Well, here we are again. I have recently had another article published in The Local Italy – this time about what assistance there has been for wine producers here in Italy due to the Corona virus pandemic and what the situation is for producers in Piemonte.  I...

Since my last blog post – improbably over a month ago now - I have finally managed to establish Byrne Vini.  This is my acorn-sized wine-making project.  In fact, we bottled 600 bottles (plus a few extras for tasting samples and possibly one or two to drink)...

Count yourselves lucky - I was working on some worse titles than that.  Etna Mountain High Enough, for example. Anyway, now that we are again allowed to foregather, I started to think about when the last time was that there was a group of us here at home. ...

Right, here’s another post – this time about biodynamics. On Friday 12th June I took part in (?) two Instagram Chats, hosted by Keith Edwards, who has a great blog, as well as an apparently limitless cellar.  These chats were about biodynamics – the first with a...

So, from 18th May we have been allowed out again in a form much more redolent of our lives before Corona virus.  In Piemonte, we chose to wait until Saturday 23rd May: here in Alba, the squares were full, people were chatting, getting their coffee or aperitivo...

As some of you may be aware, with the, ahem, change in circumstances around the world, we have to think of innovative ways to keep going! With this in mind, a few weeks ago I put up a post outlining how you could buy wines from some great producers here in Piemonte...

I know I said the next one would be about wine…But, given the circumstances (which have actually changed very little) and the fact that I have been a bit under the weather for the past 10 days… May the 4th (be with you) marked the first day that lockdown restrictions...

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 3%...

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...