Wine

Sometimes work without wine gets in the way

Apologies for the long radio silence here on my blog. Sometimes life and, especially, work just gets in the way. Though, no, I am not hard at work in the vineyard…LOL I was traveling a lot for wine during April as you might have seen on my social media channels, managing to still write articles … Read more

Vermentino

Vermentino by Antonella Corda – An expression of Sardinia Terroir

Tonight, (May 4th) I am sitting happy and high on Trentino wines after having attended a vertical wine tasting of Vino Santo in a winery close to Trento. More about that further on… Anyway, in a beautiful agriturismo tucked into the Trentino mountain landscape I am now focusing on finishing my article about the Vermentino … Read more

Roero

Wines Of Roero Mapped Out One Glass At A Time

When Vinitaly soon is opening its doors, there is a lot of buzz going on already. Wineries, wine writers, influencers, importers, and wine lovers, in general, are posting about where they will be, what will happen, about meetups and much more. Wine communication is at its height, not only strictly marketing but also the Human … Read more

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6 Expressions of Southern Terroir at #Vinitaly2017

This article will talk about 6 wineries that can be thought of as expressions of southern terroir at #Vinitaly2017. In fact, what I noted at this year’s edition, was that native grape varieties, especially from the southern regions, were in focus. Cathy Huyghe, a (wine) journalist at Forbes, has made a good synthesis of #Vinitaly2017 … Read more

3 Wine Tasting Themes: Part 2

3 Southern Wine Tasting Themes: Part 2

So this article is even more overdue than the last one about me and Nadia Padrin’s wine impressions at Vinitaly 2016 back in April. However, I have not had much time to write articles during the last couple of weeks due to work, so I will try and make up for it all now. In … Read more

3 Tasting Themes at Vinitaly 2016 – Part 1

Sorry all, this article is very overdue, but the last week I had a lot of work so I never managed to get it finished before. Anyway, two days at Vinitaly was hard work. This year I was there with my friend and fellow sommelier Nadia Padrin. I had a list of wineries I wanted … Read more

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