by Elena | Nov 15, 2019 | Wine tours
We are at the end of October in a fully autumnal climate, like being in a painting: cypresses, olive trees and vineyards … and vineyards. We are in Tuscany region of Bolgheri, a land that gave birth to Sassicaia about fifty years ago thanks to the Marquis Mario...
by Elena | Oct 30, 2019 | Wine tours
In this divine land where the nobility, together with technology, forged the famous Supertuscans, the Bordeaux-type wine of Italy, if you pass through the Bolgherese provincial road, you can see alternating great names such as Tenuta San Guido, Ornellaia, Guado al...
by Elena | Sep 30, 2019 | Wine and words
This book is part of the series of BarLume novels, stories of pure entertainment that intrigue and make you smile thinking of its protagonists, the assiduous old-time bar visitors led by the barman-investigator Massimo, who has in common with me (and with the author)...
by Elena | Sep 25, 2019 | Wine tours
We are in the heart of the Langhe in the village of La Morra (CN – Italy), the undisputed land of Barolo, one of the most precious and sumptuous wines. Climbing to the top of the village, I stopped in a winery of Barolo : the San Biagio winery in Santa Maria....
by Elena | Sep 14, 2019 | A glass of
That’s what happens. That you are with friends and they show up with a bottle of wine with a bright orange color that leaves you quite sceptical. It is an “orange wine”, a Rençel 2013 that comes directly from Slovenia. The aroma shows notes of...
