Ciao Amici, Well I thought it was about time that I started showing my ugly mug on that Instagram live thingy, so I have bribed, coerced, massive arm bending involved and kidnapped several members of his family, my great buddy Lee to pair up with me. @WINEMAN147. Lee already has his own extremely successful wine …
Sicily- Part 8 – Monreale DOC – Denominazione di Origine Controllata
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 …
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Sicily- Part 7-Baglio Di Pianetto
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 …
Sicily – Part 6 – CENTOPASSI- The Mafia Lands
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 …
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Sicily- Part 5 Alessandro Camporeale
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. …
Sicily- Part 4 – Tuesday Morning – TENUTA RAPITALA
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 …
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