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Let’s celebrate!
Champagne has always been synonymous of: "we must celebrate". Yes, because the moments of life in which you have to celebrate do not happen every day and, nevertheless, sometimes they even go unnoticed. A matter of habit? Rush? Missed opportunity? Given little weight?...
The Swiss Apéro
I am in Switzerland, I am Swiss and I love everything that is local, and why not even organic. On the occasion of the Festi'Terroir in Geneva, walking along the marché set up in the very central and historic Parc des Bastions, animated by local producers and artisans...
“Le petit prince” A. de Saint-Exupery – Sauternes Carmes de Rieussec
A book masterpiece, a wine masterpiece. A book that needs no introduction, a wine that has a lot to say. Both French masterpieces, both appreciated and known all over the world. What led me to this combination? In one word: sweetness. Sweetness is the key element that...
I need a Brunello
This was my first thought when I discovered that my quarantine would not be ended, but even extended by a few more days ... This is how it happens, when you have no power over events, just hoping that this evil virus doesn't spread too much damage and you will finally...
I am lost
Caught by the label: the more I stare at it, the more I feel like Mowgli hypnotized by the snake Kaa. I feel catapulted into a labyrinth, or rather lost in searching, in vain, for a meaning in an Escher drawing. Fortunately,...
A Champagne that leaves its mark
Giving a woman flowers is always a moment of pleasant surprise: even for a person like me who is million miles from having a green thumb (I can even kill succulents ...), receiving a floral gift, from the simple rose to the most majestic bouquet of flowers of all...
Piedmontese people and Argentina
I have always been fascinated by the stories of migrants (big family to which I belong too, after all): when I think of my Italian region, which basically has a reputation as a land of "Bogia nen" ("don't move" in dialect Piedmontese), I am even more attracted to...
Looking for happiness
If you have to open a bottle and you want to have fun, you can only choose this Sicilian white wine. Why? Because Sicily is a land that brings joy, because it is a Sicilian indigenous vine, Grillo, and because the label has designed, precisely, a bright cricket...
We are all born crazy. Some remain.
This is the incipit signed by Samuel Beckett that you can find on the Ca 'de Pazzi ("House of fools" in English) website. Madness in a liquid state: this is how this Franciacorta DOCG producers introduce theirselves, a concept born from the meeting of two young guys...
America & America
Chili con carne: this well-known and very good dish from Texas (not from Mexico!) is one of the things that makes you in a good mood: that's why "it must be done". This is the point. The variant I choose to prepare is the classic one (which basically has a lot of...