If Italy is on your travel bucket list, but you can’t make it this summer, don’t worry! We’ll bring Italy to you! The country has been rated one of the top travel destinations this summer and wine and travel expert Daniela Garrido is back to highlight some of Italian wines.
[Music] welcome back to Houston life summer is here and according to travel Trends Italy is expected to be one of the hottest destinations this summer but even if your summer plans don’t include a trip across the pond you can enjoy a flight of Italian wines instead wine and travel expert Daniela gito is back to take us on a mini tour of Italy a little Titi tour uh starting with some bubbly hey welcome Daniela thank you salute Titi why thank you um yes we are going on an Italian tour today we have a bunch of Italian inspired drinks here something for every single palette whether you want like a spritz or you just want to pour a prco or you want some white or some red wine for every the varieties a lot of people think of Italy they think of the apparal Spritz which is very invogue right now you’ve brought a spritz making uh using lamb Brusco yes so this is the Run L Brusco sprit I’m actually going to let you try it on its own first because run and Brusco has actually been a staple both in Italy and the United States for since the 70s when they actually came out with their campaign reuni on Ice which is what you’re trying right now and that kind of sent them to skyrocketing but everybody loves a spritz and of course a lusco spritz is actually very in style too so I’m going to pour a little Spritz for you first what’s nice about this flavor too there is just a hint of bitterness I do it’s it’s not a sweet red at all a lot of people if you know lamb Brusco you might consider it a sweeter drink but this is Aion R you ryun L under $10 and then you pair it with the masio prco um also an Italian prco and then you can throw in a bunch of different garnishes in there I’ve seen a lot of people on Tik Tok actually throwing in olives and a little bit of olive juice if like you really want to go that mile but I’m more of like a orange slice a lemon slice even some roast Mar hold on the olives and olive juice with the prco as well with the lusco mostly wow okay so for lamb Brusco spritzes people are kind of taking like that Martini take on it and also this is just a great appal right so that’s like after a long day this is your first drink of the day you decide with your palette if you want to go sweeter or you want to go saltier I love this it’s light and refreshing and you feel just nice holding like something bubbly in another one R lco and Mas very nice pronunciation I do my best I haven’t been to Italy yet so are you guys going this summer by chance oh we’ll we’ll be want to go you want to go I really want to go but you know what this if if a Lamberti prco is the closest I can get that is what I will be doing with me and so this lamber prco was actually named by Vine pair one of the top 10 best Pros under $20 so this is a great one to find locally and just bring to the party it’s going to have those tropical flavors like the peach the candied lemon and it’s perfect to like feel like you’re in Italy on you know just relaxing this is so nice nice this is so nice it’s not overpowering the price point is so important because if you’re bringing it to a party you know a couple of bottles it can get out of hand really quickly but really nice Price candy lemon really comes through and again it’s not too sweet you can taste like a hint of that citrusy tartness right that’s very very nice I love that you love it and I feel like when I was pouring it you could even smell those toasted almond which I really love in a sparkling when I’m pouring it like I just love to smell that the price point’s good too cuz I feel like if you’re doing a summer brunch or you’re going to a friend’s house a lot of us have questions about well what bottle do I bring and you know budget wise you don’t want to go over the top so this is a nice change of pace yeah everyone’s bringing the same wand so you know if you’re really honing in on an Italian summer lamberty prco it’s from Northern Italy it’s actually $33.99 to be specific that’s wonderful okay see you can say that when you you bring it toart you’re like guys this is from Northern Italy okay this is did you hear me I brought this from nor got back from Northern Italy put it down open it okay oh white wine is on as well yes so white wine perfect for summer if you’re having like a flaky fish so Legend has it that Frank Sinatra himself would not dine at a restaurant unless this wine was on the menu so this is the B Suave this is um incredibly great for like pairing with a flaky fish some shellfish it’s going to really like bring out those like soft floral and Paar notes so Suave means um soft in Italian I think you can see it right there like Suave yeah so Suave so if you want to be Suave at the party you bring some of this I do um really great what are you what are you smelling on it well to me it’s similar to like a SV Blanc you know sometimes a Chardonnay will almost make your your cheeks kind of pucker in this is an easy Drinker it’s like a very smooth light white I’m actually really glad that you brought up savan Blanc because this is a perfect alternative to those Pino gregio or savan Blanc drinkers so I would recommend this if again if you’re just honing into the whole Italian summer try something different try to B Suave cuz it’s really going to like make it different make the experience different how much this is I believe under $20 I can’t remember the exact price point at the top of my head but I believe it’s like under under $20 affable way to go I might even it might actually be under $10 I’m going to throw this out there and I really hope I got it right but I believe it’s $7.99 perfect makes it taste even better when you know you got a good deal on it red wine last but not least last but not least I don’t forget about red wine drinkers in the summer I always say that keante really comes alive in the summer because Kean is the perfect red wine medium bodied to always chill over ice and then pour as you um you know as the night goes on and what I love about specifically this one this is the poderi melini gro beautiful I hope I said that correctly it sounded good it’s a Kean Classico and what and it really is just such an authentic and respective representation of the Kean Classico region you can kind of see it there it’s so beautiful and like I said this is actually perfect for a backyard barbecue I know that we always talk about barbecue pairings here in Houston and this has just enough acidity that it’s going to cut through those juicier Meats without overpowering it right so it’s really going to complement it it’s not going to be making you sweat you’re going to be having a good time with it I think for a lot of people too they don’t care if it’s hot outside they’re red wine people and this is going to be their go-to you know what I mean like you got to have something for the Red Wine Drinker at the party perfect summer red and especially chilled like very chilled it’s so good you don’t want it too chilled I always say when it comes to chilled red wines you don’t want to necessarily put it in the freezer you just want to put it over ice for a little bit you want it to get to like that 40 late 40 degree like a 50Β° um you don’t want it to freeze because again when it comes to freezing any kind of wine you’re kind of freezing the flavors too so you just want it to get chilled enough and this one is has like those spice notes those leather notes those tobacco notes that people soly love in like a spicier breed wine you always bring it you always bring your Cheers Cheers Sal or would say Sal and we will have more info on our website Houston life.tv thanks again thank