Hello to all our slurpingitalian friends, Now this really is a one off... for now anyway! Welsh wine week starts on Friday 4th June until the 13th. So Lee - @wineman147 and Me @peter.pietrovini decided to do an Instagram live event "FROM THE VINEYARD" , now we are ALLOWED! at Whitecastle Vineyard with Robb and …
#SLURPINGITALIAN – PART 4
Hello Again Well its that time again soon for #slurpingtalian Part 4! Come and join us again on INSTAGRAM LIVE (Lee (wineman147) and me (peter.pietrovini) ) for more spectacular wines, #shirtalert - of course and a few laughs, however trust me.... the jokes will not get any better! There maybe even some more #wineanory...... This …
#SLURPINGITALIAN No. 3
Hi again, The last #slurpingitalian No. 2 with the wines of La Piotta from the region of Oltrepo Pavese was a great success. The shirts and wines TOP NOTCH! Taken from the IG Live hence .... PHOTO quality! We were blown away by the response we had to people buying the wines to slurp along …
#slurpingitalian – Part 2!
#SlurpingItalian Part 2 23rd March Instagram Live at 7pm UK. Wines from Oltropo Pavese from La Piotta. All Organic and Vegan.
Zooming with Sergio Germano
Ciao Amici! A few weeks ago I was invited to join a zoom tasting with Sergio Germano of Ettore Germano winery in Piedmonte, organised by Libiamo wines in the UK. I jumped at the chance, Sergio has a reputation as a brilliant winemaker. So the following week the wines arrived, a fabulous Rosato Sparkling wine, …
Sicily – Part 9 – The Ageing of Sicilian Red wines – Masterclass with Martin Hudson MW
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 …
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 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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