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One word: Bolgheri
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...
Bolgheri, Bolgheri and then Bolgheri
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...
“La carta più alta” M. Malvaldi – Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore
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)...
Among the kings of kings
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. You can...
Unexpected
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 apricot, dried fruit,...