Stunning beauty, the #CinqueTerre’s heroic viticulture: a project to relight a whole valley and to build a farm. Nowadays as Samuele said, “you can see why our wines are properly priced ..” Yes, totally! I know that when there is the sun everything looks more beautiful and personally I was starving to see the sun […]
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Vino In-Dipendente, Natural Wine Fair in Calvisano, Lombardy
Returning to Milan after a weekend over the Colli Bolognesi I decided to stop for a few hours at the wine fair Vino In-Dipendete (http://vinoindipendente.it). The fair which took place in Calvisano, a small town of Roman origins, in the province of Brescia, Lombardy region, on February the 18th and 19th. My time at the […]
VINO IN-DIPENDENTE 2018, FIERA A CALVISANO
Vino In-dipendente: una fiera piccola e piena zeppa di cose buone (attenzione: tanti consigli per gli acquisti) Articolo pubblicato su Slow Wine del 28.02.2018 Rientrando a Milano dopo un weekend trascorso sui Colli Bolognesi ho pensato bene di fermarmi qualche ora alla fiera Vino In-Dipendete (clicca su http://vinoindipendente.it) che si svolgeva nella Sala Polivalente Beata Cristina […]
Red Wines from Trentino
Rich master-class topics on Trentino Alto Adige red wines held by journalist Massimo Zanichelli, at the Vinodromo wine bar in Milano.
Colli Piacentini, Emilia wine tour
Emilia Romagna I feel to write these notes just after the weekend over the Colli Piacentini (hills of Piacenza), in the province of #Piacenza: the emotions are still strong that it would be different in a few days when the head would take over them. I’ve just returned home from an unforgettable two days where […]
Porchetta Passion: a culinary adventure in Umbria, coming May 2020
In collaboration with Sara Jenkins at Nina June restaurant and Porchettiamo festival our annual culinary extravaganza for meat lovers, a 4-days getaway in Umbria, is perfect for people wishing to enjoy one of the very best dish we have in central Italy: Porchetta! READ MORE Save
VISIT TO LA BIANCARA, ANGELINO MAULE
Gorgeous day for visiting the hills of Gambellara and learning about Garganega grape, its volcanic soil, methods of winemaking, compost, spontaneous fermentation etc., together with the main protagonist of this terroir: Angiolino Maule. It has been a big pleasure to spend those hours listening to his stories.
Raw Wine Festival London
Raw Wine Festival, Applausi ! .. Tra le tante cose da fare a Londra, segnate nella ‘bucket list’, come dicono gli Inglesi, c’era la partecipazione al Raw Wine Festival che si tiene ogni anno a Marzo. Raw è l’evento che celebra l’amore per i vini biodinamici e naturali, vini prodotti con il minimo intervento, vini […]
UMBRIA PASTA & VINO TOURS 2015
ON GOING PASTA & VINO TOURS 2015:
PASTA & VINO, CHEESE & FIGS: in SEPTEMBER
PASTA & VINO & OLIVE OIL: in OCTOBER
PORCHETTA TOUR IN UMBRIA – May 14-18 , 2015
Join me and wine expert Barbara D’Agapiti for 4 nights and 3 days as we explore some of the off the beaten path towns, wineries and eclectic cooks as well as spending the day at the Porchettiamo festival in the medieval town of San Tereziano tasting various porchetta stands, drinking sagrantino wine, visiting wineries and an historic brewery in fabulous Perugia.