Futuro” commissioned by the Veronese wine company, Pasqua Vigneti E Cantine, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its founding in 1925.
Junebug Sets a New Rhythm for Dining in New Orleans’ Warehouse District

1 month ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

Junebug is a delightful addition to New Orleans’ Warehouse District when you want to share food and drinks without feeling weighed down by set courses or tasting menus. The restaurant creates a relaxed ambiance for parties or two, four, six or more, thanks to two substantial adjacent event spaces.
Mary Taylor: Staying the Course in a Changing Wine Market - The Connected Table

1 month ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

Mary Taylor has come a long way from working odd jobs in the working-class neighborhood of Massachusetts where she grew up to becoming one of the most successful independent woman-owned wine import companies in the United States. She’s certainly paid her dues, and it is now paying off, even in a changing and challenging wine market. An English major at Boston College, she started out as a wine server at the Boston Harbor Hotel.
Valdarno di Sopra DOC- A Breath of Fresh Air in Arezzo

2 months ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

Valdarno di Sopra (a.k.a. Val d’Arno) is a small DOC located in Arezzo, roughly a 90-minute drive east from Florence. This hilly, forested region sandwiched between Umbria and Chianti is named for the Arno Valley. It served as a country retreat for wealthy Florentines for many years.
Montepulciano’s Poderi Boscarelli – Rooted in Family - The Connected Table

2 months ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

Poderi Boscarelli in Tuscany’s picturesque winemaking area of Montepulciano is a family-run winery overseen by Paola De Ferrari Corradi and her sons, Luca and Nicolò. We had the pleasure of first visiting Boscarelli in 2009 where we spent an afternoon touring the vineyards and tasting wines. The family’s generous hospitality and well-made wines sealed our appreciation for Boscarelli, an appreciation only further cemented during subsequent visits over the ensuing years.
Tuscan Field Trips: DOCG Carmignano

2 months ago | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

Tuscany is a patchwork quilt of sub-regions with the largest being Chianti DOCG and Chianti Classico DOCG. We’ve taken several field trips to different sub-regions, including DOCG Carmignano, a small gem located amid low-lying hills 10 miles northwest of Florence. Just 39-square kilometers (24.2 miles), it is one of Italy’s smallest and oldest DOCGS, established in 1990. The region has a long winemaking history dating back to the Etruscans.
Taste of the NFL Scores a Touchdown in New Orleans on Super Bowl Weekend

Feb 13, 2025 | theconnectedtable.com | Melanie Young

We survived Super Bowl LIV Weekend in New Orleans and took advantage of many activities held throughout New Orleans. For both of us it was our first time living in a Super Bowl city. New Orleans really knows how to throw a party. Being the birthplace of Jazz and offering a delicious melting pot of cuisines, there was plenty to partake. It’s also Mardi Gras season, so purple, green and gold flags and banners decorate buildings, people bring out their sparkles and the energy level is high.