You’re in Tuscany, surrounded by the most beautiful scenery, your senses assaulted by the sights and smells of the sunny...
Damiano Ciolli, Birk O’Halloran and Leticia at Vinitaly 2013. There are very few wines indigenous to the region of Lazio, and even...
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5Post-tasting glow with Pier Busso and Ronnie Grant. If you’re anywhere near the Italian wine industry you can’t escape the...
I’m in Verona for the Vinitaly trade show, but on Saturday we planned a trip to one of the show’s...
This December we wanted to BBQ with the Pesce family, our adopted Italian family, in Umbria. Beautiful cuts of locally-raised...
Michele Satta and his son inspect the vines a few days before pruning. I think this has been the longest...
Wine can be serious stuff- there’s so much to learn and taste and so many details about terroir and appellations...
… How does your garden grow? Is it full of Sagrantino vines? While visiting Umbria last year we stopped to...
I love travelling Italy and tasting all of its regional amari. This winter we found a rich, spicy-bitter-sweet delicacy in...
Every year Italian (and non Italian) wine geeks gather in San Francisco for the annual west coast roadshow of the...