Blog & Articles

5 June, 2015

Young Professionals Taking Over Cultural Heritage

Italy´s density of cultural wealth is without equals and preserving this heritage is one of Italy´s major problems. Authorities struggle to find ways for managing local or national monuments and also Italy´s government doesn´t have the funds to cover all necessary measures. Well-known are the problems at Pompeï, where walls are coming down because of moist problems.

5 February, 2015

Cuneo, Authentic City Near The Mountains

Southwest Piemonte, Cuneo province, is famous because it holds the famous regions of Langhe and Barolo, unique monuments of Italian wine visited each year by millions of wine and food lovers. Millions do visit Cuneo province, but almost nobody of them actually visits the town Cuneo itself.

19 January, 2015

Gavi, Piemonte´s Portofino

One of the oldest trade routes between the Mediterranean and the economically important Po-valley is the passo di Bocchetta between Gavi and the sea. More than 2000 years ago the Romans crossed this pathway across the Apennines to arrive in Gallia cisalpina – also called Piemonte – and before them Greek and Celts.

19 December, 2014

Lessona & Bramaterra, Piemonte´s Forgotten Wines

Barolo and Barbaresco, Italy´s icon wines are based on Nebbiolo grape: its exceptional aroma and flavour potential is much praised. Less known is the fact that Nebbiolo is originating from North Piemonte´s wine hills, it is even not completely sure.

5 November, 2014

Casale Monferrato, Piemonte´s unknown Baroque splendour

Piemonte is so rich in authentic places, jewels of unknown beauty. Why does the whole world fly to Firenze or Siena and drives as fast as possible along highway A26 without visiting such wonderful monumental towns?

18 September, 2014

Ravenna, play of light – original wines

It is the end of a warm day in September when sunbeams enter the western windows of the chapel of the S.Apollinare Nuovo church in Ravenna.

5 April, 2014

Wines of great interest

I am constantly looking and searching for new and interesting wines. Sometimes I am looking for something specific, sometimes I take part in a wine jury, and sometimes I even look for a wine on special request from relations. All wines will be tasted and approved by myself together with a team of specialists and wine lovers.