Comments on: Benefits and Tradition are in That Glass of Red Wine

By: SILVANO FRANTELLIZZI

SILVANO FRANTELLIZZI — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 22:08:55 +0000

My name is Silvano I came to the U.S. from Lazio as a LITTLE boy. I remember doing this in Italy and took it for granted but never forgot the rich history of this tradition. I'm glad Americans are realizing what we Italians knew all along. Salute to all.

By: Bobby G Ratliff

Bobby G Ratliff — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 22:30:13 +0000

Is it true that grape juice has the same benefits as wine?

By: Nonna, Besanonna

Nonna, Besanonna — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 13:15:37 +0000

I, also, have great memories of picking grapes from the yards of my grandmother’s two 3 deckers which were inhabited by us, my aunts and uncles and cousins. Grapes were brought to the cellar, placed in a wooden tub and crushed with a big wooden wheel and the liquid stored in 6 huge barrels in her “wine room”!
Memories of sipping this when being sent home from school when not feeling well.!
There’s nothing like being Italian! MEDICINE… not tylenol or aspirin…RED WINE!

By: Frank Bettinelli

Frank Bettinelli — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:35:26 +0000

This article on “Making Red Wine”, brought back many fond memories of my helping my father,
and later my Italian in laws in making wine.
I remember going down to the cellar, of the 3 family tenement that we rented in the West End
of Boston, and using a rubber tube inserted into a barrel and sucking out some wine to start
the flow of wine into an empty gallon bottle. There were many times that the tube was left in the mouth accidentally……………just checking……………………ciao.