Is it right to describe wine as ‘beautiful’? Am I Over the top? Getting too fussy? I don’t […]
Italian Wines
Pio Cesare makes a range of magnificent wines in Piedmont in the north of Italy. In this podcast […]
In this podcast Francesco Ricasoli corrects me with my pronounciation of his surname and the fact that vineyards […]
Tenuta San Leonardo is in Trentino. The Alto Adige is to its north while Valpolicella is to the […]
Stefano Gagliardo’s family make some of the finest expressions of Barolo from vineyards (Piedmont: NW Italy) that his father […]
Both GrapeCircus and Nomad Wine are small, independent, excellent wine distributors. This week they held a joint portfolio […]
Valpolicella, Amarone, Oltrepo Pavese, Montalcino, Maremma Toscana, Manduria Puglia, Paternoster Vulture, De Buris These are all Tommasi Estates […]
What a fabulous Tasting! I came away from an intimate tasting last week positively buzzing. It made me […]
Italy has probably the greatest collection of indigenous grapes. Many of these are very familiar to us- Sangiovese, […]
Prosecco is now in vogue as a sparkling wine of choice. This is a relatively recent development. It […]
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