After another relatively average tasting at La Morrra on Saturday I left not realising that I had missed one of the stands. Not surprising, as it was a Bank Holiday weekend and the weather was lousy and consequently it was jam-packed. Fortunately Bobtino didn’t...
We have always found it very easy to get sucked into excess and it seemed like a good idea to supplement the vegetable garden with free range eggs. As I have written before we bought 11 young chickens that we wrestled with every evening for a few months putting them...
This week we had the good fortune to be introduced by Federico Scarzello to Pete Weimer and Romy Gygax, who run the extraordinary Cascina Ebreo. While everyone in Barolo is anxious to use that aristocratic name on their bottles, Pete takes a different view. Back in...
I am very fortunate that my passion for Piemonte wines is contagious and last week my son’s mate Rob (aka as Poshington)went along to a tasting organised by Decanter magazine in London. Among the wines he particularly enjoyed were a couple of names that I...
It’s always difficult to plan tastings here as timings are quite difficult to gauge. Take this morning for example, we had an appointment at Franco Rocca for 10.30 and left 4 hours or so later after an impromptu lunch prepared by his lovely wife Susan. For me...
