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Discovering and learning
A taste of the Loire
Grapefruit: this is the dominant note that has impressed me when tasting this Sancerre La Vigne Blanche 2017 signed by Henri Bougeois. We are in the famous Loire Valley, a land of exceptional French wines including the noble and refined Sauvignon Blanc which is best...
A touch of…
When I go back home in Italy, I love to go to my preferred local wine shop, the one where you know you can get lost in front of those walls of bottles and know that, whatever the choice, the result will be nothing short of superb. And that's how I come across this...
Sunday lunch
We know that a consequence of the lockdown is going back to the origins and the good habits of our families, giving our best with the global "do-it-yourself", first and foremost in the kitchen. And here we are, ready to face a new challenge: home-made lasagna. All the...
The countercheck
It started from a simple advice request of a friend: "Elena, which wine would you suggest to pair with asparagus?" And so I listed a dozen white wines, Italian and international ones. Two days later I found at the door (we are still in isolation time...) two inviting...
The General
What better attribute for this Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva Dimonios, produced by Sella & Mosca!And everything, absolutely everything indicates the decisive, almost austere character of this wine: - The grape: Cannonau in purity, autoctonous vine of the splendid...
Je reste chez moi – I stay at home
In this period of global confinement, whatever it is forced or recommended, it is good to focus on everything that is around us wherever we are, whether it is our Country or the one that is hosting us or which - as in my case -...
The Savoy, this unknown region…
While passing through Savoy in the south-east of France closed to the Alps, a wine-growing area unknown also - I think - to French people, I stopped in a shop selling organic products only, looking at the wine corner: and I get advice. Apremont is an AOC Vin de...
The evolution
As a I am from Piedmonte region, I can't miss a bottle of Dolcetto in my cellar. But who says Dolcetto says Dolcetto d'Alba, Dolcetto of Diano d'Alba, Dolcetto of Asti, Dolcetto Langhe, Dolcetto Monferrato, Dolcetto of Ovada, Dolcetto of Acqui ... or then Dolcetto of...
A tradition
It is reported on the label: " C'était l'occasion, le moment opportun, la faveur ou la saison". Once again it's a matter of a lunch with friends, those with whom every year we promise to see each other shortly, but in the end we...
Let’s fall
Frankly, I am for the salty. And yet, when the time comes, you have to be ready...and let go. We are at the end of a copious meal with friends, the ones you don't see every weekend, so a lunch that starts at 12.30 and ends at 18.00 is, to say the least, "obvious". And...