Exploring Italian Wine One Grape at a Time
When Riccardo calls, I am ready to go…Joking LOL Anyway, on a not too warm day at the end of June, I was invited for lunch at Villa Cora to learn more about the winery Il Colombaio di Santa Chiara and their Vernaccia di San Gimignano. I had already tasted their wines several times before, … Read more
Following Sara Carmignola for a couple of years on social media, I only met her in person earlier this summer at the yearly Vignaioli di Radda event at the House of Chianti Classico in Radda. We hit it off straight away and had a lot of fun during the day. Going on the offroading together … Read more
My travelling through Puglia during the last 15 days has just been an awesome experience meeting so many great people. There are so many things to tell you about wine and people in this region. I will focus on the Salento and the Terre del Negroamaro event in this article. I wanted to start with … Read more
After a looong break from getting any article out, I am sorry for that but it has been a very busy month with work, I am finally getting back to writing. I hope you remember me 🙂 and that you will come back and read about my wine – and beer – adventures. So, I … Read more
What could be better than go searching (panning) for gold in Trentino…- #oroditoblino? And to add to that, the kind of gold you can sip on and feel good about. It might not make you rich when it comes to money, but it makes you feel rich in your heart. How can you say no … Read more
The best of worlds for me is when I go to a new place I know little about and thus have the possibility to learn lots of new things. Curiosity is my name. LOL Well, you might say that this is what wine is all about; learning, exchanging thoughts and opinions. Nothing is set in … Read more
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
Recently, I got the opportunity to help to organize a wine tasting and to choose four Italian wines for an aperitif in Castellina in Chianti in Tuscany. On May 25th, I headed towards Castellina in Chianti together with my friend Letizia Galletti. It was time to manage a wine tasting that I had been planning … Read more
On a Sunday morning (to avoid the tasting crowds) in mid-February, I headed down to Fortezza da Basso in Florence to get some Chianti Love at the Anteprima 2017. This is the sneak peek event of the Consorzio Vino Chianti where they present the new vintages. This event is always fun and in the late … Read more
This year I decided to go to the Autochtona wine event in Bolzano for wine producers making wines with native grape varieties. So Sunday a week ago I hopped on the train towards Alto Adige. The Autochtona is a wine event or wine fair where autochtonous wines are put at the forefront. Some of the … Read more