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...
Well, given that it is now just about summer – is the first week of June late spring, or early summer…? – I thought it high time I did a post about what has been going on here during the spring. White Light I will start with the most recent Italian news, since it’s...
Well, here we are again, 11 months later… At the end of June last year, I posted a blog about restrictions on travel easing and places opening up again. With summer 2021 just around the corner, it’s that time of year once more when we are allowed to...
