Category: Roma (Italy)

ÔMINA ROMANA: GOOD OMENS ABOUND IN CASTELLI ROMANI | WINE & TRAVEL

Posted on February 20, 2024March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Napa Valley Life Magazine
This is where ancient Roman nobility and popes sourced the most prized wine, and here, near the town of Velletri, the Ômina Romana (Roman Omens) winery and vineyards thrive. The vines—planted in volcanic soil, warmed by the Mediterranean sun, and cooled by sea breezes—grow in an optimal micro-climate that allows them to express their full potential. And it has—Ômina Romana used the fruit from these vines and state-of-the-art tools and scientific research to produce wine worthy of Italy’s highest rating: Tre Bicchieri.

Roma (Italy)

ROMA TO SONOMA E RITORNO: CINCINNATO WINERY’S INTERVIEW WITH LAYNE RANDOLPH | WINE

Posted on May 26, 2023July 28, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Fabio Ciarla, Cincinnato Winery
An incredible path that binds Layne Randolph to Italy, if “the outward journey” saw fashion as the protagonist, “the return” is all oriented towards wine. After a few years of study and work in Turin and Rome, with prestigious assignments for fashion houses of the level of Fendi, Layne decided to return to the US to pursue other career paths, however choosing a landscape that was similar to the Italian hills. So here is Sonoma, and the beginning of an adventure in the world of wine that she explains to us in the first answer to our questions. We met her for an insight into the wines of Lazio and we are really happy to have had this opportunity, such high-level writing is what every territory wants to make itself known!

Roma (Italy)

IN THE SHADOW OF ROME: ANCIENT ROMAN GRAPES | WINE

Posted on January 14, 2023May 4, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Wine Enthusiast Magazine
Nero Buono’s history is unknown. Claudio Gargiulo of Carpineti explained. “We are working with the village of Cori to find the DNA origin of the Nero Buono grape, but we have not found a relative, and it’s possible that none exists today. So, we are [literally] writing the history of Nero Buono now.”

Roma (Italy)

WHAT’S PERCOLATING ON THE VOLCANO: MT. ETNA, SICILY | WINE & TRAVEL

Posted on June 5, 2020July 11, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Napa Valley Register, Travel Section
“[Nerello Mascalese] is to Marcello Mastroianni as John Wayne is to Cabernet.” Alberto Graci, Graci Winery, Passopisciaro, Sicily. My mission is to explore the Etna DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata) wine region and find out what is percolating on Mt. Etna, other than the still-active volcano.

Roma (Italy)

ROSATO: A WINE TO MAKE YOU RETHINK PINK | WINE

Posted on February 18, 2020March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Inside Napa Valley Magazine
Technically, it’s the French who say rosé; the rest of us have adopted their usage of the word. It’s right that we use the French version; France is the indisputable land of rosé wine.

Roma (Italy)

TOMARESCA | WINE

Posted on October 19, 2016March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

The Tormaresca estate is almost as remote as Tasca D’Almerita’s Regaleali in central Sicily, and both are well worth the trip. We parked in what we later found out was the back of the winery and searched on foot for five minutes to find the entrance.

Roma (Italy)

THE BATHS OF BORMIO | TRAVEL

Posted on August 9, 2016March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

The trump card of the terme is an outdoor Roman thermal pool perched up against the mountain that looks out over the ski slopes and picturesque Alpine valley.

Roma (Italy)

SALENTO: ITALY’S BEST KEPT SECRET | TRAVEL

Posted on July 29, 2016March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Attempting to be undaunted, I set out on my Metropolitan Lady bicycle every day, my computer in tow. I rode to coffee bars, restaurants, and friends’ homes and places of business to use my laptop and wireless card, much to the amusement and chagrin of the Salentini, who would say to me, “You are fixated. Stop the computer. Go to the sea!”