WINE, FOOD & MORE...Well, my last, brief, post was about Barbaresco in Festa – a once-a-year knees-up that finished far later than I stayed…It was, without doubt, one of the highlights of the social calendar: I recommend that you visit Piemonte next year for this...

Barbaresco in festaNow, I now what you're thinking - Barbaresco is always ‘in festa’ (partying) - but I am referring to a particular Barbaresco Festa that takes over the village for a big summer knees-up… 1st August 2022 saw the annual Barbaresco in Festa dinner in...

This post is the second instalment of my exciting two-part guide to the wine regions, grapes and wines of Piemonte, with the focus on the Langhe, Roero and Monferrato, since that’s where I live.  In this post, I am going to look at the principal wines of the Langhe,...

What a land Piemonte is.Hemmed-in by majestic peaks, the Piemontese people settled like marbles in a bowl, making the best of what they found around them.  And what riches they found: snow-covered mountains and shimmering lakes; alpine meadows suitable for producing...

How To Get To The LangheRight, so you’ve taken the deep breath.  Now it’s time for the plunge: you’re going to Piemonte…You will probably need to know how to get to the Langhe, Roero and Monferrato if you want to visit Barolo & Barbaresco! Flying is probably the...

The Wine Now Arriving is the delayed 2020 from Piemonte.  We apologise for the late running of this service…   Platform 1 for the Primis - I was going to say 'Express', but that's the last thing it's been...! As you may be aware, way back in the Light Ages –...

...And you should, too. I was going to make this blog all about my wines finally reaching their buyers, but, given the imminence of Italy’s change in entrance requirements and what it means for travel, that post can wait a few days… Relax As you may or may not be...

So we've had another Covid-permeated year, and another New Year to hope for better things than last year - it's all a bit déjà vu all over again... Well, Christmas came and went.  We spent it in England with family – the first one for 2 years. Before Noah...

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 and,...

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 Noah off at...

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 their...