CELEBRATE VALENTINE ’S DAY WITH RATHFINNY SUSSEX SPARKLING WINES. Well Hello Again, Apologies for my lack of blogging recently..... these horrible times that we now find ourselves in are taking some getting used to for us all. Once again the UK is in LOCKDOWN as COVID19 strides relentlessly through our population which means that Valentines …
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 …
RESERVED!
Hi Folks Well "Have I got NEWS for you" and also a first to ever be done in the UK. It all started when myself and Jeremy Palmer (from Barbados - @JeremyPalmer7 - Twitter) got into a conversation around Christmas time last year as he was seeing Rathfinny English sparkling wines on twitter and social …
I need one of these!
Hi Again I have been sent some items recently that I will be reviewing over the next few weeks which include interesting wine bottles (new design & eco friendly), a fabulous wine preservation system and also a few goodies I already have at home. However, this week I received a press release from Michele Chiarlo, …
Campochiarenti Part 2 – The tasting
Hi again folks Just in case you missed the first part of my Campochiarenti blog here is the link. https://pietrovini.com/2019/06/09/tuscan-heaven-at-campochiarenti/ Well after a fabulous albeit very windy tour of the vineyard and the winery it was time to taste the wines. Well the first sample was not wine... It was olive oil. So a …
Not just labels, Incredible Artworks!
Hello again First blog for 2019. Labels.... I see and hear about people buying wines all of the time because of the labels. Its obviously a great marketing tool at a certain price point to distinguish one wine from another on extremely crowded and competitive supermarket shelves to make them stand out. Of course some …
Jackson Family Wines – Part 1 Vérité
Hi all, A few weeks ago I was extremely privileged to be invited to the prestigious Dorchester Hotel in Mayfair, London for a very special wine tasting. A tasting to celebrate the release of the 2015 Vérité wines. VÉRITÉ & CARDINALE Well, this was not going to be any old wine tasting. Vérité & Cardinale …