Exploring Italian Wine One Grape at a Time
So this is Christmas…we are almost there. For me, being in Sweden now, it is all happening today at Christmas Eve, so we are soon prepared to head off to drink some mulled wine with friends and thereafter having dinner all together. However, just before starting to enjoy all the Christmas food and wine, I … Read more
On December 8th, Monica Bianciardi was a guest at the Wines Of Italy Blab. She is a sommelier who did her formation with AIS (the Italian Sommelier Association) but has since then moved over to ASPI (the Italian Professional Sommelier Association) for which she is also currently working. I have come in contact with and gotten … Read more
Last week Lorenzo, the president of Fisar Firenze asked me if I wanted to come along with another two fellow sommeliers to visit the winery Val delle Corti in Radda in Chianti. Of course, I said yes, even though I then realized I knew next to nothing about the winery…yet. So I asked Lorenzo, who … Read more
So, for this week’s #WinesOfItaly blab on December 1st I was at La Divina Enoteca with the owners Bianca Ciatti and Livio Del Chiaro in Florence. Livio was my guest for the evening, and I had asked him to talk in an easy and laid back way about how you do a guided wine tasting. To … Read more