AT THE “BUCA LAPI” RESTAURANT IN FLORENCE
Some time ago I spoke with my friend Dr. Renzo Cotarella, managing director of Marchesi Antinori s.p.a., since every now and then we meet…
“LES ENFANTS DU CHAMPAGNE at the MAISON PERRIER JOUET”
Leo Damiani, commercial and marketing director of the bubbles sector of Marchesi Antinori s.p.a., importer in Italy of the champagnes of the Maison Perrier…
” WHAT A VINTAGE!”
At the Mercato Centrale in Florence, on the first floor from 11/10/22 to 13/12/22 there were six evenings dedicated to six important wine producers….
BRUNO LUNELLI, FERRARI RESERVE 2006
In memory of Bruno Lunelli, the “Ferrari Riserva Bruno Lunelli, vintage 2006, was conceived and created by the Ferrari company of Trento. This was…
THE “SASSICAIA” MYTH CONTINUES ALSO WITH THE 2020 VINTAGE
It is always an emotion to open a bottle of Sassicaia. It would be a good rule to open the bottle the day before,…
THE “LES ENFANTS DU CHAMPAGNE” to “CHIC NONNA”
About a year ago Vito Mollica announced that he was leaving the Four Seasons in Florence to go to Dubai to consult some restaurants,…
BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR VINTAGE 2018
BORDEAUX EN PRIMEUR After having deserted, to my great regret, due to work commitments, the En Primeur vintage 2017, this year, fortunately, I went…
VISIT TO THE “TENUTA ARGENTIERA”
It is always a pleasure to go to the Bolgheri coast. I have been waiting for a long time to receive a phone call…
”HOSTERIA GIUSTI” WELCOMES LES ENFANTS DU CHAMPAGNE
Les enfants du champagne in Modena. The desire to have our session in Modena at the “Hosteria Giusti” with Matteo Morandi and his family…
“EXTRÉ” MAKES ITS DEBUT AT THE “ENOTECA PINCHIORRI” IN FLORENCE
The Les Enfants du champagne finally met, after the “covid break”, at the Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence to taste and drink 13 proprietary cuvées,…
“GIULIO FERRARI” IN VERTICAL The bubble that defies time
At the Pandolfini auction house in Florence there was a tasting of the Trentino spumante Giulio, reserve of the Founder of the Ferrari company,…
THREE YOUNG BURGUNDY GRAND CRU REDS AT THE COURT OF ENOTECA PINCHIORRI
As we know, at the Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence, for some time, evenings have been periodically held where three wines are served paired with…
MAISON PERRIER-JOUËT, la Cuvée Belle Epoque, vintage 2013
Unique bottle, decorated with white anemones, the work of 1902 by the master of Art Nouveau, Emile Gallé. The first Cuvée Belle Epoque dates…
”PERGOLE TORTE” the tradition of Sangiovese of the highest pleasantness
It had been a long time that I had wanted to go to Radda in Chianti to visit Martino Manetti, owner of the “Montevertine”…
SASSICAIA 2018 THE MYTH CONTINUES
The first 50 years of the Italian myth in the world: Sassicaia. The first vintage released on the market was 1968 while the last…
