Right, I am going you-know-what free this time… The little wine offering that I put forward a couple of weeks or so ago has had some results! A few cases sold, from Riesling (yes, we have it in the Langhe, and it is very good…) through traditional whites such as...
Not much News… …Though what there is is good…So, what’s the situation in Italy with Corona virus now? Lockdown is as before, and the rates of infection, hospitalisation, ICU beds occupied and fatalities are: down, down, down and stable at under...
Disappointment… …We all feel it, especially these days: it may be missing that trip to Piemonte that you have been (or ought to have been) planning. It may be missing family (or being with family) over Easter. It may be that, now you have 5 day...
Well, I have been working on a way to get producers here, who are in lockdown, connected with you out there, who are very likely in lockdown. It’s been over four weeks for the entire country here, with an extension until at least 13thApril – indeed, it feels as if we...
Once again we have had several days of slowing in the rate of fatalities. The past two days have been under 5%, and both the number of people hospitalised and those in ICU beds has fallen for two days in a row. The measures taken are working, but people...