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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 …
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 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"
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 …
Pietrovini Life through Red,White & Rosé Glasses🍷 