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In Fair Verona, Where We Lay Our Scene

In Fair Verona, Where We Lay Our Scene

in fair verona, where we lay our scene Fair seems rather to undersell Verona, but in Shakespeare’s day, it was also a synonym for beautiful.  And he’s not wrong.  Verona is absolutely lovely.  You may have glanced at my previous post about one of the...
Is this a rosé by another name?

Is this a rosé by another name?

Is this a rosé by another name? Winter-time and the living is … quiet.  In Alba at any rate.  January is a fallow month here – only the sales to compensate for Christmas having gone, the lights coming down, the cold, dark days leading into colder, darker nights. So,...
There is a cure for the Summertime Blues…

There is a cure for the Summertime Blues…

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...

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...