Nero D'Avola... discovery


I don't know how it's possible that I missed this last time but apparently Nero D'Avola comes with a glass cork - it's Sicilian so of course it's cool and different. Hard to not start a mini collection of these. 

This wine is one that improves ten fold after five minutes of airing out. The first taste tends to be leathery  but in the most flattering manner, it is also hollow. Again, it's a very accessible wine as long as you can wait a few minutes before drinking more of it. After what I have just said, it does seem off to say that the wine is fresh but it really feels quite young.

I love traveling and the proof is in the pudding, I'm having an amazing time in Roma. Today for instance, while visiting the Colosseum/Colosseo, we found a secret entrance that I must share here. Instead of waiting in the long lines right at the front of the Colosseum, walk another 6 minutes down to Palantine Hill ticket office right off Via di San Gregorio and enjoy a zero wait to get a 2 day admission pass for Palantine Hill, the roman forum, and the Colosseum (one entry into each of the areas).

Excellent trip so far and much different from my previous visit to Rome when we got accosted by pickpockets and hippies quite a few times.

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the truffle restaurant: Osteria Barberini or Nirvana if we must.

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