Un Blanc de Blancs s’il vous plaît

Un Blanc de Blancs s’il vous plaît

My experience among Champagnes with 100% Chardonnay, defined as “Blanc de Blancs”, continues. This time I try the Blanc de Blancs Delamotte, Champagne Brut 12% vol. The Maison is among the five oldest Champagne Houses, born in Reims in 1760 thanks to...
Let’s celebrate!

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...
A Champagne that leaves its mark

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...
We are all born crazy. Some remain.

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...
The intrepid Piemontese winemaker

The intrepid Piemontese winemaker

For a long time I wanted to visit the Ettore Germano winery, attracted by the keenest curiosity to try their Riesling, the famous Hérzu, a vine that I consider to be among the most fascinating and elegant so far tasted and definitively one of my favorites. Yes,...