Connecting with Wine Growers the PICA Way
Before lockdown I visited the Cavit co-operative group in Trentino to see how it applies cutting edge technology to improve its wines and...
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- Jul 14, 2020
A Story of Redemption: Castello Banfi in Montalcino
The imposing medieval Castello Poggio alle Mura with just below (on the right of the picture) part of the luxury Castello Banfi Il Borgo...
- May 13, 2020
A Pit Stop with Pedro Parra in Chile
The genie in the pit: Pedro Parra in one of thousands of soil pits (calicatas) he has dug, but this one is special: it's amid vines in...
- Apr 7, 2020
The New Order at Luce: New Wine, Winemaker and Winery and a Retrospective Tasting
Looking across the Luce vineyards to Frescobaldi's Tenuta di Castelgiocondo in southwest Montalcino in the November sunshine The text of...
- Nov 19, 2019
On top of the (wine) world: Argentina's Altura Máxima
You're never far from a cactus in Argentina: at Finca Colomé (left and centre); at Altura Máxima (right) There is much more to Argentine...
- Aug 13, 2019
A Rioja legend in its own lifetime: Roda's 30th anniversary tasting
Clams and Galician blond breed beef (Rubia gallega) at Asador Etxebarri, where everything is grilled over wood fires, using different...
- Jul 26, 2018
Discovering a little-known gem: Okanagan Valley, the world's northernmost wine region
My first visit to Canada at the beginning of June took me to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia, the world’s northernmost wine...
- May 30, 2018
The white wine that thinks it's a red: Santorini Assyrtiko
No one knows quite how many indigenous grape varieties Greece has, because so many take different names in different regions and have...
- Jan 15, 2018
The changing face of Txakoli
Hot-foot from a trip to Basque Spain at the end of October, I postponed the idea of a blog enthusing about Txakoli (aka Chacolí) on the...