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Life in lockdown: Part 2
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...
Life in lockdown
Given that my last post (oh dear, bad choice of words) wasn’t especially jolly – though I think I did put in at least an element of hope – I have written a more upbeat one here. It’s a couple of weeks further down the road from when I scared myself by reading...
A personal lockdown experience
This is quite a personal post, about life here under lockdown, pretty much entirely from my perspective. I started writing it when I read British newspapers about the situation in Italy, and thought that what went through my mind might go through other people’s...
Barbaresco, Barolo, Roero, Langhe & Monferrato Producers page updated…
Ciao Tutti, Hope is all well in your world, wherever and whatever that is. This is the briefest of posts to say that I have been working tirelessly for some minutes this week in order to update the Producers page on PiemonteMio. This is now done - for now, of...
Touring Piemonte / Piedmont – Barbera, Barbaresco, Barolo & Beyond…
Welcome to my first post on PiemonteMio - my revamp of Darryl's great blog about life here in Piemonte (Piedmont): I hope you like this post and the site generally! Let me know if you have any suggestions for content, places to visit, eat, drink, stay... If...
Wine Tours with Evan Byrne
After a difficult 2019 in which I turned 70, lost some mates and family, and endured treatment/surgery for cancer, I have decided to give up blogging about Paradise. However the name piemontemio.com is too good to waste so I am passing it on to a good friend to use...
It’s not just about Barolo, in fact it’s not just about nebbiolo
It's been an interesting spring and I was not really looking forward to the release of the 2014 Vintage of Barbaresco. I had experienced the weather first hand, had listened to the tales of woe and read the scribblings of the journalists who mainly focus on Barolo....
The grapes behind Italian Red Wines
Interesting article featured on Fix.com by Joe Roberts exploring the history of some of my favourite grapes, Barbera and Nebbiolo.
New discoveries
For the first time in a while it's raining and humid outdoors so I have been replenishing racks in the cantina and opening some boxes hidden in corners. It has reminded me that during the past year or so I have visited some excellent cantinas and have not mentioned...
2015 Successes
2015 will be year I will remember for a long time, not just for the the quality of the harvest, that will produce excellent wines to be enjoyed for years to come, but also for new producers discovered and particularly the successes of our friends. Most notable was the...
Tourism in The Langhe accelerates in 2015
There was a dramatic increase in tourism to the area in 2015 which, whilst providing a welcome boost to local businesses, also had its negative effects on those of us who live here. Some of my favourite wines sold out quickly and I now have to consider making...
Groupon junkies (and restaurant update)
I love discounts and -50% always catches my attention. Earlier this year I signed up to Groupon.it and now receive a daily email of offers which can be annoying but buried amongst all the offers are some gems, particularly restaurants. Grab the offers when you can....
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