Winery

My seat-mate at the sommelier course cursed. She wasn't going to be able to visit the local wine-producer with us after all. This trip was originally scheduled for the end of May, but was brought forward to avoid overlap with an important winefest, Cantine Aperte (literally 'open wine-cellars', an event in which producers welcome guests…

Slap in the face

There's the culprit. But hang on a sec, I hear you ask - how can a grape slap you in the face? If you have 5 minutes, you'll find out. So recently I did something I've been curious about for ages and signed up for a sommelier course, level 1. We have weekly lessons dealing…