DISCOVERY IN ITALY; A PRIVATE DINNER BY A PAIR OF AMAZING CHEFS
Pure farm-to-table at its best by a pair of talented chefs in an obscure corner of Italy. A lucky discovery, an awesome private dinner.
NO FIANO, ISCHIA! NO PEPSI, COKE!
A classic SNL experience in Naples turns into a wine lesson.
A PAIR OF AMAZING CHEFS IN A HIDDEN GEM
Could it be possible that two world class chefs practice in a tiny village in the most obscure part of Italy? Read the first of several accounts about the hidden gem we discovered in the Marche region.
VINO COTTO, COOKED WINE; RISKY, TRADITIONAL, UNIQUE
How can you boil your harvest and get away with it? In an obscure corner of Italy they do just that! The result is vino cotto, a semi sweet dessert wine that no one has heard of but is worth getting to know.
PUMP YOUR OWN WINE; OLD WORLD VS NEW
“I get my wine from a local winery,” said Vincenzo, our tour guide in the Amalfi Coast. He is a well educated guy, an expert in linguistics, reasonably affluent by local standards. “I fill up three liter jugs. Costs me 3 Euros per liter.” Vincenzo We tried to imagine that. All week we had been chasing after fancy bottles in expensive restaurant wine lists. “It’s really good wine,” he added, mumbling to himself. Next week, on our own, we toured the Marche region in north-east Italy and observed what Vincenzo told us, in real life. The wineries we[...]