Here’s how the latest wine adventure happened…Italy Chronicles supremo Alex Roe pressed a crisp €50 note into my paw with explicit instructions to use half buying and tasting a selection … [Read more...]
Italian Prosecco Sales Sparkle
Italian prosecco wine fuelled the festive season for quite a few it seems. In the United Kingdom, prosecco sales even exceeded those of milk in one supermarket chain. Prosecco breakfast, … [Read more...]
Christmas Wines Part One – Fizzies. Stickies. And A Drop Of The Hard Stuff.
In the three remaining Italian wine notes of the year, I thought I’d give you a few ideas for good - and good value - Italy inspired Christmas drinking.Last time out, I told you how you … [Read more...]
Prosecco and Asti – Italy’s Super Sparklers
The reputations of Italy’s two major sparkling wines, Prosecco and Asti, have taken a bit of a battering in the past.Until the mid-90s, Asti Spumante was an inoffensive Italian wedding … [Read more...]
Prosecco – better than Champagne!
Ah, Prosecco. A wonderful Italian sparkling wine. It's a bubbly straw-yellow white wine which often comes from the Conegliano-Valdobbiadenearea areas of Italy. Actually, Prosecco wine … [Read more...]