Month August 2023
L’officina – fine dining for the people
My favorite Restaurant in Perugia at the moment. All fits together. Attentive and gentle hosts. An elegant, but not oppressive environment, and obviouisly the food, which is miles away from Umbrian home cooking. I have been there 4 times now…
September 3 + 10, wine tasting at the Buonrespiro
We invite for 2 wine tastings. At September 3 we will present 7 sparkling wines made with the \”metodo ancestrale\”. The bubbles are produced byrefermentation in the bottle, but without \”sboccatura\” as in the Champagner process Most of the bottles…
La Panatella, Allerona
I think the main problem I have in giving a just evaluation of this Restaurant, was that I had to drive there. With my driving skills Allerona is 1 hour away from Buonrespiro and a one hours drive in the…
Italian whites can age
Italians don’t believe in the aging potential of their white wines. but they really should. I have rested again and again, and I confirm that a high percentage of italian wines can age really well. Years ago, I imported an…
Appreciation of Sardinia wines and a lot of fun
Participants appreciated particularly the two still Vermentino wines nd also the two reds,a Cannnonau from Mamaoiada and Carignano from the Sulcis. The picture speak for themselves. Pictures courtesy of Larissa Wilson, Copyright with Larissa
Sardegna, very stony, very herby
we went to Sardegna this july, it is my first time there.my impression? this island smells so good! you can smell fragrant plants everywhere, when we arrived at 5am, the air smelled like fresh herb, then in the afternoon the…