Natural winemakers are now well established on the island of Sicily. But let us make a brief digression to the people who made this possible. The history of wine, like much that concerns man, is not a straight line. It has many twists and turns, and each path is...
Italy is a country of poets and we love our little jokes. The word Dolcetto means the little sweet in Italian. So far so good. The problem is that the wine is dry and not sweet at all. There are two theories about the etymology of the name: «Dolcetto» may derive from...
The city of Lucca was a dream for a teenager like me. I went by train to one of the biggest comic fairs in Italy, and I still remember the crowds of teenagers getting off at the station and flooding the streets of the medieval town. I remember the beautiful, well...
Gamay Today understood as a cross between Pinot Noir and the old white grape variety Gouais, Gamay produces a rich harvest and ripens two weeks earlier than Pinot Noir. This results in fruity wines with low alcohol and tannin content, high acidity and light to medium body. It was a lucky...
Baroque furniture, heavy curtains, a gramophone playing classical music.This or similar is the stereotypical evening with the Viennese aristocracy. You stand on the balcony, smoke a cigarette and look out over the Danube. Suddenly there is a scratching sound on the record and everyone turns their heads towards the room, puzzled. And there they catch sight of a...
