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Easy Fall Fun Flavorful Food with Italian Wines from a Castle!

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Fall is harvest, and that means bountiful, hearty foods and flavors. As the temperatures drop, people are drawn to warm flavors that make you feel good inside. Hearty Italian wines pair wonderfully well with these hearty foods and flavors.

But you don’t need to do a full on complicated meal (like we did here)  to take advantage of the plentiful fall foods like squash and tomatoes.

For this month’s “fall” theme for the Italian Food Wine Travel prompt, we decided to take an easy uncomplicated route because our schedule was just too hectic to do anything more! On a recent weeknight,  Sue dropped by Trader Joe’s for raviolis and she made a sauce (recipe below) which we paired three wines from August’s #WineStudio that I was too sick to taste (plus a Prosecco!)

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  • Castello di Magione 2013 Monterone Grechetto Colli del Trasimeno DOC
  • Castello di Magione 2014 Sangiovese Umbria IGT
  • Castello di Magione 2008 Morcinaia Colli del Trasimeno DOC

But these weren’t just any Italian wines. As this is a post for #ItalianWFT, I wanted Italian wines that had a nice travel story. And these do–they come from a CASTLE! And they have a great story that includes the Order of Malta which is active in 120 countries and is working hard on various relief projects including recovering from the devastating August 2016 earthquake.  

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