Exploring Italian Wine One Grape at a Time
Freebie included in this newsletter article: 7 Wine Bars in Florence I’d Actually Send You To (Free Download) I love how powerful friendships in wine are, and how they show up for you at the right moment. Last weekend, we had decided to have a dinner among a few friends – the wild girls – … Read more
There have been several articles in the media lately listing wine bars to visit in Florence, including in La Repubblica and Wine Enthusiast. This is interesting because it shows how the wine bar scene has grown a lot in the last few years. Up until about 10 years ago, there were a few good wine … Read more
Last year, I started the Substack publication All That Wine together with Susannah Gold to dive deeper into the beautiful world of wine. We did a couple of livestreams with producers last year; the articles about them will be published soon. I just published the first newsletter article of the year over on All That … Read more
Today, I am writing to you from a café at Walterplatz in Bolzano, with a view of the surrounding Dolomites. I arrived on Thursday, invited by Bolzano Winery – one of the successful cooperatives in Alto Adige – to attend a vertical tasting of their new wines, Tal 1930 and Tal 1908. It was also … Read more
An evening walk in 2011 that changed everything! One day in late 2011, I was walking through the centre of Florence with my friend Giovanna when we saw a flyer for a sommelier course organised by Fisar, starting soon thereafter. It was to be held at a nearby wine bar. So, I told Giovanna, “Let’s … Read more