It was only last month that I stopped working in the winery – or in the vineyards and outside the winery with the pressure washer, to be precise – but it feels like a different geological epoch… So, following the launch of my range of wines, harvest was back on...
Finally, here is the big news… Well, maybe a little background would be nice. Hold onto the fact that news is coming while you read this next part, or skip it if you’re the reader that looked at my blog post previously. I initially came to Piemonte in 2001 to work...
Ok, so I lied. I didn’t go to the Douro Valley. I went to the Rhône, north and south. It was fun. Here’s a very lengthy post about it…(but I’ve bunged in plenty of pictures to help us along our way). As always, if it’s in yellow, it’s a link. I dropped...
Well, it has only been just over a month, but it feels like finishing my work in the vineyards and cellar at the end of July – because, you know, August in Italy – was an aeon ago… The last week was spent underground, laying all the recently filled bottles on...
Lord Kitchener got 18 of the 19 letters correct. Close, but no cigar. What he really meant to say was: Our Country Needs You! It’s become much warmer over the last 2 weeks. I’m seeing a lot more ‘summertime reds’ around Alba as visitors from more...
