Barbaresco, and of course our neighbours seem to be hitting the headlines this month and about time too. The publicity will undoubtedly help wine tourism in Piemonte, too often overlooked except by the “cognoscenti”. In Decanter magazine this month, Piero...
The temperature has reached 30c by day, the pool has been opened but remains cool as overnight the thermometer falls into single figures. The mid teens is as warm as the water has reached.We have lunched for the first time this year on asparagus. All the doors are...
Hurray, this month’s Decanter magazine has it’s first Barbaresco panel tasting since 1999(?!) and the quote “I think Burgundy lovers should look at young Nebbiolo; the wines have a similar quality to them” caught my eye having just spent a few...
We’re still waiting but hopefully we will soon be living in a Unesco World Heritage Site. The one and only nomination of 2011 put forward to Paris Unesco Commission by the Italian Government in the 150th anniversary of Italian Unity. “Piedmont Wine...
I have been looking for the wine of small local producers to showcase at the Herstmonceux dinner and it is difficult as there are so many to choose from. I have already decided that the excellent wines of Franco Rocca (“Albesani” Barbaresco 2007 and “Bricco Stepone”...
