The Langhe is one of the best areas in Italy for winegrowing. Here the Savoy Court and upper middle class -...

Rather than a simple tasting, the Consorzio del Custoza producers’ association recently organized an event at...

It is lovely to drive from Rome to Radda in Chianti, through fairy tale forests that could be home to Snow White...

For years, Bologna for me has meant: #November #Winter #Rain #Cold #Tortellini #Sangiovese (& co.) But...

What follows is a wistful reflection on certain views held by Italian wine critics that I do not agree with. For...

Cité du Vin in Bordeaux is definitely NOT what you would expect.It is not a city-museum, as many have defined it,...

Aside from being a cuisine of negation, Jewish-Yiddish food is at the same time a festive cuisine and there is a...

Woody Allen, struck by the beauty, happiness and carefreeness of Hanna and her sisters, thought of converting to...

Guides to Italian wine and those of its regions explore and reveal realities that excite all wine lovers. And what...

Sicily’s wine renaissance took place in two distinct phases: the first came with the proliferation of noble or...

I first visited Japan in 1980 and at the time I found it to be a sad country despite its economic successes, the...

MONTEVERTINE, Le Pergole Torte 1990SIMPLE MINDS, New Gold Dream 1982There is a similarity between the worlds of...

I made my first trip to South Africa before Easter. South Africa has a population of 55 million people of whom...

Between 1850 and 1890, European vineyards were subjected to powdery and downy mildews, new and aggressive plant...