Exploring Italian Wine One Grape at a Time
Last autumn, I had Stefano Graidi from Terre di Serrapetrona winery in Le Marche as a guest at the #WinesOfItaly #LiveStream. (See the video at the end of this article.) This was an opportunity for me to learn a #shitton about the Vernaccia Nera grape and the “fermo” or “still” red DOC wine made with … Read more
What could be more romantic than sipping on the rosé wine Il Melograno today on Valentine’s Day? Today is a day all about connections and relationships with other people. Here I will, of course, talk about wine relationships mostly. 🙂 Sometimes things just click with people, right? And you feel like you have known people … Read more
The other night I was at a dinner at my friend Nadia’s place here in Florence and she had her friend, Betta, from close to Vicenza visiting. They are both originally from the Vicenza area. At a certain point, they were asking me about my recent ‘wine travels’. When I mentioned that I had been … Read more
Sorry, for my radio silence during the last couple of weeks but it has been a crazy two months packed with interesting and fun wine travel and events. All wonderful experiences but also very tiring… Therefore, there has been a short break in my writing. I apologize for that. Today, I will talk a bit … Read more