Wine and truffles – a local event

Now, if I had gone to this morning's event on Vini da Tartufo, I'd probably know what I was talking about. I might even have taken a few photos. But let me tell you how that went. It was being held in the sports centre in Pieve Torina, starting from 10. I was going to…

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…

The ‘married’ vine: a bit of tradition

We have solar panels instead of vines now In my travels round our beautiful region, I regret that I haven't seen more of our quaint little museums showing bits and bobs from the farming culture. This was a farming region until very recently, and I imagine most of the stuff you can see inside the…