Month November 2023
My year 2023
What seemed important to me in 2023? LLMs – Large Language Models. LLM based GPTs have become so powerful that they are doing better for many routine tasks than human brains. Who is not using a Bot to accomplish some …
\”Orvieto Natural\” now scheduled for December 2!
December 1, there is party time at \”the Palomba\” for the slowfood Chicciola. We don\’t want to conflict with that event. Everyone interested in natural wines should join on December 2! . 9 wines, all local, are to be tasted.…
Brunello and Sangiovese no brand
We are organizing a special enjoyment. A blind tasting of Brunello and other Tuscan and Umbrian Sangiovese. The selection of Brunello is random. A year ago Nixy and I passed over Montalcino and did shopping. The Sangiovese in the test…
Winetasting Aperitivo \”Orvieto Natural\” and Fund raising for \”La Selvara\”
We have mixed feelings about and mixed tasting experiences with \”natural\” wines. At least we are for an empirical and practical approach and not for an ideological. We will make you taste wines from \”La Selvara\” (Orvieto/San LorenzoNuovo) and \”Danielli\”…
Brizi again
I confirm my positive judgement on Ristorante Brizi. We had Uno scontrino di 64 Euro, di cui 16 were the beefsteak and 15 the wine. This time , both meat dishes were impeccable. Meat of decent quality, freshly grilled. A…
The next tasting events!
Our December highlight: \”Brunello di Montalcino vs Sangiovese no brand\”. Winetasting lunch at 26 winery. The tasting will be blind. There will be 4 Brunello and 4 high qality, no brand Sangiovese. Participants, who identify all 4 Brunello get 1…
Eating out in Amelia
We were visiting a friend, who is constructing a house near Amelia, and then obviously we went to wineries, “leonardo Bussoletti” and “ZanchI”. But Nixy will report about the winery part of the trip. We tried some Maelia Restaurants! There…
italian rose,always versatile and often misunderstood
Some people have a misunderstanding about rosato wine, thinking they are not serious wines, only blank drinks with pretty color. but as a wine professional I would say, that’s not true. There are blank pinky drinks for tourists at the…
Cannonau and Gamay del Trasimeno
We had a tasting of Cannonau & Gamay Trasimemo on 29th October.Both grapes share the same DNA with Grenache/Garnacha, but grow in different regions. Cannonau grows in Sardegna while Gamay Trasinemo grows in Umbria around lago trasimeno. We served 6…