Wine tours
Going around, looking for the passion
Volpaia
After almost 7 years, I return to Paradise: Chianti. It's spring, green is everywhere and I feel at peace. And you cannot fail to stop in Volpaia, an enchanting village, and obviously to reach the Castello di Volpaia winery. After almost 7 years, I'm back to tasting...
Inside a carapace
Last summer, when I was traveling from Northern to Southern Italy, we made a stop, more or less halfway through. And the region was Umbria, and then we stopped here, closed to the magnificent village of Bevagna (a visit is a must, really). Where we are? We are in...
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,...
A sip of Abruzzo
Tenacity and frankness: this is my feeling when I meet Valentina Di Camillo, a person out of the ordinary and strongly linked to her land and origins, Valentina who together with her brother Luigi, the official winemaker of the family, under the guidance of their...
Bolgheri: indissolute love
It is love at first sight, you can only remain enchanted by this territory that despite being so young shows so high skills and competences of all those people who believed in it ... and were right. Bolgheri DOC was born only 25 years ago, so in general all the...
Around Bordeaux in Libournais area
If it happens in your life to visit the magnificent village of Saint-Émilion, and if you want to discover one of the wines that are part of the much renowned Bordeaux produced in the Libournais area, book a visit-tasting at one of the many Chateaux and you will see...
In Saint-Èmilion
Even for an abstainer, a trip in Saint-Èmilion, a famous wine-growing area in Bordeaux, is really worthwhile.The medieval village, worthily recognized Unesco heritage, is an enchantment among ancient palaces, towers, churches and cloisters.For those who are wine...
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...
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...