PIEMONTE

Photo: landscape in the Alta Langa (Piemonte) Years ago I read the novel by Nobel-awarded José Saramago, ‘Blindness‘. It is a very impressive novel in the typical Saramago-style, with sometimes page-long sentences, and no paragraphs or quotation marks. It tells

Photo: vineyards for Ormeasco di Pornassio DOC. Much of Liguria’s wine landscapes have not yet been discovered, unlike those of Piemonte and Tuscany, even if they are more or less situated in between. Like Piemonte also Liguria boasts unique grape

It is the time of the year we dedicate time to fine wine. The right moment to know more about Aglianico, one of the world’s iconic grapes because from this variety some of the most precious long-lived red wines are

Photo: Alaverdi monastery situated amid the vineyards of Kakhetia. It possesses a good wine cellar and produces its own wine. If ever a country left an unforgettable memory to me it was Georgia. My visit to Georgia was short, but

Photo: the dish of Macedonian chef Igor Stepanovski Piemonte’s well-known products are wine and rice. But hazelnuts are an important produce too and are found everywhere in Piemonte. The local variety is called ‘tonda gentile’, known for its rich taste.

Italy’s Adriatic coast is a long strip of sandy beaches, from Venice to Gargano giving space to thousands of tourists each summer. One exception breaks this pattern: Monte Conero, a huge mountain of 572 meters above sea level, south of

‘Perché fare un vino – c’è già troppo vino nel mondo?’ Questa domanda mi viene spesso posta dopo che la gente ha sentito parlare di un vino prodotto da me. Ecco perché: Il vino nella maggior parte dei casi si

‘Why making a wine – there is already too much wine in the world?’ This question is often asked to me after people heard about me producing a wine. This is why: Wine in most cases is a blend of

Fruška Gora is a long-running hill range, in Srem district, west of Belgrade, partly in Serbia and partly in Croatia. It’s name is originating from Frankish period in 9th century, when the Germans called it ‘Frankenwald’. Srem was Sirmium, the

Photo: vineyard on sandy soils for Carignano del Sulcis DOC: more than 400 hectares, all ungrafted vines from before Phylloxera which is unique. The richness of indigenous grapes makes Sardinia´s viticulture highly interesting and this in combination with the original