One thing my new region has in common with my home region: the poverty of the ingredients in its traditional dishes. However, the quality...
Champagne & Sparkling Wine
Bellenda: extraordinary vertical tasting of Prosecco S.C. 1931 at Vinitaly 2017
Every year, as is now customary, I write an article on the company that most moved me at Vinitaly, and for the 2017 edition I...
Vinitaly 2017: Joska Biondelli presents 3 Franciacorta wines, 2 are exceptional.
It is 3pm and I am in the Franciacorta tasting room at Vinitaly's Palaexpo Lombardia where Jouska Biondelli is about to present the new...
From the stars of Report to the stables of Franciacorta... but to go back to talking about wine instead of controversy?
Today I have dared a deliberately provocative title that I hope you will understand after reading my article. Of one thing, however, I am...
Calvisius caviar and Lanson Champagne at Ristorante Templari, Brescia
On Wednesday 7 December, the Templari Restaurant in Brescia hosted a special evening dedicated to Calvisius Caviar and Lanson champagne,...
Franciacorta Riccafana and Restaurant I Templari of Brescia: a successful combination!
Last night I had dinner at Ristorante I Templari in Brescia: excellent wines, promising cuisine, good service and really good company.
Comitissa Gold 2002 Lorenz Martini: Happy birthday daddy!!!
A quick thought for my Dad who turned 60 today. Today I spent a nice day with my family at Restaurant Temptations in...
South Tyrol: a wonderful day hunting for bubbles
This morning I got up comfortably, also because the bed at Sartori's Hotel in Lavis (TN) was really comfortable! Tomorrow I have a really...
Trentino: a wonderful day hunting for bubbles
This morning, unbelievably, I woke up half an hour before my alarm clock, so I was able to calmly get ready and set off in the direction of...
Piedmont: a wonderful day chasing bubbles
I'm a bit excited: finally, on Friday 7 October 2016, my journey to Italy's best sparkling wines to toast...
"Eat Pray Love'... reflection with tasting of the historic Nautilus cru
I'm going a little off-topic tonight, I know. But a blog, by definition, is also the author's diary. So tonight, before I tell you about the...
Franciacorta Festival: Berlucchi presents Franciacorta Brut Nature
Last Saturday, on the occasion of the Autumn Franciacorta Festival, I went to the presentation of Berlucchi's new Millesimato paired with...