Like other rivers that form a barrier between communities, the Tanaro separates Barbaresco from the Roero and sometimes we, on “the posh side”, sometimes overlook our neighbour’s wine. Last week we ventured across the Tanaro and visited Canale and...
Before I moved to Piedmont I had always associated Uncle Bulgaria with the Wombles of Wimbledon Common, then I met Edoardo Miroglio. In addition to his Tenuta Carretta in Alba he has built the most extraordinary winery on 1,200 hectares deep in the heart of Bulgaria....
After another relatively average tasting at La Morrra on Saturday I left not realising that I had missed one of the stands. Not surprising, as it was a Bank Holiday weekend and the weather was lousy and consequently it was jam-packed. Fortunately Bobtino didn’t...
Wagner has never really done it for me and I have been able to get along very well without him but in the past week he appeared, uninvited, in my life. You may already be wondering the relevance of Wagner to life in Italy and until last week I wouldn’t have...
We have always found it very easy to get sucked into excess and it seemed like a good idea to supplement the vegetable garden with free range eggs. As I have written before we bought 11 young chickens that we wrestled with every evening for a few months putting them...
