The Italian disease
Absenteeism is poisoning the Italian wine industry. Producers are shamelessly taking advantage of others.
Absenteeism is poisoning the Italian wine industry. Producers are shamelessly taking advantage of others.
Bertani enjoys a cult status in Valpolicella. A tasting of 1976 and 1967 Amarone shows why it’s fully justified.
Thoughts on the current condition of Amarone wine.
67 Amarones tasted, overall showing better than expected. And as always with blind tasting, some surprises.
A brilliant lunch in Verona, and what it says about the current economic mood.
Goodbye, Giuseppe Quintarelli. You will be remembered.
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