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Hi Again. Just rewinding a few days of my Sicilia Press trip..... Sunday evening on arrival in Sicily I was met by a representative of Assovini Sicilia and told we had to wait a few minutes as there were two others on my flight. Andrew Catchpole - Editor of Harpers wine spirits and also Martin …
Hello again. In my last blog, the last paragraph was... By the way.... just before we left Renato said to the driver, "At the end of the drive turn LEFT as if you go right there is a landslide preventing you from getting to Palermo!" WHICH WAY DO YOU THINK HE WENT.... Find out …
Continue reading "Sicily- Part 8 – Monreale DOC – Denominazione di Origine Controllata"
Hello again folks, I'm now making a habit out of this regular blog gig! I know I know about (insert expletive) time. So we're off to our final winery of the day, where we will be staying, also for dinner, great wine and then off for the vineyard & winery tour early tomorrow. We are …
Hello again and so soon! I guess in this current environment of lockdown it is an opportune time for me to catch up on belated blogs. What this unprecedented time has shown us is, that life is short and I need to make time outside of my normal (non wine life) to write lots more …
Continue reading "Sicily – Part 6 – CENTOPASSI- The Mafia Lands"
Hello again, Second winery of the day 11 am. Well this press tour last May, Sicilia en Primeur 2019, had a super busy schedule and we got to visit so many fabulous vineyards in just a few days. After Rapitala (last blog Part 4) we are just down the road fifteen minutes to Alessandro Camporeale. …
Hi Again For everybody that follows my twitter feed... and if you don't why not? @pietrosd You will have seen this bottle, (in the header of this blog) a good few times over the last few vintages. I have been a huge fan for the last 5 years of the Rapitala Grand Cru Chardonnay. So …
Continue reading "Sicily- Part 4 – Tuesday Morning – TENUTA RAPITALA"
Back again...So after the tasting at Feudo Arancio it's back on our bus and off to Settesoli winery and our overnight stay at their Hotel and restaurant IL VIGNETO Resort. Super fast check in, dump our bags and a very quick shower it was already time for dinner, we walked through their beautiful gardens to a …
Continue reading "Sicily – Part 3 – Monday Cantine Settesoli – Mandrarossa"
Hi Again, After my blog on Sunday, which was a brief introduction to the wine industry of Sicily, I will now walk you through my weeks experience over the next few blogs. My group turned out to be a fantastic bunch of people from Italy, Germany, USA, Russia and of course me from the …
Hello again, Well this this is my first blog of 2020 and unfortunately due to my hectic work load the first in some time. Thats about to change starting with my whole series on Sicily, starting with my press trip last year to 16th Edition of Sicilia en Primeur. I've been travelling 5-6 times per …
Hi Folks Well actually the wine bottle was literally in the letterbox.... Let me explain.... and before you ask, it is a full size bottle of wine. I saw this idea a while ago and liked what I had seen and wanted to find out more as I was very intrigued, so the kind people …
Continue reading "The wines in the POST & Its saving the planet!"
